If you have ever heard the suggestion to eat your carrots for good vision, you were actually being told to eat a food high in vitamin A.
Vitamin A not only helps with vision but it is an antioxidant , which means that this substance can prevent damage to our bodies’ cells and also help with repairing damage. Additionally,vitamin A helps with maintaining our skin tissue and it is necessary for our cell growth. It also helps fight off infection, which in addition to the benefits listed above... Read Full Story
In our childhood, we all might have got reprimanded by our mothers, scrutinising our dinner plates and saying sternly ‘quickly finish up your salad – it’s full of vitamins’! And when we grow up our Doctors keep reminding us ‘do not forget to take your daily dose of vitamins’! Some of us still wonder what is so special about them that everyone keeps emphasising on the importance of their consumption?! Vitamins (and also minerals) are micro substances found in the food items we consume. They... Read Full Story
Newspapers have been writing a lot about fertility and the fact that more and more women are making a choice to start a family in their 30’s or 40’s. Girls these days are highly likely to have a high flying career and be considering town trips, shoe shopping and sports autos, and a lot less about Mothercare, changing nappies, and pushing carts.
The average age for giving birth in the UK is going up about two months every year. The average age in 2007 was 29.3 years compared with 28.6 years... Read Full Story
Consumers should know that the Vitamin B12 is a water soluble vitamin which plays an important role in the functioning of the brain and the nervous system along with the production of the blood in the body. Actually Vitamin B12 is present in the metabolism of the body cell effecting DNA synthesis and regulation, fatty acid synthesis, and energy production in the body. Vitamin B12 is also coming in the form of food and nutritional supplements in the market. Consumers must know that dosage of... Read Full Story
Multivitamin supplements can be a good way to get the vitamins you need, especially if your own diet doesn’t give you all the nutrients you need. That said, of course, multivitamin supplements can’t do everything and won’t replace the benefits of a healthy diet in general; they will simply fill in gaps for those times when you just can’t quite eat right.
Multivitamin supplements often include minerals. Some of the minerals that people are prone to be deficient in are iron, magnesium, zinc... Read Full Story
The K vitamin is essential for the blood to clot to repair injuries. Whenever a person has a bleeding wound, it is the K vitamin that is present in the blood that stops the bleeding and enables most minor cuts to heal quickly.
There are three different forms of the K vitamin. The first variant of the K vitamin is vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone. This is the form of the K vitamin that is found in types of plant foods. Vitamin K found in plant foods. The second form of the K... Read Full Story
By Hien Chung Are multivitamin supplements really necessary? In fact, yes; that's especially true if your diet is deficient and doesn't provide adequate nutrition, because they'll fill in the nutritional gaps your diet doesn't provide. That doesn't mean you can eat unhealthily all the time and get away with it, but multivitamin supplements can give you nutritional support if your diet is less than optimal. Multivitamin vitamin supplements include vitamins as well as minerals. The minerals... Read Full Story
Hair loss may have multiple causes, but in most cases, this condition occurs because of temporary vitamin deficiency. Each vitamin has a key role in the proper functioning of the human body. Read further and find out more about the connection between vitamin deficiency and hair loss.
Vitamin A is extremely important for our vision, skin and hair. It stimulates the growth of cells and tissues, playing an important role in the metabolism of mineral salts and proteins. This vitamin can be... Read Full Story
Heart disease patients who are receiving folic acid and vitamin B12 treatment might be at an increased risk of cancer and death from any cause, suggests a new study.
Previous studies have shown inverse associations between folate (a B vitamin) intake and risk of colorectal cancer, although such associations have been inconsistent or absent for other cancers.
However, the new study suggests that although folate deficiency may promote initial stages of carcinogenesis, high doses of folic... Read Full Story
Norwegian study found supplementation raised chances of disease by 21%
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TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Although folic acid fortification of foods can prevent many birth defects, it may also increase the risk for developing cancer, Norwegian researchers report.
Since 1998, many countries have mandated folic acid (vitamin B9) fortification of foods to... Read Full Story
