Vitamins are essential nutrients found in fruits and vegetables that have diverse biochemical functions in the body. They are classified by their biological activity rather than structure, and include compounds that show the activity of a particular vitamin. While fruits and vegetables are a good source, vitamin water is misleadingly named as it does not actually contain significant amounts of vitamins. A lack of vitamin C can lead to the disease of scurvy.

1. Vitamins What Are They

3. Five Facts 1) Fruit and vegetables are a good source of vitamins. 2) Vitamins are classified by their biological and chemical activity, not their structure. Thus, each "vitamin" refers to a number of vitamer compounds that all show the biological activity associated with a particular vitamin. 3) The term vitamin was historically derived from "vitamine," a combination word from vita and amine, meaning amine of life 4) If you lack vitamin c you have a high chance or getting scurvy 5) Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions. Some have hormone-like functions as regulators of mineral metabolism (e.g. vitamin D), or regulators of cell and tissue growth and differentiation

4. Shocking fact: Did You Know that Vitamin water actually doesn't contain vitamins COOL PICS