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Vitamins are essential for health and wellness of body and beauty. The important role of vitamins has been widely recognized by the cosmetic and skin care.  This can be seen in the increasing popularity of products containing vitamins.

The word vitamin is derived from the Latin “vita” meaning life” and “amin” which means organic composition. There are thirteen vitamins clustered in one or two different categories: lipophilic or fat soluble and hidrofilitas, soluble in water. Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamin A, D, E, K. Water soluble vitamins are: B1, B2, B6, B12, panthenol, C, biotin, folate, and niacin.

L as vitamins are found naturally in plants and animals. Vitamins are essential for normal body functioning. With few exceptions the body can not produce or synthesize vitamins. To obtain these vital nutrients the body needs external sources in the form of vitamins.

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