Vitamin K

What is vitamin K? Sources of vitamin K

Its name vitamin K received by the first letter of surname of the American hematologist Quick, who discovered this vitamin.

Vitamin K antihemorrahgic substance. Hemorrhage is a flow of blood from the vessels. Vitamin K prevents bleeding and hemorrhage. Read more »

Vitamin E rich foods

Vitamin’s E history

Vitamin E was discovered by Evans and Bishop in 1922.Under the title of vitamin E such compounds are known: four tocopherols (a, b, g and d) and 4 tocotrienol (a, b, g and d). Of which, alpha-tocopherol is the most common and biologically active, and therefore vitamin E is also called alpha-tocopherol or tocopherol only. Vitamin E refers to the fat-soluble, resistant to high temperatures, but was “afraid” light.

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Vitamin E benefits

Vitamin e is an oil soluble vitamin!

Although it has such useful properties as:

§ Is a powerful antioxidant that prevents oxidation of fat and cholesterol
§ Delays the aging process and helps prevent cancer, diabetes and heart disease
§ Has a positive effect on the female reproductive system
§ Reduces blood clotting
§ Increases physical stamina, improving the efficiency of oxygen utilization by the body
§ Protect from exposure to secondhand smoke and air pollution
§ Strengthens the immune system Read more »

Vitamin D supplements

Main sources:

Oils, fish liver, fish, egg yolks, dairy products, liver, and sunbathing.

Supplements Natural Sunshine Products
• Mega Chel
• TNT
• Super Complex
• Osteo Plus
• Children `s Vitamins
• Calcium Magnesium Chelate Read more »

Vitamin D sources

Vitamin D in food products

Vitamin D occurs very rare in our usual foods: fruits, vegetables, cereals, bread. The main sources of vitamin D – raw egg yolk, dairy products, cheese (cottage cheese), butter, liver, fish, seafood. In most abundant vitamin D in the cod liver and halibut, herring, mackerel, tuna. However, the richest of its “sources” is the sun, but only in conjunction with the clean air act when the morning ultraviolet rays. Read more »

Vitamin D deficiency symptoms

Requirement of Vitamin D

Under physiological conditions, the need for vitamin D ranges from 200 IU (for adults) and 400 IU (for children) per day. It is believed that short-term (within 10-30 min.) Exposure face open arms to the sun and receiving approximately equivalent to 200 IU of vitamin D, whereas re-exposure to the sun in the nude with the emergence of a moderate skin erythema causes an increase in the level of 25 (OH) D, above observed during repeated it a dose of 10 000 IU (250 mcg) per day. Read more »

Vitamin D deficiency

Let’s start with the fact that vitamin D prevents depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and also affects diabetes and obesity. Perhaps vitamin D is the most underestimated nutrient in the world. Maybe because it’s free – your body itself produce vitamin D when sunlight touches the skin. No sales (pharmaceutical companies can’t sell the sunshine!), and no advertising, so why spend money on spreading knowledge about vitamin D? Read more »

Vitamin D benefits

We have already written how to get sunburn and talked about the “artificial sun”: it has pros and cons. Be aware that ultraviolet component of sunlight is as helpful as harmful to health.

The main function of vitamin D is to ensure normal growth and development of bones, the prevention of rickets and osteoporosis.

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Vitamin C rich foods

In order to get normal supply of vitamin C in the organism one should, firstly turn to herbal products in the period of their bloom. The foliage of trees, grass, corn, wheat and other cereals contain at that time a lot of vitamin C. Read more »

Vitamin C overdose

Vitamin C overdose

You absorb pounds oranges and lemons, as used to, that they contain vitamin C is the body’s best friend? Do not forget that in large quantities is bad everything, and vitamin C – is no exception.
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