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Why are vitamins labeled with letters?: Decoding the Alphabet of Nutrition

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Did you know that the term 'vitamin' was originally coined as 'vitamine' in 1912? The peculiar naming system we use today, answering **why are vitamins labeled with letters?**, is a fascinating story of scientific discovery, reclassification, and historical happenstance. The seemingly random alphabet soup is, in fact, a timeline of early nutritional science.