- aregularbeaneater ( @aregularbeaneater@lemmy.world ) 22•1 year ago
They are just the abbreviated full names: Vitamin Alfredo, Vitamin Beef, Vitamin Cheese, Vitamin Deez Nuts, and Vitamin Egg
- AvaddonLFC ☄️ 🤘 ( @clueless_stoner@lemmy.world ) 7•1 year ago
lmfao
- MrGreebles ( @MrGreebles@lemmy.one ) 4•1 year ago
Geez, this one got me, thank you good sir
- Alytastic ( @Fauxaly@lemmy.world ) 4•1 year ago
Lol
- BedbugCutlefish ( @BedbugCutlefish@lemmy.world ) 21•1 year ago
They were just alphabetical, A was the first one they found, B the second, etc.
Except, K was named “Koagulation” from the fact it helps blood coagulate
And also, the “B vitamins” were originally one extract, a serum used to treat a disease caused by B vitamin deficiency. Later, we learned that serum actually had several different molecules in it, now seperated as B2, B6, etc.
- BuckShot ( @BuckShot686@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year ago
They were labeled alphabetically based on when they were discovered. Also, Vitamin D’s label was a misnomer as it’s converted into a vital hormone needed for the body to properly function.
- unpopular ( @unpopular@lemmy.world ) 6•1 year ago
When they were naming vitamins they must have thought there were going to be way more vitamins than there ended up being. OK let’s name these: Vitamin A, Vitamin B… Ok, man, slow down, we’ve got a lot to cover here. B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B12. Then they got to E and they were like 'We’re pretty much done. We’ve got all those damn B’s. This is embarrassing. Let’s just skip to K and get the hell out of here.