Nutritional Vitamin Supplements – What You Need to Know

Posted on June 24, 2009

What do we really know about all the vitamin and mineral supplements available today? Do the vitamins we take really help us at all? What do you know about the company that makes them or how they make them? Where do the raw materials come from? What exactly are we consuming?

The vitamin and mineral market is a multi-billion dollar industry and unfortunately most of the information it provides is totally self-serving. Knowing a little bit about the body, doing your own research, and using the power of deduction, all will help to discern the truth.

Our bodies were not made to survive on fractionated or isolate vitamins. These have also come to be known as synthetic because they are “pulled” from either natural or man-made substances. They do not contain whole complexes that the body needs.

Back To School And Back To Health Part 2 – Diet

Posted on January 5, 2009

As the saying goes “you are what you eat” – eating right is one of the most important things you can do to stay healthy.

Vitamins

It was in the early 1900′s that researchers first discovered that there were substances in food that are ‘vital’ to life – which later became known as vitamins.

There are 9 water soluble and 4 fat soluble vitamins that people need to have in their diet. Eating lots of fruits and vegetables will give you plenty of these.

Keep in mind that some, like vitamin c, get broken down when heated so you do not want to cook all your foods that are high in this vitamin.

The Abcs Of Vitamins – A Comprehensive Vitamin Guide

Posted on December 28, 2008

Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential for normal metabolic functions. These functions include using proteins to repair injured tissue and converting fats and carbohydrates into energy. They do not supply the body with either energy or calories directly. Because vitamins (with the exception of Vitamin D) can not be synthesized by our body, they must be consumed through diet to prevent vitamin deficiency disorders.

There are a total of 13 vitamins, which are divided into two categories: fat-soluble and water-soluble. Water-soluble vitamins, which include Vitamin C and B-complex group, can not be stored in the body. They constantly need to be replenished since they are quickly eliminated through urine. Fat-soluble, on the other hand, can be stored temporarily in the liver and fatty tissues.

Water Soluble Vitamins And Fat Soluble Vitamins, What Is The Difference?

Posted on December 27, 2008

Water soluble vitamins, fat soluble, what is that? Most people do not even realize that vitamins are different, but they are. Besides the obvious letter difference, vitamins can be classified as either Fat Soluble or Water Soluble. Whether the vitamin is fat soluble or water soluble has to do with the way the body processes it. Should this difference matter to you? Well, yes and no.

At a basic level, whether or not a vitamin is fat soluble or water soluble doesn’t really matter. What is most important is ensuring your body gets the recommended daily allowances of each. Regardless of whether you’re getting your vitamins via your diet or by supplementation, avoiding a vitamin deficiency is what will keep the body in good health.

The Benefits Of Vitamins

Posted on November 21, 2008

It is a known fact that vitamins are essential to good health. The benefits of vitamins are numerous, and in a perfect world we would obtain all needed vitamins directly from the food we eat on a daily basis. However, because this is not reality for many individuals, there are some convincing reasons to consider taking vitamin supplements.

Vitamins can help us overcome our lifestyle problems. On the whole, we are not very responsible when it comes to healthy habits. Many people play with their lives by smoking an endless number of cigarettes, drinking alcohol to excess and live in suffocated air-conditioned homes without ever considering the harm that they unknowingly invite into their lives. By taking vitamin C every day, some of these negative effects may be counteracted.