Nutrition · Module 8 · Water-soluble vitamins

Water-Soluble Vitamins Lab

Follow a vitamin from food to urine and see deficiency and excess zones, watch red blood cells mature with and without folate and B12, practise the vitamin calculations with worked solutions, sort the big ideas and work through real-life situations. Nothing here is graded.

Part 1: Vitamin Journey Simulator

Vitamin unit Lost in cooking water Used by cells Stored in liver Excreted in urine
Live readouts
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A simplified teaching model for a healthy adult. DRI values are adult RDAs (men where they differ); cooking losses and absorption shares are rounded teaching values that vary with food, time and person. Symptoms appear only if an intake stays in that zone for weeks to months (years for B12). Not for personal medical or diet decisions.