Introduction to Vitamins
All the best exercise in the world is useless
without the proper nutrition. But the thing is,
barely anyone knows how to eat.A healthy diet goes side by
side with physical exercise.
In this line,
a healthy eating style does not know deficiency
in Vitamins and minerals. Taking Vitamin
supplements for energy is certainly good
practice.
The Vitamin is an organic molecule
required by a living organism to a definite
degree for proper bodily functioning.
Each Vitamin is crucial to a corresponding
specific bodily function.
In the same way,
deprivation of a particular Vitamin will
render the organism concerned at the mercy
of diseases associated with the lack of that
Vitamin.
For this reason, Vitamin supplements
are sold in Vitamin shoppes the world over.
Vitamins are known
as either water soluble or fat-soluble.
The former
means they dissolve easily in water, and the latter
means they are absorbed through the intestinal
tract with the help of lipids.
Some of the greatest
Vitamins are natural Vitamins and water soluble,
such as Vitamin C and all the B Vitamins - Thiamin,
Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine, Folic acid, Cobalamin,
Biotin, and Pantothenic acid.
Fat-soluble, health
food Vitamins include Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin
E, and Vitamin K.
In contrast to fat-soluble Vitamins, water-soluble
Vitamins need to be replenished daily as they
are not stored in the tissues but expended by
the body on a daily basis.
In fact, fat-soluble
Vitamins can accumulate, posing potential danger. By and large, an organism must obtain health
Vitamins or at least their metabolic precursors
from outside the body.
They are most often sourced
from the organism's diet or whole food Vitamin.
For one, Vitamin A can be derived from precursors
such as beta carotene. Niacin can be obtained
from the amino acid tryptophan and Vitamin D from
exposure to sunlight.
From the cellular perspective, nutrition Vitamins
make enzymes and hormones, the essential parts
of our living.
Enzymes are responsible for catalyzing
vital chemical reactions in your body and act
as chemical messengers between remote body organs.
Meanwhile, hormones directly influence your growth,
sexual characteristics, blood pressure, heart
rate, glucose levels, and many other functions.
Vitamins and minerals contain no calories, thereby
releasing no energy for the body.
Nevertheless,
they lead to the processes that can cause energy.
Vitamins must not be confused with other essential
nutrients such as dietary minerals, essential
fatty acids, or essential amino acids.
As of now, there are a total of thirteen known
Vitamins, each one critical to stable health.
Recommended daily allowances are standardized
for the sole prevention of diseases arising from
Vitamin deficiency.
There are many cheap Vitamins available in the
market today, and Vitamin stores are in no shortage.
There are herbal Vitamins, antioxidant Vitamins,
liquid Vitamins, even weight loss Vitamins.
| The following is a list of safe dosages
for a healthy adult: |
Vitamins
- Vitamin A: 5,000 - 25,000 IU's
- Vitamins B: Thiamin 2-100 mgs
- Riboflavin 50-100 mgs
- Niacin 20-100 mgs
- Pyridoxine 3-50 mgs
- Folic acid 800 mcgs - 2 mgs
- Cobalamin 500-1,000 mcgs
- Pantothenic acid 4-7 mgs
- Biotin 30-100 mcgs
- Vitamin C: 500-2,000 mgs
- Vitamin D: 400-600 IU's
- Vitamin E: 200-400 IU's
- Vitamin K: 160-300 mcgs
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Minerals
- Calcium: 1,000-1,500 mgs
- Copper: 1.5-3.0 mgs
- Chromium: 50-200 mcgs
- Iron: 15-30 mgs
- Magnesium: 300-500 mgs
- Manganese: 2.5-5.0 mgs
- Molybdenum: 75-250 mcgs
- Potassium: 2,000-3,500 mgs
- Selenium: 70-200 mcgs
- Zinc: 15-50 mgs
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