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Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)

Also called Pantothenic Acid, this one vitamin is used by literally all of the functions the body performs. Vitamin B5 is a water soluble vitamin and it's one that's in abundant supply.

How does this all-important vitamin benefit the body? To begin with, like the other members of the B-complex family, Vitamin B5 has a major role in the metabolism process that converts carbohydrates, fats and proteins into energy. That alone is a lot.