Waardenburg syndrome. Waardenburg syndrome: Introduction. Waardenburg syndrome: The disease was named for Petrus Johannes Waardenburg, a Dutch ophthalmologist (1886-1979) who was the first to notice that people with two different colored eyes ... more about Waardenburg syndrome.
As a result, most of the fat-soluble vitamins (such as the vitamins A, D, E, and K) that contain amounts above the daily allowance are drug products. The daily dosage of a vitamin supplement for example cannot exceed 300% of the recommended daily allowance, and for vitamin A, this limit is even lower (200%).
Vitamins are an important part of food and are absorbed through the small intestine. Vitamins are grouped based on how your body absorbs them. Water-soluble B-complex and C vitamins dissolve in water prior to absorption. Fat-soluble vitamins -- A, D, E and K -- dissolve in fat to be absorbed and stored for later use. Water-soluble vitamins are not easily stored and surplus amounts are excreted in your urine. Fat-soluble vitamins require bile acids for absorption and are stored in the liver and fatty tissue of the body.