VITAMINS

Vitamins are calorie-free elements which the body needs to function properly since they play an essential role in all stages of metabolism: enzyme reactions, energy production, cell functioning, etc…we need to top up our resources of vitamins daily by eating a healthy diet since they are not stored in the body.

Milk contains practically all known vitamins, except vitamin K :

- Fat-soluble vitamins (soluble in lipids,) are found in milk fats and are therefore only present in whole and semi-skimmed milk :

VITAMIN A : the main vitamin found in whole and semi-skimmed milk. This is the vitamin that improves night vision

VITAMIN D : particularly present in whole milk: it helps the absorption of calcium

VITAMIN E : a vitamin that has anti-ageing properties: it protects our cells from the harmful effects of free radicals.

- Hydrosoluble vitamins: (soluble in water, and consequently contained in the non-lipid part of milk), and present in whole milk as well as semi-skimmed and skimmed milk..

VITAMINS in group B: B1, B2, B5, B6, B9 (folic acid) and B12: are involved in a lot of metabolic functions: energy production, cell protection, etc..

VITAMIN C : a very effective anti-fatigue vitamin