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• niucllos@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There was actually just a very detailed gastropod episode on this, but the tl;dl version is that a vitamin isn’t a specific thing the way a protein or a carbohydrate is. It’s anything that the body needs in small amounts that isn’t something else

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• rhombus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because that’s the definition: an essential organic compound that is not a mineral, fatty acid, or amino acid. It’s the “everything else” category for essential nutrients.

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• TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Brawndo, got it

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