Vitamins and Vitamin Supplements
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About Vitamin A
How did vitamin A get its name? A Polish biochemist, Casimir Funk, came up with the word "vitamine" in 1912. "Vita" is Latin for "life" and at the time it was thought that all these substances were amines (later proven wrong). Hence the word...
About Vitamin C - The Wonder Vitamin?
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) may possibly be a "wonder vitamin" in some people's books. A lot of claims have been made for it in the past few years, not the least of which was Dr. Linus Pauling's claims for its ability to prevent and lessen the...
Achieving Youthful Healthy Skin With Vitamins A, C And E
We all want healthy skin. While the main reasons for pursuing healthy skin tend to be purely shallow and cosmetic in nature, healthy skin is beautiful and keeps us looking younger than our years and there are actually some practical health benefits...
Acne - Apply Vitamin A Derivatives For Sure Cure
Acne and Vitamin A Vitamin A is considered a very important anti oxidant vitamin. Use of Vitamin A in the form of Beta-carotene kills free radicals and keeps us young for a long time. How vitamin A is used for treating Acne? Let us find out in...
After WLS: Silica Vitamin Helps Slow Hair Loss
The question of hair loss comes up all the time in the LivingAfterWLS community. Is there anything we can do to prevent hair loss or at least decrease the severity of it? Some bariatric centers say there is nothing to be done, that patients have...
After WLS: Tough Pill To Swallow - Tips for Taking Vitamins
We have all been told to take our vitamins after gastric bypass weight loss surgery. In order to be nutritionally healthy we must supplement because the malabsorptive system prevents key nutrients from being absorbed by the body. But new patients...
All About Vitamin A
Vitamins are essential for good health and well being. They are defined as any group of substances required in small quantities for healthy growth and development. They cannot be manufactured in the body so they are therefore vital constituents of...
All Vitamin Supplements Are Not Created Equal
While getting all your essential nutrients from natural foods is ideal, it may not be practical in today's society and many people turn to vitamin pills to supplement their diets. Make no mistake about it however, vitamin supplements are big...
Amla Herb and Indian Gooseberry (Vitamin C)
Amla also know as amalaki, dhatriphala and in Sanskrit and Emblica officinalis scientifically, is the most widely used herb in the ayurvedic system of medicine. it maintains balance amongst three Doshas of wind, bile and phelgm (Vayu, Pitta and...
Amla: The New King of Vitamin C
There is a lesson to be learned from our history of technological advances. Think about it. When personal computers went mainstream, we quickly abandoned our typewriters. The introduction of DVD’s saw the eventual demise of VHS and virtually all...
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A Look At Some Of The Top Vitamins
Vitamins (combination of two words: Vital Amines) are the complex organic substance essential in small quantities to the metabolism (nutrition) in most animals. These are found in minute quantities in food, in some cases are produced by the ...
Search and Find Vitamin Supplements Online
If you need any information how do you proceed? Do you go to the library? Do you search the Internet? Or do you ask someone else? Lots of people prefer to search and find information in Internet. This is the fastest and the most comfortable way to...
Take Your Vitamins, But Don’t Overdose On Them
We all know people who go to the local health store like GNC or High Health to get their supply of vitamins. They often go to these places because they feel or even know that they can get a better grade of vitamin there than at the local drug store...
Vitamin E
Do you take vitamins regularly? Are you toying with the idea of starting a regimen of vitamins soon? If so, make sure that you include Vitamin E in your roster of vitamins to take. Vitamin E provides a wide range of benefits that are of vital...
Vitamins: How To Keep Your Body Healthy By Using Vitamins Safely
Vitamins are an important part of a health diet. Unlike carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, vitamins do not directly provide building blocks or energy for your body; vitamins function as assistants to your body in creating and breakdown down...