It's Simple: Vitamins Heal Did you know vitamins are essential to our health and well-being? Did you know that a microwave oven can destroys most vitamins? -A vitamin A deficiency can increase risk of infectious diseases. -B vitamins help with brain functioning and mood disorders. -Infantile vitamin C deficiency, "Barlow's disease", can be mistaken as child abuse. -70% of US children have a vitamin D deficiency which can be solved by playing in the sun. -Vitamin E works as a beneficial radio-protectant against cobalt-60 radiation. -Vitamin K aids in blood clotting and without it, at birth, an infant can hemorrhage. This book offers a glimpse about what vitamins are; what possible diseases they might aid in fighting; what health benefits they might offer; what risks they might have and what foods supply those vitamins.