Why Do We Call Them Vitamins?

We’re told that we need to take our vitamins, which are the micronutrients that are required by the body to complete many essential functions. They come from the food we eat but can be supplemented in other forms. But why are these things called vitamins?

The complex of micronutrients called vitamins originated from the term “vitamine” and came from the words “vita,” which means life, and “amine,” which…