Vitamins

Vitamins

Vitamins: are organic food substances found only in 

living things, i.e. plants and animals. They are essential for our bodies to function properly. for growth, energy and for our general well-being. With very few exceptions the human body cannot manufacture or synthesize vitamins. They must be supplied in our diet or in man-made dietary supplements. Some people believe that vitamins can replace food. but that is incorrect. In fact, vitamins cannot be assimilated without also ingesting food. That is why it is best to take them with a meal. Synthetic vitamin supplements can be of varying quality. so it is a good idea to get your supplements from a reliable source

food content of vitamin B1

food content of vitamin B1

Fortified breakfast cereal or wheat germ breakfast cereal

  soybeans, peanuts, sunflower seeds,. peanuts, .brazil nuts. whole grains. pork. oatmeal. whole wheat. hazelnuts. brown rice. rye, pinto beans, red beans, millet, buckwheat. frozen peas. walnuts, garlic, pumpkin seeds, potatoes, chicken. Magnesium is necessary for thiamin activation. Some foods interfere with thiamin metabolism such as large quantities of raw fish. tea. coffee (including decaffeinated). ferns. black currants and red cabbage.

Example

1 cup fortified breakfast cereal = .5-2.0 mg

1 cup long grain fortified white rice = .26 mg

1- 3 oz. serving of lean cooked pork = .74 mg

food content of vitamin k

food content of vitamin k

Raw cauliflower, raw brussels sprouts, raw kale, green tea, turnip greens, spinach, tomatoes, raw parsley, raw swiss chard, runner beans, cooked broccoli, cooked soybeans, vegetable oils such as olive, cottonseed, soybean, and canola. Hydrogenation of oils may decrease the absorption and effect of vitamin K.

Example:

1 Tbs olive oil = 6.6 mcg

1 cup cooked broccoli = 420 mcg

1 Tbs mayonnaise = 11.9 mcg

1 cup raw parsley = 324 mcg

food content of vitamin c

food content of vitamin c

Guavas, blackcurrants, red bell peppers, kale, parsley, green sweet peppers, broccoli, brussels sprouts, mustard greens, mango, watercress, cauliflower, red cabbage, strawberries, papayas, green and white cabbage, spinach, oranges and orange juice, lemon juice, grapefruit and grapefruit juice, elderberries, calf liver, turnips, peaches, asparagus, cantaloupe, green onions, tangerines, oysters, new lima beans, black-eye peas, soybeans, green peas, radishes, raspberries, yellow summer squash, sweet potatoes, loganberries, tomatoes, new potatoes, lettuce, bananas, kiwi, honeydew, canned pineapple, cranberry juice, vegetable juice, tomato juice, rutabaga, kohlrabi, and limes.

1 medium orange = 70 mg

1 cup cranberry juice = 90 mg

1 whole guava, 3 oz. = 165 mg

1/2 cup fresh strawberries = 43 mg

Vegetables Containing Vitamins

 Here is a list depicting vegetables containing vitamins:

Vitamin A: sweet potato, kale, carrots, spinach, avocado, broccoli, peas, asparagus and green pepper

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin): avocado

Vitamin B1 (thiamine): peas and avocado
Vitamin B3 (niacin): avocado, peas, potatoes, mushrooms, corn, artichoke, asparagus, lima beans, sweet potato, kale, broccoli, carrots and green pepper.

Vitamin E: none
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid): avocado, sweet potato, potatoes, corn, lima beans, artichoke, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots
Vitamin B6 (pryidoxine): avocado, peas, potatoes and carrots
Vitamin B9 (folate/folic acid): lima beans, asparagus, avocado, peas, artichoke, spinach, broccoli, corn, sweet potato, kale, potatoes, carrots, onions and green pepper
Vitamin B12: none
Vitamin C: artichoke, asparagus, avocado, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, green pepper, kale, lima beans, mushrooms, onions, peas, potatoes, spinach and sweet potato
Vitamin D: mushrooms
Vitamin K: Vitamin K is found in significant quantities in leafy vegetables like broccoli. spinach and kale

Vitamins Hang Out in Water and Fat

Vitamins Hang Out in Water and Fat

There are two types of vitamins: fat soluble and water soluble.

When you eat foods that contain fat-soluble vitamins, the vitamins are stored in the fat tissues in your body and in your liver. They wait around in your body fat until your body needs them.

Fat-soluble vitamins are happy to stay stored in your body for awhile — some stay for a few days, some for up to 6 months! Then, when it's time for them to be used.. special carriers in your body take them to where they're needed.( Vitamins A, D, E), and K are all fat-soluble vitamins

Water-soluble vitamins are different. When you eat foods that have water-soluble vitamins, the vitamins don't get stored as much in your body. Instead, they travel through your bloodstream. Whatever your body doesn't use comes out when you urinate )pee).

So these kinds of vitamins need to be replaced often because they don't stick around! This crowd of vitamins includes vitamin C and the big group of  vitamins B- B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), niacin, B6 "pyridoxine", folic acid, B12 (cobalamine), biotin, and pantothenic acid.

Damage, lack of vitamin d

Damage, lack of vitamin d

Low levels of vitamin D may cause declines in thinking, learning and memory in older men and women, according to a new study in the March 12 2010 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine..

An early study reported at foodconsumer.org showed low vitamin D was linked with cognitive decline in people with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's patients.

The current study led by David J. Llewellyn, Ph.D., of University of Exeter, England, and colleagues showed that older people with low levels of vitamin D were more likely to experience cognitive decline over a six-year period.

For the study, the researchers assessed blood levels of vitamin d in 858 men and women aged 65 or older at baseline. Participants completed interviews and medical exams and provided blood samples.  Three tested were administered at the beginning of the study and again after three and six years.

The researchers found those who were severely deficient of vitamin D,; defined as having blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of less than 25 ng per mL, were 60 percent more likely to have substantial cognitive decline during the six year follow-up and 30 percent more likely to have declines on the test measuring executive function than those with sufficient levels.

"Vitamin D: has been known for many years to play a critical role in skeletal health, such that very low levels of this hormone (less than 20 nanomoles per liter) can cause osteomalacia, a disorder of impaired bone mineralization," says Andrew Grey, M.D., and Mark Bolland, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., of University of Auckland, New Zealand in an accompanying editorial.

"More recently, observational studies have reported inverse associations between levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the metabolite that best reflects overall vitamin D status, and the risk of a wide range of disease, including cancer, vascular disease, infectious conditions, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity."

Other studies reported early on foodconsumer.org suggest that low vitamin D can not only cause more cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, but also lead to the development of Alzheimer's in the first place..

Three studies presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Honolulu suggest that physical exercise, tea and vitamin D may all help prevent Alzheimer's disease..

An estimated 40 to 100 percent of older people in the U.S. suffer vitamin D deficiency and a few millions of them live with Alzheimer's disease..

A vitamin is an organic compound

A vitamin is an organic compound

required as a nutrient in tiny amounts by an organism  In other words, an organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is called a vitamin when it cannot be  synthesized  in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet. Thus, the term is conditional both on the circumstances and the particular organism. For example, ascoribic acidvitanin c.  is a vitamin for humans, but not for most other animals, and biotin and "vitamin D "are required in the human diet only in certain circumstances. By convention, the term vitamin does not include other essential nutrients  such as dietary minerais "which are inorganic"  or essential fatty acid  "which are needed in larger amounts than vitamins" nor does it encompass the large number of other nutrients that promote health, but are otherwise required less often. Thirteen vitamins are presently universally recognized. 

Vitamins are classified by their biological and chemical activity, not their structure. Thus, each "vitamin" refers to a number of vitamer  compounds that all show the biological activity associated with a particular vitamin. Such a set of chemicals are grouped under an alphabetized vitamin "generic descriptor" title, such as "vitamin A", which includes the compounds retinal , retinol, and four known carotenoids . Vitamers by definition are convertible to the active form of the vitamin in the body, and are sometimes inter-convertible to one another, as well.

Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions. Some have hormone-like functions as regulators of mineral metabolism "e.g. vitamin D", or regulators of cell and tissue growth and differentiation"e.g. some forms of vitamin A" Others function as antioxid ants "e.g.vitamin E and sometimes vitamin E". The largest number of vitamins "e.g. B complex vitamins"function as precursors for enzyme cofactors , that help enzymes in their work as catalysts  in metabolism . In this role, vitamins may be tightly bound to enzymes  as part of prosthetic groups : for example, biotin  is part of enzymes involved in making fattyb  acids . Alternately, vitamins may also be less tightly bound to enzyme catalysts ascoenzymes , detachable molecules which function to carry chemical groups or electrons between molecules. For example,  folic acid carries various forms of carbon group – methyl ,  formyl and methylene  - in the cell. Although these roles in assisting enzyme-substrate reactions are vitamins' best-known function, the other vitamin functions are equally important.

Until the mid-1930s, when the first commercial yeast-extract and semi-synthetic vitamin C supplement tablets were sold, vitamins were obtained solely through food intake, and changes in diet (which, for example, could occur during a particular growing season) can alter the types and amounts of vitamins ingested.. Vitamins have been produced as commodity chemicals  and made widely available as inexpensive semisynthetic and synthetic-source muitivitamin dietary supplements, since the middle of the 20^th century.

The term vitamin was historically derived from "vitamine," a combination word from vita and amine, meaning amine of life, because it was suggested in 1912 that the organic micronutrient food factors which prevented beriberi and perhaps other similar dietary-deficiency diseases, might be chemical amines. This proved incorrect for the micronutrient class, and the word was shortened to vitamin

Source of vitamin A.

Source of vitamin A.

This vitamin is essential for growth and healthy skin and hair. It is a powerful antioxidant that plays

a key role in the body's immune system. Vitamin A is found in the following animal products:

   - milk, butter, cheese and eggs..
   -  chicken, kidney, liver, liver pate..
   -  fish oils, mackerel, trout, herring..

Another source of vitamin A is a substance called beta-carotene. This is converted by the body into vitamin A. It is found in orange, yellow and green vegetables and fruits..

Vitamin H

Vitamin H'

Vitamin H is also known as Biotin and aids in metabolizing carbohydrates (energy), .fats, and proteins. Additionally, it helps to produce fatty acids, promote healthy nerve tissue, bone marrow, and sweat glands. Biotin also relieves muscle pain, may prevent hair loss, and improves the health of finger and toenails.

This vitamin is used to treat some diseases. For example,. some infants develop a condition called 'cradle cap' (seborrheic dermatitis), characterized by a dry, scaly scalp, which may result from Biotin deficiency. Diabetics have found Vitamin H improves blood sugar control. Some people have used it when dieting (weight loss) and found it to be beneficial because fat is metabolized more efficiently

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Sources of vitamin E

Vitamin H (Biotin) is found in the following foods:. brewer's yeast, egg yolks (cooked), meat, poultry, kidney, beans, whole grains and chocolate. It is best to consume foods that have not been processed. Food processing can destroy Vitamin H.

This vitamin supplement is available in tablet form in doses of 10 mcg, 50 mcg, and 100 mcg. It may be combined in a multivitamin or B-complex formula, or with brewer's yeast.

Side effects of vitamin B-12

Side effects of vitamin B-12'

Vitamin B12 deficiencies occur when the body is unable to properly use the vitamin. Pernicious anemiaPernicious anemia can make the body unable to absorb vitamin B12 from the intestinal tract.

Because vitamin B12' comes primarily from animal products, people who follow a strict vegetarian or vegan diet and do not consume eggs or dairy products may require vitamin B12 supplements. (Non-animal sources of vitamin B12 exist but are highly variable in their B12 content. They are considered unreliable sources of the vitamin.)

Those who had surgery on specific parts of the small intestine or stomach are also prone to a deficiency if they do not take B12 supplements.

Low levels of B12 can cause anemia, numbness or tingling in the arms and legs, .weakness, and loss of balance..

Vitamin B12

itamin B₁₂, vitamin B12 or vitamin B-12,

, is a water soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. It is one of the eight B vitamins. It is normally involved in the metabolism of every cell of the body, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation, but also fatty acid synthesis and energy production. As the largest and most structurally complicated vitamin, it can be produced industrially only through bacterial fermentation-synthesis.

Vitamin B₁₂ consists of a class of chemically-related compounds (vitamers), all of which have vitamin activity. It contains the biochemically rare element cobalt. Biosynthesis of the basic structure of the vitamin in nature is only accomplished by simple organisms such as some bacteria and algae, but conversion between different forms of the vitamin can be accomplished in the human body. A common synthetic form of the vitamin, cyanocobalamin, does not occur in nature, but is used in many pharmaceuticals and supplements, and as a food additive, due to its stability and lower cost. In the body it is converted to the physiological forms, methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin, leaving behind the cyanide, albeit in minimal concentration. More recently, hydroxocobalamin (a form produced by bacteria), methylcobalamin, and adenosylcobalamin can also be found in more expensive pharmacological products and food supplements. The utility of these is presently debated.

Historically, vitamin B₁₂ was discovered from its relationship to the disease pernicious anemia, which is an autoimmune disease that destroys parietal cells in the stomach that secrete intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is crucial for the normal absorption of B₁₂, so a lack of intrinsic factor, as seen in pernicious anemia, causes a vitamin B₁₂ deficiency. Many other subtler kinds of vitamin B₁₂ deficiency, and their biochemical effects, have since been elucidated.

Vitamin B12

Vitamin ' B12'

''Introduction:

Vitamin B12: is a member of the vitamin B complex. It contains cobalt, and so is also known as cobalamin. .It is exclusively synthesised by bacteria and is found primarily in meat, eggs and dairy products.. There has been considerable research into proposed plant sources of vitamin B12. Fermented soya products, .seaweeds, and algae such as spirulina have all been suggested as containing significant B12. However,.the present consensus is that any B12: present in plant foods is likely to be unavailable to humans and so these foods should not be relied upon as safe sources. Many vegan foods are supplemented with B12.. Vitamin B12 is necessary for the synthesis of red blood cells, the maintenance of the nervous system, .and growth and development in children. Deficiency can cause anaemia. Vitamin B12 neuropathy,. involving the degeneration of nerve fibres and irreversible neurological damage,. can also occur.

Vitamin E

Vitamin E:

verybody needs E. This hard-working vitamin maintains a lot of your body's tissues, like the ones in your eyes, skin, and liver. It protects your lungs from becoming damaged by polluted air. And it is important for the formation of red blood cells.

Which foods are rich in vitamin E?

    * whole grains, such as wheat and oats.
    * wheat germ.
    * leafy green vegetables.
    * sardines.
    * egg yolks.
    * nuts and seeds

Vitamin K

Vitamin K

Vitamin K is the clotmaster! Remember the last time you got a cut? Your blood did something special called clotting. This is when certain cells in your blood act like glue and stick together at the surface of the cut to help stop the bleeding.

Which foods are rich in vitamin K?

    * leafy green vegetables
    * dairy products, like milk and yogurt
    * broccoli
    * soybean oil

When your body gets this vitamin and the other ones it needs, you'll be feeling A-OK!

Healthy foods rich in vitamins

What is the damage gain increased vitamin A

   ? What is the damage gain increased  vitamin A

Some research suggests that having more than an average of 1.5mg per day of vitamin A over many years may affect your bones and make them more likely to fracture when you're older.

Older people, particularly women, are already at risk of osteoporosis. This is where bone density reduces and so the risk of fractures increases.

If you eat liver or liver pâté once a week, you might be having more than an average of 1.5mg of vitamin A per day.

If you aren't getting enough vitamin D, you might be more at risk of the harmful effects of too much vitamin A. People who may be particularly short of vitamin D include women of Asian origin who always cover up their skin when they're outside and older people who rarely get outdoors. So if you're short of this vitamin it might be a good idea to boost the amount of vitamin D you're getting. Good sources of vitamin D include oily fish and eggs. The best source of vitamin D is summer sunlight – but remember, if you're out in the sun, take care not to burn.

Many multivitamins contain vitamin A. Other supplements, such as fish liver oil, are also high in vitamin A. So if you take supplements containing vitamin A, make sure you don't have more than a total of 1.5mg per day from your food and supplements. If you eat liver every week, you should avoid taking any supplements that contain vitamin A.

If you're pregnant, having large amounts of vitamin A can harm your unborn baby. Therefore, if you are pregnant or thinking of having a baby, you should avoid eating liver or liver products such as pâté because these are very high in vitamin A. You should also avoid taking supplements that contain vitamin A. Ask your GP or midwife if you would like more information.

Vitamin A

Vitamin A

Vitamin A" is also known as retinol. Good sources

of vitamin A include cheese, eggs, oily fish (such as mackerel), milk, fortified margarine and yoghurt.

Liver is also a rich source of vitamin A. But, because it's such a rich source, if you already eat it every week, you might want to choose not to have it more often.

If you're pregnant, you should avoid eating liver because of the amount of vitamin A it contains.

Vitamin A" is a fat-soluble vitamin. This means you don't need it every day because any of the vitamin your body doesn't need immediately is stored for future use.

You should be able to get all the vitamin A you need from your daily diet. This is:

0.7 mg a day for men
0.6 mg a day for women

Vitamin A" has a number of important functions. For example it:

    * helps maintain the health of skin and mucus linings (in the nose for example)
    * helps strengthen immunity from infections
    * helps vision in dim light

Vitamin K foods that help you lose weight

Vitamin K foods that help you lose weight

It may not be one of the A List celebrities of the nutrient world, but Vitamin K is an important component of a healthy diet. Vitamin K aids natural blood clotting, and also guards against osteoporosis by strengthening bones.­

Diet foods to help. Just because you want to lose weight does not mean that you are stuck with eating unappetizing food.  There are many diet foods that are delicious and absolutely wonderful for weight loss.  The following are some of

There are many diets out there such as the Atkins Diet or the "lose x amount of weight in y days by eating these foods in exact amounts" diets. People see these diets and automatically assume that since they are published then

 

Foods high in vitamin K:

Foods high in vitamin K

“Vitamin K” is one of the easier vitamins to achieve the recommended daily allowance in. ." Vitamin K" is produced for us in the small intestines by bacteria, and then is absorbed through the walls of the small intestines. .
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Foods Vitamin C :( Absorbic Acid) :is an important vitamin both for it's function in high in vitamin: C

Vitamin C, or Ascorbic Acid to give it its full title, is essential for everyone. Vitamin C is water soluble, so it's secreted from the body in urine.’ Therefore, as our bodies cannot manufacture vitamin C, we need to take it

Maintaining proper gum and mucous membrane health, but also because of its antioxidant properties that make vitamin: C an excellent way to prevent cancer

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Vitamin C has so many health benefits.. Besides being a friend to our immune systems and keeping diseases like cancer out, Vitamin C is also beneficial in helping us to absorb other nutrients as well. Vitamin C is one of the best

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Vitamin C, also know as L-absorbic acid, is known for its preventive qualities. It’s not only for fighting illness, but can also repair cells and bones. In addition, it helps maintain the cells’ healthy function. .

The importance of vitamin d

The importance of vitamin: d

You may have heard people talking about taking vitamin D supplements and wondered whether you should do the same or whether it was just another vitamin.

During the past couple of years, vitamin D research has increased, thus increasing our knowledge of this important nutrient, which is actually a hormone and not a vitamin. The research has found that a large percentage of our population is deficient in vitamin D, and at Pee Dee Family Practice we have found upwards of 90 percent of our population is deficient.

So what does this deficiency mean for you? How do you find out what your level is? And how is it corrected?

This hormone interacts with more than 2,000 genes affecting the brain, skin, heart, prostate, mammary glands, digestive tract, parathyroid gland, immune regulation, bone health, diabetes, fibromyalgia, depression, cognitive impairment and cancer. Low levels of vitamin D are related to a higher incidence of atherosclerosis, coronary artery calcification, cardiovascular events, hypertension and mortality. Vitamin D levels below 40 are associated with upper respiratory infections and the flu.

Studies indicate that vitamin D can lead to a 50 percent reduction in colon cancer and 30 percent reduction in breast cancer, to name a few. It may also relieve unexplained body aches, manage osteopenia and osteoporosis, and make it easier to loose weight. Vitamin D also increases muscle strength, making it important to help prevent falls, while some use it for athletic enhancement.

If you are pregnant, vitamin D may prevent your infant from having asthma, allergies, autism, juvenile diabetes, infectious diseases and low birth weight. If you have any of these conditions, your health-care provider can order a blood test to determine your vitamin D level.

A simple blood test is the only way to determine your vitamin D levels. There are two types of vitamin D levels, but the correct test is called 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D. You are more likely to be vitamin D deficient if you have kidney failure or liver failure, use sunscreen, have dark skin, or stay inside.

According to the new research, your vitamin D level should be above 40 for bone health and 45 to obtain cardiovascular benefits, and still others say over 50 for cancer prevention. If your levels are below these levels, you will need to discuss with your provider whether to naturally correct it or supplement with vitamin D.

Naturally, we convert UVB sun rays into vitamin D through our skin. UVB rays are easily reflected, making it difficult for them to reach the Earth and your skin. This conversion of UVB to vitamin D is subject to many factors including latitude, season, time of day, pollution, weather conditions, skin pigmentation, age, sunscreen, shade and clothing.

For those of us in South Carolina, adequate exposure to UVB occurs between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in late spring through early fall while arms and legs are exposed to the sun without shade, clothing, windows and pollution. With just 15 minutes of exposure, you get about 20,000 IU (international units) of vitamin D.

If you remain outside and your skin becomes pink or the time of day is beyond the UVB range, however, you will decrease your vitamin D levels by exposing yourself to UVA rays. Therefore, you must apply sunscreen after the initial 15 minutes in the sun to keep your vitamin D levels optimal and prevent sunburns.

Another way to obtain vitamin D is through food and supplementation. Naturally, vitamin D is found in cod liver oil, sardines and dairy products. The Food and Drug Administration states that you need only 400 IU daily, but by following this recommendation, our population has become deficient, the research shows.

If you are vitamin D deficient, you would have to drink over 50 glasses of milk a day. Since this amount of milk would be expensive and cause other uncomfortable problems, your provider may prescribe vitamin D at 50,000 IU. While taking supplementation to correct your levels, your blood levels should be monitored to ensure they stay in the optimal range. Then, once your levels are corrected, you can take over-the-counter vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) ranging between 2,000 and 5,000 IU daily. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends for infants to receive 400 IU daily and for breastfeeding mothers to take 2,000 IU daily.

As the research continues, I am sure that more medical conditions will be related to vitamin D and that the proper vitamin D blood levels will also become more well defined. Please consult and work with your health-care provider as you learn and seek to correct your vitamin D levels.

Damage, lack of vitamin d

Damage, lack of vitamin d

Low levels of vitamin D may cause declines in thinking, learning and memory in older men and women, according to a new study in the March 12 2010 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine..

An early study reported at foodconsumer.org showed low vitamin D was linked with cognitive decline in people with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's patients.

The current study led by David J. Llewellyn, Ph.D., of University of Exeter, England, and colleagues showed that older people with low levels of vitamin D were more likely to experience cognitive decline over a six-year period.

For the study, the researchers assessed blood levels of vitamin d in 858 men and women aged 65 or older at baseline. Participants completed interviews and medical exams and provided blood samples.  Three tested were administered at the beginning of the study and again after three and six years.

The researchers found those who were severely deficient of vitamin D,; defined as having blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of less than 25 ng per mL, were 60 percent more likely to have substantial cognitive decline during the six year follow-up and 30 percent more likely to have declines on the test measuring executive function than those with sufficient levels.

"Vitamin D: has been known for many years to play a critical role in skeletal health, such that very low levels of this hormone (less than 20 nanomoles per liter) can cause osteomalacia, a disorder of impaired bone mineralization," says Andrew Grey, M.D., and Mark Bolland, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., of University of Auckland, New Zealand in an accompanying editorial.

"More recently, observational studies have reported inverse associations between levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the metabolite that best reflects overall vitamin D status, and the risk of a wide range of disease, including cancer, vascular disease, infectious conditions, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity."

Other studies reported early on foodconsumer.org suggest that low vitamin D can not only cause more cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, but also lead to the development of Alzheimer's in the first place..

Three studies presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Honolulu suggest that physical exercise, tea and vitamin D may all help prevent Alzheimer's disease..

An estimated 40 to 100 percent of older people in the U.S. suffer vitamin D deficiency and a few millions of them live with Alzheimer's disease..

What do you know about vitamins

Oxygen is an integral part of human existence. Some have dubbed

this element as "vitamin O," even though it is not a true vitamin. Proponents of vitamin O claim that disease occurs because the body is lacking in oxygen. Therefore, by ingesting oxygen through vitamin O supplements, these ailments can be reversed.

There appears to be two types of vitamin O products on the market.. The first is an expensive health supplement that is composed largely of salt water and "stabilized" or "aerobic" oxygen.. Companies, such as RGarden, marketed vitamin O (without germanium) claiming that it could cure or prevent serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and lung disease and when taken by mouth, enrich the bloodstream with supplemental oxygen. These claims were never substantiated with scientific evidence; however, numerous testimonials mention the effects of vitamin O on a variety of conditions.. The second vitamin O product contains germanium, which when synthetically derived may be nontoxic and safe at high doses.:

Tips On Preparing Health Food For Vitamin And Nutrient Sources

Tips On Preparing Health Food For Vitamin And Nutrient Sources

Cooking a healthy meal day after day, night after night is not at all easy. However, if you want to start eating healthy, you need to pay close attention to the foods that you buy and serve on the dinner table. Be aware that eating health foods (and vitamins) involves knowing what the right foods are and making a conscious effort to consume more of them.

* Potatoes are good, as long as they are eaten in moderate amounts.

* Ideally, no more than five ounces of meat, beans and other sources of proteins (e.g., peas, nuts and fish) should be consumed per day to ensure that your diet has sufficient amount of protein. Bake, grill or broil meat instead of frying it.

* Consuming six ounces of grain each day is ideal. You can