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Improve Your Health With Herbal Life Vitamins

(Submitted by: Tim Gorman)

If you're even remotely interested in improving your overall health and fitness levels through vitamins, supplements and minerals then chances are you've heard of Herbal Life. Just in case you haven't, Herbal Life is a very large, worldwide diet and nutrition company. Since the early nineteen eighties they have been helping people to lose weight and supplying them with health products. ... Read article

Are You Taking All The Vitamins Your Body Needs?

(Submitted by: Peter Salazar)

Minerals play an important role in our body, and the basic fact is that we do not get enough of it from food alone. The nutritional content of food is not the same today as it was 10-20 years agoit has become much less due to inappropriate farming methods, soil erosion, etc. Additionally, it has been said that our bodies can only absorb 5% of the minerals found in food.Because of these ... Read article

Pharmaceutical Grade Vitamins vs. Regular Vitamins

(Submitted by: Cathy Taylor)

Vitamins are necessary for human life and health. They are required in minute amounts, and with the exception of Vitamin B12, cannot be manufactured in your bodies. These organic compounds need to be obtained from diet, and if deprived of a particular vitamin, you will suffer from disease specific to that vitamin. It is a matter of record that you are not getting enough vitamins. Though we ... Read article

Toxic Effects & Side Effects of Isolated Vitamins

(Submitted by: Victor Shayne)

Vitamins are PARTS of foods, but they are NOT foods. Foods contain vitamins, but vitamins NEVER contain nutrient complexes (synergistic biochemicals). And, NO vitamin is really natural once it has been REMOVED from its original food source.Several supplement companies confuse this issue further by claiming that their products are whole foods whey they are actually mixtures of foods and ... Read article

Vitamins -- Why You Should Seriously Consider Supplementing

(Submitted by: Ba Kiwanuka)

What Are Vitamins?Vitamins are organic compounds that are required by the body in very small amounts for normal growth and maintenance of good health to occur. Vitamins play vital roles in the metabolic processes of the body and a deficiency state for a particular vitamin will manifest with characteristic symptoms. Vitamins are broadly categorized into two types: Water Soluble ... Read article

The Benefits and Risks of Vitamins and Minerals

(Submitted by: John Ritter)

Vitamins, called micronutrients because they are needed in such small amounts, are essential to life. We require sufficient vitamins and minerals for normal body functions. If we do not get them, deficiency diseases may develop.Vitamins work best synergistically. Some can be more or less effective when taken with others. Man is not God, and does not know the proper balance. It is ... Read article

Female Basic Multiple, All The Basic Vitamins A Womens Needs In One

(Submitted by: Peter Salazar)

Female Basic Multiple was designed as a general nutritional maintenance product for women of all ages. Many important ingredients include a variety of vitamins, minerals, and other constituents. It also includes ovarian substances. Important ingredients in the product and their functions are discussed below.Vitamin AFemale Basic Multiple contains 4,167 IU of ... Read article

Multi Vitamins or Single Doses?

(Submitted by: Timothy Moore)

For many years, consumers have been influenced via media advertising to believe that the perfect multivitamin exists to provide for all their health supplementation needs. But is this simply marketing hype, or the result of scientific research?Well, according to Allison Aubrey in an article for National Public Radio, the kinds of studies needed to validate the efficacy of vitamins with ... Read article

About Hair Loss Vitamins

(Submitted by: Boyd Adams)

A complete diet chart incorporates six basic nutrients and two essential non-nutrient components, listed below:Six basic nutrients:1. Carbohydrates 2. Fats 3. Proteins 4. Vitamins 5. Minerals 6. Trace ElementsTwo essential non-nutrient components:1. Fiber 2. WaterGenerally, most of the edible stuff contains these nutrients in a ... Read article

Herbal Vitamins for a Healthier You

(Submitted by: Paul Ghossain)

Herbal supplements and vitamin supplements are often interchanged. Most herbs contain some vitamins. Vitamins are usually either synthetic or derived from animals, herbs or fruit. From this close association, the concept for herbal vitamins emerged.The need for vitaminsSince our bodies cannot manufacture or synthesize most of the identified vitamins, we must get ... Read article

Fear Depletes Vitamins in the Brain Making You Stupid

(Submitted by: Lance Winslow)

Have you noticed what I have and that is that people are just getting stupid? I mean they seem to be running around in a daze? They have trouble carrying a thought or staying the bounds of reason and reality? I have theory on this and that is all the stress is getting to folks and the mass media hysteria is beginning to take its toll on people making them fear.We know that stress and ... Read article

Vitamins and Herbal Supplements For Male Pattern Baldness, Female Hair Loss, and Thinning Hair

(Submitted by: Jim Merritt)

One of the most frequently asked questions about hair loss by men and women is will vitamin and herb treatments help me with my thinning hair?Without question the answer is a resounding yes. The simple fact is all of your bodys processes require supplementation to maintain optimal performance. No more than you can do without water likewise you body cant do without the proper nutrients ... Read article

Benefits and Deficiencies of Vitamins

(Submitted by: Tanya Jain)

Vitamins are compounds found in food, which help us to be fit and healthy. These organic compounds help in the functioning of the various metabolic systems of our body. Vitamins are found naturally in the various foods, which we consume and we can also obtain vitamins in the form of vitamin supplements. Vitamins also help to protect our body from diseases and infections. Vitamins are also ... Read article

Vitamins for Today and Tomorrow

(Submitted by: Dave Poon)

These days, information regarding vitamins is widely available. It is a blessing because simply a few decades ago, information on vitamins was very slight. At that time, doctors would tell us that we get all the vitamins our body needs simply from our daily diet. But think about this, they didn't used to know that smoking was related to cancer either.Fast forward to today. Nearly all ... Read article

Vitamins For Dry Skin

(Submitted by: Jimmy Sturo)

Dry skin can be caused by a variety of factors. For people suffering from dry skin that has been inherited, there is no permanent solution except to take care of the skin with creams and lotions to avoid aggravating the condition.Dry skin is also caused by old age. The body then cannot produce sufficient amount of oils and fluids as required. The oily layer on the skin then tends to ... Read article

Vitamins for Hair Growth

(Submitted by: Paul Cris)

Hair loss or baldness is caused mainly due to the lack of Vitamin B supplements. Vitamin B5 contains pantothenic acid and B3 (niacin that is vital for hair growth). B6 is equally important to the body, as it contains the nutrients of zinc, sulfur, magnesium and biotin.An interesting fact about Vitamin B: Certain experiments were conducted with rats and they were fed with food that ... Read article

Vitamins and Minerals - Are Your Getting the Most from Your Nutritional Supplements?

(Submitted by: Anthony Thomas)

Whether you eat a healthy diet or supplement your diet with nutritional supplements such as vitamins and minerals, you might not be receiving the nutrients you think you are getting. Why, because of a condition called malabsorption.But what exactly is malabsorption? Very simply, it is the inability of the intestine to absorb one or more nutrients from your diet. These nutrients ... Read article

Hair Growth Vitamins and Minerals

(Submitted by: Brad Jones)

There is some evidence from a few small studies that the western diet has changed significantly in the last 20 years and there are certain vitamin and mineral deficiencies likely to be found in a typical American diet.There are nutrients and herbs that have the potential to affect hair growth in a positive or negative way. There are three basic ways that nutritional diet vitamin ... Read article

Vitamins and Your Body

(Submitted by: Lorna Findlay)

Have you ever wondered why the word 'essential' usually precedes the term, 'vitamins'? The reason is simple. Vitamins as well as minerals ensure that our bodies function as they were designed. Interestingly, as important as vitamins are, the body lacks the ability to manufacture most on its own. Instead, it must rely on outside sources to meet its nutritional needs.Vitamins are organic ... Read article

Online Poker Tools are to Online Poker Cheats, as Vitamins are to Steroids

(Submitted by: Chris Sorensen)

Online Poker Tools will help improve your play. Online Poker Cheats may improve your play. Online Poker Tools are legal to use at Online Poker Rooms. Online Poker Cheats are illegal and when detected your account will be closed, your money seized.Online Poker Tools definedAn Online Poker Tool is any device that a player uses to assist or help play ... Read article


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What are vitamins?

an organic substance that acts as a coenzyme and/or regulator of metabolic processes. There are 13 known vitamins, most of which are present in foods or supplements; some are produced within the body. Vitamins are crucial for many bodily functions including a healthy immune response.
An essential low molecular weight organic compound required in trace amounts for normal growth and metabolic processes. They usually serve as components of coenzyme systems. For humans, vitamin A, the B series, C, D1 and D2, E and K are required. Deficiencies of one or more vitamins in the nutrient supply result in deficiency diseases.