How do vitamins work? - Ginnie Trinh Nguyen

Vitamins are the building blocks that keep our bodies running; they help build muscle and bone, capture energy, heal wounds and more. But if our body doesn’t create vitamins, how do they get into our system? Ginnie Trinh Nguyen describes what vitamins are, how they get into our bodies -- and why they are so crucial.

Lesson by Ginnie Trinh Nguyen, animation by The Moving Company Animation Studio.

[lunch]

0:57 1:59 2:01 2:08 2:13 2:34 2:38 2:58 3:03

Every time a Vitamin went "Oh shit!"

[nephthyz]

I love this animation IT'S SO CUTE I JUST WANT TO HUG THE VITAMINS

[my]

TED makes learning interesting and easy to understand, even a 10 year old can understand straight forward. I wish schools taught us like this.

[sheagoff]

Why can’t we just watch Ted-Ed all day instead of going to the prison.... I mean school

[adammcknight]

that protein taxi was fucking adorable :3

[thesunnybee]

See this just gives me the answers I need straight forward instead of running all round the houses, I swear school doesn’t teach us, they just tell us how to remember things enough to past a test

[Melanie-noie]

Omg vitamin Ks face when it was on the protein taxi and vitamin C went past 😂😂😂😂

[kenbobca]

This may be my favorite TED-Ed video. I've watched it several times and keep coming back to it to watch it again. Thank you.

[jetungnnifer]

2:26 I ship the protein taxi and the vitamin <3

[WarmBreezeStudios]

3:20 Robin and Batman B vitamins
3:27 Star Wars C vitamin
3:37 White Blood Cell maker A Vitamin
3:47 Calcium and phosphorus miner D vitamin
3:52 Antioxidant E vitamin
3:57 Spider Man K vitamin
Does anyone know why too much vitamin can cause toxicity in the body?
I find it a bit weird

[themurderer]

Vitamin F: *i don’t see why people think I don’t exist, curse you vitamin K*

[muh.farid.]

A couple years studying in school are nothing compare to this. Keep it go, guys. It's been my ±10 videos today!

[Cpt.Flashbang]

Bile is not acidic, bile is alkali 2:02

[cristophilip]

2:28 vitamin c be like "sayonara sucker!"

[florenceianiev-xia]

Fact: vitamins heal wounds

son: I accidently cut myself and blood is gushing out
father: eat your vegetables

[meredith]

Something semi-important to note as well is that our bodies naturally produce vitamins D (through cholesterol molecules in our skin cells) and K (through bacteria in our gut), so these typically don't need to be supplemented very much or at all through our diet.

[mayanhyams]

I love videos lie this were the little 'things' or whatever is in the video are alive and have like a whole system it really helps me to understand. instead of showing just complicated dna pictures and circles going through tubes this shows what they do inside and personal in a way it's easy to understand. I hope they make more videos like this!

[kayegalon]

I love how the lipid-soluble vitamin was looking so sadly at the vitamin c casually floating in the blood 😂

[violetaturner]

I’m a grad student & I love TedEd. Schools should learn to make concepts more simple & clear so can be easier for storing in our brains & use them!

[acmargatroid]

Vitamin B:batman vitamin C: Star Wars vitamin K: Spider-Man and Vitamin E: ghostbusters