‘Vitamins’

Vitamin B

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Vitamin B vitamins is one of the most famous, but we know very little about its benefits and its importance to the health and welfare.

Vitamin B is actually a group of eight distinct vitamins, B1 – thiamine B2 – riboflavin, B3 – niacin, B5 – pantothenic acid, B6 – pyridoxine, B7 – Biotin, B9 – folic acid, B12 – cyanocobalamin, known collectively as Vitamin B complex Vitamin B is water soluble, which explains all versions of effervescent supplements of vitamin B.

The B vitamins work in sync to support the health of many body systems. The B complex improves immune function, promotes the proper functioning of the nervous system, maintains the metabolic rate, increases mitosis and meiosis, and helps in the prevention of depression and cardiovascular diseases. (more…)

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Vitamin A is helpful against acne

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Vitamin A is especially valuable for the body and is good for your skin but who could get to thinking it might be a useful weapon for those who fight against acne? His action is a broad spectrum detoxifies and helps prevent the action of bacteria on the skin is to regulate the formation of sebum. The health of the cells is in first place in the proper physiological functioning of the skin and vitamin A can do a lot.

It is through food consumption, and then we can intervene before they turn to drugs and foreign intervention, which can support the action but not always, unfortunately, resolve it. Introducing the diet foods rich in vitamin A but a small step forward may be decisive in solving the problem. (more…)

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Vitamin D: from sun lamps and a remedy saves bones

Monday, February 15th, 2010

But not only! That the vitamin D had extraordinary healing properties was known, but the scientific debate is more than ever on, because vitamin D and essential for the formation of bone and teeth, is proving to be miraculous for many other aspects of our being.
We can find in some foods and is activated during exposure to sunlight and ultra violet rays of sun lamps.
Vitamin D has always been known for her role in prevention of rickets has been in more recent even a panacea against heart disease, osteoporosis and colon cancer and, among other positive effects of contributing to a significant Improvement of the problems linked to menopause. Researchers from Creighton University in the United States have shown that a group of women in Nebraska for only 4 years taking 1100 IU of vitamin D decreased the risk of any cancer by 70%. (more…)

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Substances essential for life

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Substances essential for life

Vitamins are substances essential for life. They are present in food, although in very small quantities, act as catalysts in the processes and requirements of our vitamin organism. Cada has one or more functions, so that its defect results in impaired functions, but it is recommended a massive ingestion and this can also cause problems.

For this reason and to know the benefits of each type of vitamin and natural sources, will explain them one by one.

That yes, it is noteworthy that the best is medical supervision, since through analytical and other means, will be our best advisers for a possible change in our diet, habits and even supplementation. It is not advisable to play at being doctors and treat vitamin a diet created for ourselves, because it could generate significant disruptions in our body.
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Nutrition for the Brain

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Nutrition for the Brain

The focus in the following nutrition tips to reap the rewards of a healthy diet for the brain:

1) Vegetables: The latest news from neuroscience confirm what mom always said: Eat your vegetables! Despite all the interest in vitamins and food supplements, the best advice is to eat a variety of green vegetables, colorful, cruciferous and leafy.

A recent federal study of 13,388 nurses who have continued their consumption by 10 years found that women who ate more cruciferous vegetables and more luxuriant, including broccoli, cauliflower, salad greens and spinach, had a lower rate of decline in a battery of tests of learning and memory. The more of these vegetables they ate, the better they performed.

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables has been promoted for their potential to help the heart and fight cancer, so it is not surprising that such a diet is also good for your brain. Vegetables and fruits have antioxidants and other vitamins and minerals, low in fat and are generally low in calories.

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