In this week’s Sound Bites: The A, B, C of vitamins, with Swetha Sivakumar - Hindustan Times

How were vitamins discovered? Why are there gaps in the alphabetical list? What’s the deal with all the ‘B’s? Find out.

There are 13 known vitamins today, four of which are fat-soluble (A, D, E, K) and the rest of which are water-soluble (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C). Line them up and one sees that several lett… [+3941 chars]

full article...