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'''Vitamins''' play a vital part in [[human]] metabolism. Some are produced by the human body itself, others must be regularly ingested via [[food]]. However, the body of some animals can produce vitamins that the human body can not produce.
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'''Vitamins''' play a vital part in [[human]] metabolism. Some are produced by the human body itself, others must be regularly ingested via [[food]]. However, the bodies of some [[animals]] can produce vitamins that the human body can not produce.
  
 
==Food that contains much vitamins==
 
==Food that contains much vitamins==
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*Vegetable
 
*Vegetable
 
*Meat
 
*Meat
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*[[Algae]]
  
 
==Food that contains little vitamins==
 
==Food that contains little vitamins==
*cereal
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*Cereals
*noodles
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*Noodles
*potatoes
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*Potatoes
These sorts of food are good for energy intake, nevertheless.
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These sorts of food are good for [[energy]] intake, nevertheless.
  
 
==Artificial vitamins==
 
==Artificial vitamins==
 
Many vitamins can be produced artificially on an industrial scale, but with current knowledge an adequate supply with all vital vitamins seems not possible on an artificial basis. Natural food is inevitable, even in a [[colony]] on [[Mars]].
 
Many vitamins can be produced artificially on an industrial scale, but with current knowledge an adequate supply with all vital vitamins seems not possible on an artificial basis. Natural food is inevitable, even in a [[colony]] on [[Mars]].
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[[Category: Human Considerations]]
 
[[Category: Human Considerations]]
  
 
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Revision as of 17:52, 5 December 2008

Vitamins play a vital part in human metabolism. Some are produced by the human body itself, others must be regularly ingested via food. However, the bodies of some animals can produce vitamins that the human body can not produce.

Food that contains much vitamins

  • Fruit
  • Vegetable
  • Meat
  • Algae

Food that contains little vitamins

  • Cereals
  • Noodles
  • Potatoes

These sorts of food are good for energy intake, nevertheless.

Artificial vitamins

Many vitamins can be produced artificially on an industrial scale, but with current knowledge an adequate supply with all vital vitamins seems not possible on an artificial basis. Natural food is inevitable, even in a colony on Mars.

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