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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.