{"id":3640,"date":"2025-12-05T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:27:25","slug":"reflection-ii-vitamins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/2025\/12\/05\/reflection-ii-vitamins\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection II: Vitamins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-8.47.54\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3641\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-8.47.54\u202fPM-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-8.47.54\u202fPM-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-8.47.54\u202fPM.png 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every morning,<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as I get ready, I take my multivitamins for women. Why do I take them? (Because my mom told me to.) Thanks to biochemistry, I now understand the importance of taking the vitamins for my health. I have attached an image of the supplement facts for the vitamins I take.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have learned about four of the vitamins listed. Biotin (vitamin B7) is a coenzyme for pyruvate carboxylase in gluconeogenesis, and this same reaction helps replenish the Citric Acid Cycle. Vitamin B12 is a coenzyme for methyl-malonyl-CoA mutase in the oxidation of odd-chain fatty acids. NAD+\/NADP+ are synthesized from niacin (vitamin B3), and a deficiency in niacin can lead to pellagra. Most recently, we learned about vitamin B6, which is important for producing pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), the coenzyme for aminotransferases involved in amino acid catabolism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biochemistry has taught me the importance of taking my vitamins each day. It is empowering to understand the biochemistry behind everyday things, and I feel more in control of my health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every morning, as I get ready, I take my multivitamins for women. Why do I take them? (Because my mom told me to.) Thanks to biochemistry, I now understand the importance of taking the vitamins for my health. I have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/2025\/12\/05\/reflection-ii-vitamins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17551,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349081],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}