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Rats that don't grow and have sore eyes : vitamin A (retinol), the anti-night blindness vitamin
Soldiers in pain and staggering chickens : vitamin B1 (thiamine), the anti-beriberi vitamin
Dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death : vitamin B3 (niacin), the anti-pellagra vitamin
Deadly anemia, sludge, and the Nobel prize for a woman : vitamins B9 (folate) and B12 (cobalamin), the two anti-anemia vitamins
Sailors, scurvy, the guinea pig, and the Nobel prize : vitamin C (ascorbic acid), the anti-scurvy vitamin
Soft bones, lack of light, and the "sunshine hormone" : vitamin D (calcitriol), the anti-rickets vitamin
Can you have too much of a good thing? : toxicity from vitamins
Conclusion : victories, but lingering concerns.
Soldiers in pain and staggering chickens : vitamin B1 (thiamine), the anti-beriberi vitamin
Dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death : vitamin B3 (niacin), the anti-pellagra vitamin
Deadly anemia, sludge, and the Nobel prize for a woman : vitamins B9 (folate) and B12 (cobalamin), the two anti-anemia vitamins
Sailors, scurvy, the guinea pig, and the Nobel prize : vitamin C (ascorbic acid), the anti-scurvy vitamin
Soft bones, lack of light, and the "sunshine hormone" : vitamin D (calcitriol), the anti-rickets vitamin
Can you have too much of a good thing? : toxicity from vitamins
Conclusion : victories, but lingering concerns.