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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.

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Educator
Ginnie Trinh Nguyen
Animator
Nadav Arbel
Artist
Assaf Benharroch
Script Editor
Emma Bryce
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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