Health and Fitness

Vitamin A is also called retinol is another  member of the fat-soluble nutrients such as vitamin D and K that occurs naturally in two different forms; pro-vitamin A or carotene and the preformed vitamin A found only in certain tissue of animal products.

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Carotene is an orange pigment found in many foods. It splits by [...]

There are many trace minerals that occur in µg/gram amounts in the human body. It is possible that these minerals such as Silicon, Vanadium, Boron, Nickel, Lithium and many more, may or may not have health benefits or at least proven benefits in humans.

In fact some of these minerals may be toxic as it is [...]

The term trace minerals or trace elements were originally used to describe minerals that ere not easily quantified by analytical methods. Today the terms are related to the daily needs for less than 100 mg.
Research on trace minerals in humans is still very young.

It is only recent history the discovery of the importance of these [...]

Trace Minerals - also called trace elements - occur in the soil and they are needed for all of the plants and animals biological functions. The amounts of trace elements typically in need to maintain good health are minuscule; it can be as small as one part per million, and often less. Our modern farming [...]

In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need supplements such as minerals, vitamins, trace elements and antioxidants except in disease and/or preventive states. They can’t duplicate all of the nutrients and benefits of complete foods.

I don’t really know how you feel but I believe that people are intelligent and genuinely want to eat healthy but it [...]

There is growing awareness that we require vitamins and minerals to promote and raise our health and well-being.

Our environment has gone through and continues to go through such enormous changes that we cannot trust altogether the food we eat alone for our nutritional needs.
Vitamins
Vitamins are organic substances (made by plants or animals). They come into [...]

You can not skip your daily servings of fruits and vegetables and take vitamins or minerals supplements instead. Dietary supplements aren’t meant to replace real food, as they can’t provide the nutrients and benefits of whole foods.

However,
dietary supplements can still play a role in your health by complementing your regular diet if you are [...]

Antioxidants are substances and/or nutrients that can prevent or correct cellular damage from oxidative processes collectively called free radicals. In chemistry free radicals are atoms that have unpaired electrons on an open shell configuration and are capable of independent existence.

Basically, free radicals are unstable molecules that steal electrons from neighboring molecules to stabilize themselves.
There [...]

Antioxidants or Phytochemicals are those hidden substances in fruit and vegetables that make them good for you. They are part of the plants arsenal for defense. Plants produce these substances to defend themselves against viruses’ fungi and bacteria.

Near 1000 different phytochemicals have been found to date and with many more still to be discovered.
The term [...]

Enzymes are complex proteins that act as catalysts in almost all biochemical reactions in the body to make life possible. They first came to the attention of biochemist 80 years ago and less than 100 were identified.

Today more than 5000 are known but the number in existence is believed to be more than 20000 [...]