How do vitamins work? - Ginnie Trinh Nguyen

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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.

[@lunch7213]

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!"

[@LaYedra]

This needs more likes

[@daniyalshah1503]

exactly

[@daniyalshah1503]

a mushroom is not a vitamin

[@lishanchen7898]

Lunch ok

[@lishanchen7898]

Lunch ok

[@nephthyz2990]

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

[@ochentaycincoalbricias]

me too

[@carlostoledo7164]

+Daniel Serrano that spidervitamin was the best

[@cristina5473]

Same here!

[@johnravenhawk8533]

icecreatures eat fruits

[@Kim-kr7vq]

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[@my5434]

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

[@passionarmwrestling4331]

That’s an indication of being a good teacher; when complicated things are being presented in an easy way, so everyone understands it.

[@dustinteders9939]

Correction school makes learning boring when in reality learning is fun. “Don’t ever let schooling get in the way of your education.”

[@MrsTNZUK]

We do!

[@selenay502]

As a 11yo, prev 10yo watching TedED who loves learning and watching these videos, I say we sure can!

[@user-mc5kk2qo6w]

Im a 10 year old and i get it!!!

[@Melanie-no5ie]

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

[@sreymoms1032]

It's good for me.😍😀

[@pizzatime4024]

He like b r u h

[@adammcknight9989]

that protein taxi was fucking adorable :3

[@thebeesknees1162]

Yee

[@ae3098]

Then C died XD

[@blueefanta8710]

When I saw this comment I was at the beginning of the video and I was just waiting for it and then I was like 😱 💖🚖

[@Mom-gd4fn]

Yup.🤗

[@baked_potato6002]

+Adam Starhawk I KNOW!!! I had to pause it so I could process the cuteness

[@yu-yn8wh]

This is such a cute animation!

[@lashawnpowell4627]

Vitamins are great at helping the human body

[@shannonlorraine7561]

Yeah!!!!!

[@shadowterasu7157]

Lee Kai yeah!

[@Hobrob-of3mc]

Lee Kai I agree 111% 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Hobrob-of3mc]

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[@sheagoff6009]

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

[@user-kl6vh9mc6f]

I agree with you

[@AH-zz6sc]

Because good schools actually teach skills like, how to gather information, process it and then come up with solutions to solve problems. Ted-Ed videos are just feeding information with no critical thinking involved :)

[@mahendratewari8297]

So true

[@otakuxgirl6]

@@AH-zz6sc bruh😏🤔

[@knowledgeadda5173]

VERY FUNNY HA HA HA HA

[@thesunnybee2012]

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

[@youtubesus3930]

i fell the same way too :(

[@mrzam1029]

Once you learn to tell the difference apart from wrote learning vs conceptual learning, you’ll find yourself able to learn more effective.

[@tawfeeqalyasery1807]

Vitamin delicious

[@JonMascar]

I really learn a lot from TED-Ed.

[@LLSI369]

Yes we can learn a lot from ted ed

[@chidinmaogbazi5687]

Same here

[@paige172]

surely better than online class.

[@chaitraleeindore]

@@not-existent8376 had a stroke reading this

[@starsantasta4351]

Now I feel sorry for the vitamin K :(

[@thebloxygamer7287]

Kedi Stars me tooo 😰😰😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢😢

[@richardwang1210]

Kedi Stars 6p

[@Mackeye_]

same xD

[@HeyKevinYT]

o*K*

[@andreinicolas4683]

They live longer though XD

[@CaptainQwazCaz]

3:22 Without context this is amazing.

[@michaelj9153]

They release the energy from food!

[@kerbaltubehd5737]

1:56 America: DID SOMEONE SAY OIL?!

[@bloxknight1145]

America is a continent

[@jimboonie9885]

@@bloxknight1145 R/wooooosh

[@pizzatime4024]

@@bloxknight1145 united states of America

[@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.

[@waqasaps]

Ken Karnes yeah, i do the same. The animation is amazing

[@sandenium]

You watch it again because you love the animation or you couldn't understand it cuz you got distracted by the animation

[@carolinacuellar7839]

Ken Karnes I

[@karenlu3310]

Ken Karnes the animation is amazing

[@lopo8414]

DKCAE&B

[@jetungnnifer]

2:26 I ship the protein taxi and the vitamin

[@bimbo4949]

Hey can you take me on a ride in the taxi?

[@chickdrumstick1443]

I'm like vitamin c in the tube. "See ya later!"

[@Spiroku]

+Nathalie Herrmann lol

[@roziannasoleman3281]

I've use twitter.com/48122d506bbe2f7c1/status/742668391975096320 and I've gone from 207lbs to 215lbs. pretty clean muscle, good dieting lifting 3 days a week. I'm a continued customer. 3rd bottleee How do vitamins work Ginnie Trinh Nguyyen

[@khatunamezvrishvili6211]

Really?

[@muh.farid.120]

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

[@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

[@universe1879]

if you get excessive amounts of something anything becomes toxic, even water

[@WarmBreezeStudios]

@@universe1879 Water becomes toxic? Really? How come?

[@universe1879]

@@WarmBreezeStudios however water intoxication is really hard and like why would you do that

[@WarmBreezeStudios]

@@universe1879 I don't know, but thanks for your opinion

[@LiterallyMe157]

@@WarmBreezeStudios So you know you can die from dehydration because your cells will shrink and die, on the other hand, if you drink way too much water your cells will grow and explode and can kill you. Your body likes to be perfectly balanced and having too much of anything can hurt you. The body is very fascinating. I think the lethal dose is more than 3-4 liters in a few hours. Like Universe said it is very hard to do so no need to worry about it, but it is possible.

[@bhogpatibaboo4072]

It really amazes me how TeD Ed takes up relatively difficult topics and make them so visually interesting and easy to understand.. They actually make really wired yet very effective associations that we remember long after seeing them! I just wish they could do a vid on all the awesome scientists and animators- behind the scene! Plz keep up the wonderful work!

[@Cpt.Flashbang]

Bile is not acidic, bile is alkali 2:02

[@jetaime8941]

Callum Yates thank you for the correction

[@randomrock3439]

yeah I also noticed it

[@ntpgmr]

I think "Basic" would be a better descriptor than "alkaline". While they describe the same thing, they aren't describing it in the same way. Alkaline deals with nutrition, while Basic deals with chemistry. Connected, but not the exact same description. Some foods are acidic going by chemistry, but alkaline after going through the body. This means that either bile is basic and that is the proper word, or it's alkaline dealing with nutrition, but acidic dealing with chemistry.

[@kingjoshua6287]

I think the video is referring to BILE ACID not just bile. Bile acids are emulsifier of food especially fatty foods. On the other hand, bile is a pigment that makes your poops yellow/brownish.

[@thebdsyt]

I'm 10.

[@ghostpearl8301]

Whoever did this animation is a precious human!

[@90-varshatiwari54]

This animation is amazing.nobody could have presented it like this.I highly appreciate this efforts.

[@ytwallabang]

Great lesson, great animation; Love the character put into the vitamins!

[@acmargatroid]

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

[@nedwork]

No vitamin b is Buttman

[@passerdomesticusfemale7936]

And vitamin D is Minecraft

[@violetaturner4998]

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!

[@nomore-constipation]

The internet started out just for this exact reason (my interpretation) Being able to share information on a single platform was groundbreaking back then. What started out as simple text between Universities and some government sites morphed into the glorious internet we know today. I envy those who get to use this information to it's fullest ability as they grew up Pre-K and on Was always told the younger you are, the more you are able to retain. Starting from K-12 and on is fascinating concept. Would love to know if those who grew up with the technology are absorbing more information than those who haven't (depending on how quickly you started using the internet in your education years)

[@dashimansu]

The animation was completely involving. It made the concept 10 times easier to understand.

[@mayanhyams540]

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!

[@VortexBricks]

U mean alive vitamins

[@135meredith]

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.

[@randominternetprofile8270]

a semi-semi important note is that UVB rays interact with said cholesterol (7-DHC).

[@manofgod7622]

Our body produces vitamin D only in presense of sun. Without sun your body is unable to produce vitamin D, that’s why you need to supplement it in autumn and winter.

[@reneekatz]

It's true our bodies can produce these, but still people end up deficient, so not everyone does in sufficient quantities.

[@cristophilip7926]

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

[@TehreemAyesha]

I am so in love with this animation.

[@chastity2221]

Absolutely fantastic! Why isn't this being shown in public schools?

[@tacos394]

please never stop doing animated videos like these, I understand everything much more with the animation, :D thank you TED-Ed for this and all the videos you have :)

[@thegamergirl6164]

same

[@florenceianiev-xia145]

Fact: vitamins heal wounds son: I accidently cut myself and blood is gushing out father: eat your vegetables

[@yoshicasheth6769]

True That Happened To Me

[@mantisbrains]

Yea , have some vitamin K

[@reneekatz]

Vitamin K for the clotting and vitamin C for the healing.

[@ek794]

TED-Ed's animation team is unmatched!

[@somjittalukdar1360]

in 2:05 minutes of the video,the narration says "an acidic substance called bile" which is not correct. According to books and medical science,bile has a ph between 7 and 8 which makes it slightly alkaline and definitely not acidic. This can be a matter which the channel should look into. Otherwise,its a great video,truely enjoyed watching it. God bless Ted-ed

[@sunnymittra]

Bile is composed of bile acids and salts, phospholipids, cholesterol, pigments, water, and electrolyte chemicals that keep the total solution slightly alkaline (with a pH of about 7 to 8)

[@kingde8945]

None of these ppl know anything about a body

[@Bananappleboy]

And some of them said some false facts, such as wasps "helping with ecosystems." Some of these videos are also simplified.

[@sigstenbockgard8080]

@@Bananappleboy wasps litteraly do help out the ecosystem

[@loganjones1496]

Yes

[@baselkaskas2093]

It’s so cool how people figured this out

[@Jennifer-pb7zq]

Been binge watching your videos the past two days. I love your engaging yet calming the narrator is and that animation. It’s not only cute but its very helpful and made the otherwise difficult information easier to understand! Keep uploading videos!

[@claudiakinuthia6261]

I would love to squeeze the vitamins into a pulp of love and joy! I generally want to hug the vitamins after this video!

[@suzettex33]

This was so helpful, so much more than my nutrition textbook.

[@andersongillette1886]

the animation is heart melting

[@entertainingsisters4750]

What a right way of explaining kids! Thank you so much.

[@asmashealthyyou9260]

Thank you for a great lecture. Absolutely loved it.

[@albertthescientist7450]

What a great simple video about vitamins! Love it, thank you =)

[@lilangel7330]

2:00 why i imagined this sound in tiktok "weeeee weeeeee" lollllll 😂

[@fearisaliar3]

I learned a lot from this video! I"m glad that my nutrition professor recommended me to watch this video!

[@snactivist]

Whoever made the graphics for this video did an incredible job!

[@datnguyenninh9910]

Many thanks, Ms. Ginnie Trinh Nguyen!

[@clnadia]

Is this video available with spanish subtitles? I teach nutrition to kids in different communities and this could be very useful for them to understand this subject

[@ujjwalmishra9520]

The animator is the main reason why this channel is so alluring and magnetic 😍

[@themurderer8697]

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

[@OwaisKhanPT]

What a lovely video, and the animations were brilliant! :D

[@jamescameron5090]

2:35 Robert, it goes down. "No it don't." *Robert, i-it goes down! It goes down!*

[@albert_the_cool8092]

underrated comment

[@Lam-ll1lh]

I loved this animation on vitamins. Great work!

[@iamjaydee4621]

This is the best educational channel ever...it's informative, very entertaining and it's for free. thank you to the people behind of this amazing videos.

[@ajk9585]

This video was educational and fun and that same time! Way to go TedEd!

[@ender10man]

i was SOO close to typing "how vitamin work" until i saw this in the recommended

[@mahmud-ahsan]

Each and every video by this channel is mind blowing and full of lesson. Thank you.

[@shakiragarnett475]

Thank you Ted Ed so much I appreciate your channel teaches me a lot thanks for your extensive study to provide us with such info

[@HeyKevinYT]

I love the cute animation!

[@manondumasy1406]

merci beaucoup ! J'aime trop cette vidéo! Ces petits personnages sont drôles et captivants. Cela m'a aidé pour ma présentation en science.

[@Mark-ci6ln]

This is what I love about this channel answering all the shower thoughts

[@IdiotWithNo_S_key]

I saw this animation at my sister's class a few months ago, i was surprized bc this is an pretty rare sighting for me

[@529Superman]

2:16 "I need a taxi!!"

[@jerrypie]

The blood river reminded me: when I was a child I didn't understand how blood was stored in the body. I thought it was just pooled inside of us like a water bottle.

[@shawmanish1092]

You Guys make it so easy & fun to gain knowledge, Keep up the good work !

[@asiagowda1683]

Really understood everything about vitamins well Thank you🙏

[@Rohit-sh9rq]

awesome animation

[@TamaraTkacova]

This animation is just too adorable awww

[@AXO_000]

This channel is the type of channel that make us feel like we got powers just by eating

[@anchitdas7226]

How great it would be if every child on earth could learn like this!

[@divy2972]

2:10 I am in love with the animation 😍

[@allanestandarte8974]

I'm a 4th year nutrition major and I find this video fascinatingly informative! Kudos!

[@aa-zv8bt]

Hello if you are still alive I'd love to know how something so niche leads to a fulfilling and livable livelihood and what you do with this knowledge

[@natasdabsi1138]

​@@aa-zv8bt .

[@kayegalon]

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

[@errolvaz7429]

Thanks for the simple understanding of importance n balance of the vitamins

[@Nina21_]

This was beautifully written & the animation is just so adorable and creative ❤

[@thenaturesgift905]

wow so insightful!

[@EgmatXelugo]

the animation on this video is on another level. Both informative and hilarious !!!

[@SupplementSteve]

Some fantastic animation here to help bring home the point. Visuals like this are so important for good visual education

[@EmphasisOnJ]

Vitamin B looks like a butt :|

[@dig_deep_]

That's what the B stands for.

[@lueroifan12]

And Vitamin D looks like my dick

[@EmphasisOnJ]

I think you might want to get that checked out

[@stibba4286]

No it looks like boobs,thats why it is called vitamin B

[@nathixp]

B is for da booty :D

[@ethannathaniel9166]

Vitamin b: °heals wounds° Platelets: Are we a joke to you?

[@av4787]

I hand pick some of these videos, the voice of this guy remove anxiety

[@boahancock7755]

Ted-Ed taught and explained me more than my teachers

[@ibrahimabdalla1642]

0:06 Those are the 3 dreaded letters that my math teacher always makes us do questions from the textbook from

[@mildredcurbelo92]

I love Addison Anderson's voice *.*

[@trisha1220]

whoever made this animation is a genius 😂 never laughed so hard on vitamins!

[@nocturnal5123]

His voice is so calming.

[@Tamizushi]

"While bacteria, fungi and plants produce their own vitamins, our body can't" Isn't that begging the question? Vitamins are, by definition, essential organic micro-nutrients. We tend to identify vitamins from a human centered point of view. Of course the nutrients that are essential for members of a kingdom aren't necessarily gonna be the same than for another. In fact you don't even have to go to another kingdom for that. Cat's can't produce their own taurine so you could argue that taurine is a vitamin from a cat's point of view (it's an organic compound, it's a micro-nutrient and it's essential for them).

[@txdmsk]

Yes, that's correct. The word "vitamin" is a cursed one for many reasons.

[@daviddesouza6154]

Kamizushi Akinari Vitamins are coenzyme...

[@reznof2011]

Kamizushi Akinari there is a difference between an essential lipid, vitamin or amino acid. not anything essential is a vitamin.

[@paulmahoney7619]

BeAn BeAn it’s often difficult for pale-skinned people to get enough of it without developing sunburns.

[@abigailjieyeelim6702]

3:09 OMG it's robin!!!! (the human traffic light) XD

[@nodawg]

2:19 That protein taxi is so derpy I love it 😂

[@Nota_saint]

The animations are always so adorable with TED, I love it!!

[@Some_Guy77]

Fun fact: too much vitamin A can reduce the efficacy of vitamin D, drastically weakening bones over time.

[@EmyN]

Some Guy Why?

[@Mya_water]

So do vitamins in tablet form help? Or do they even work?

[@Nothing_serious]

They have vitamins inside it and that is transferred to your body

[@raegitano6345]

Now that's the big question. I'm also wondering!

[@hinduism7793]

This video explained things so intricately and interestingly.Terrific presentation 😇Love from India

[@hb6839]

Awesome animation and info! Thanks a bunch.

[@Jar.Headed]

2:38 - Me when Im on a river and I see a ravine in minecraft

[@irun_mon]

Hi Ted-Ed could you make a video like this about how can we get energy from food? thx

[@jonen9494]

+Irun Mon It's rather complex. Have a look at Khan academy and metabolism.

[@irun_mon]

Randomize Oslo funny thing you said that, I just watched it yesterday, I do understand like 40% or something, could be more if they make animation like this :p

[@jonen9494]

+Irun Mon I guess, but it's hard to make it this simple I think. You would have to leave out a lot of important parts.

[@phuyem]

+Randomize Oslo nah, things can be described in many format. Varying from few words , few paragraph or a whole thick book.

[@Vaminpark13]

These lectures are more fun to me as they are more define. I like the way they describe a hard topic in a fun was . It's interesting then my teacher bored lectures i hope we will get more content like this 😊♥️

[@rudrakshmadkaikar6176]

This is such a beautiful video. Very nicely explained.

[@WMfin]

Cute animation. How ever I came here to know what is vitamin jackpot, how much to take them but no help. I have some vitamin pills but I don't know do I have to use them.

[@Pendoza84]

Sure but not all at the same time! I wonder if I get high then :p

[@Dropping_Dimez]

You drink it.

[@kayleighperry6200]

4:11 did anyone else laugh at the animation for nerve damage?

[@meylielprida5952]

Yes

[@DaddyBoo69]

My job is selling natural food supplement that includes vitamins and i learned a lot from this. Thank you 💖

[@missgracyy22]

I kept on smiling while I watch this. Very smart animation!