Sources Of Vitamin B1
July 29, 2008 by Alison Addy
Filed under Diet Supplements, Diets
This article discusses the importance of getting the required amount of Vitamin B1. It also talks about its role in promoting good mental health.
Vitamin B1 As A Treatment Drug
Vitamin B1, which is also called Thiamine, is a very important vitamin in our diet. More importantly, it’s a vital ingredient for us to stay healthy. Thiamine has long been very important in the medical health profession. It has been used as parts of treatment for patients suffering from the AIDS virus and HIV. It has also been used by many doctors to help improve brain functions and treat mental health problems.
Research has also shown that a daily diet of Vitamin B1 may be helpful in preventing or stalling the harmful effects from Alzheimer’s disease. The number of victims suffering from this degenerative disease is staggering, with more being added each year. The effects of the research being done on Vitamin B1 as a helpful drug for these patients are also phenomenal.
Vitamin B1 For A Healthy Heart
There are other important reasons to maintain an adequate level of Thiamine or Vitamin B1 in your daily diet. In addition to the many other benefits of Vitamin B1, new research has discovered that proper amounts of Thiamine may help to prevent cardiovascular and heart diseases. Many doctors and scientists believe it will help to reduce the heart-related complications with diabetic patients. They believe that increasing the diabetic patent’s dosage of Vitamin B1 will reduce the amount of bad cholesterol, which is what usually causes heart disease. Heart disease is a very serious condition. It is, in fact, the number one killer of women. For this reason alone, it’s important to check with your doctor to see if you are receiving and adequate level of vitamin B1 in your system.
Vitamin B1 And Our Mental Health
Yet another benefit of Vitamin B1 is the effect it has on our mental health. Taking Vitamin B1 on a regular basis appears to improve our cognitive functions. It has also been show to help a person concentrate better. Increasing the person’s ability to concentrate has a lot to do with how it helps ward off many of the symptoms in Alzheimer patients. There is still much research being done on the effects of Alzheimer symptoms. If it could be proven that Thiamine can stop the progression of Alzheimer’s, it would be a miracle. A recent study on the benefits of Vitamin B1 state that many psychologists are recommending the vitamin to help patients that have trouble focusing on “tasks at hand” or attention deficit patients.
Excellent food sources of Vitamin B1 are pork, milk, fruit and whole grain products. If your are using meat as your source, make sure it is not overcooked or you will be cooking the vitamins out of the food. If you are concerned about your levels of the vitamin, contact your doctor.
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Vitamin E Cream or Vitamin E Supplements
June 5, 2008 by Alison Addy
Filed under Diet Supplements
This article on Vitamin E cream tells about the many benefits from Vitamin E cream as well as different products where it can be found.
Vitamin E in Skin Creams and Lotions
If you’ve ever gone to a store that sells health and beauty aids or the health and beauty aids section of your grocery store, I’m sure you’ve seen numerous bottles of skins creams and lotions. Most skin creams and lotions have different vitamins and minerals added into them to make them more effective in protecting and nourishing the skin. These types of skin creams are especially effective for dry skin. Skin creams and lotions such as this are very popular with women because they are made naturally without a lot of additives.
Many creams have Vitamin E integrated in them. In many instances, Vitamin E is one of the main ingredients in these creams and lotions. Because many research studies have determined the positive effect Vitamin E has on us, cosmetic companies, in a means of pleasing their customers, have added this important vitamin to their cosmetic products. Because Vitamin E has become so popular in cosmetics, it’s added in numerous products, making it difficult to know which product to choose. The best way to determine the best Vitamin E cream for your skin and body, besides trial and error, is to do some research on your own.
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Uses for Vitamin E Cream
There are many benefits to using Vitamin E cream, probably more than we realize. Before you purchase Vitamin E cream or something with Vitamin E in it, it’s important to determine how the cream was formulated and how much Vitamin E is in the product. Because Vitamin E is an antioxidant, this is the only capacity in which it will help our skin and body. The antioxidant effect in Vitamin E cream gets absorbed in our skin and can help to neutralize the free radicals in our skin. The only way Vitamin E cream can help our skin is by direct application to our skin. Many cosmetic companies advertise their products with Vitamin E, stating they can help in many ways such as promoting longer eyelashes or hair or getting rid of blemishes and scars.
Vitamin E supplement and Vitamin E cream
Taking Vitamin E supplements is also very beneficial in neutralizing the free radicals in our body. Whereas Vitamin E cream is most helpful to our skin, Vitamin E supplements have many benefits for our bodies such as helping our bones and kidneys. Other positive effects from ingesting Vitamin E are removing the effects of smoking on our skin as well as an overall positive effect on our entire body. Vitamin E creams focus mostly on each individual layer of skin. Our skin is the most important and largest organ of our body and needs good care to remain healthy. The use of Vitamin E cream will help it to stay healthy, elastic and look younger.
What Happens With A Vitamin A Deficiency
June 4, 2008 by Alison Addy
Filed under Diet Facts
This article is about Vitamin A and its importance in our body and what to do to prevent an Vitamin A deficiency.
Vitamins A is a Necessity
Vitamins are very important for our body and overall health. Our mothers really did know what they were talking about years ago when they told us every day to take our vitamins. Now as adults, and sometimes with children of our own, we realize the importance of these vitamins. Although, they are needed for different functions, they are all needed. Most of these vitamins can be obtained in the foods we consume daily. However, if we’re unable to get these vitamins in foods, there are supplements we can buy from a pharmacy, health store or with help from our doctor. Vitamin A is an important vitamin for our health and overall well-being.
Vitamin A Deficiency Can Be Harmful
Vitamin A is necessary part for our body. It’s a fat-soluble vitamin that’s stored in our body. Unlike water-soluble vitamins that go through our bodies when we urinate, fat-soluble vitamins stay in our body and are stored until they are needed. Very seldom do we see people that suffer from a Vitamin A deficiency, but when they are diagnosed, they usually require immediate supplementation. Pregnant and nursing mothers as well as young children are the most common to develop a Vitamin A deficiency. This can be dangerous and even life threatening for these individuals.
When someone develops a Vitamin A deficiency, the cause is usually from not eating enough foods that contain Vitamin A. There are circumstances, however, where you body cannot store or use the vitamin as it should, which may also cause a Vitamin A deficiency. It’s not that hard to consume an adequate amount of Vitamin A as it is in many foods. Some excellent sources of Vitamin A are liver, milk, eggs, vegetables and fruits. Green leafy vegetables like spinach, kale, lettuce and broccoli are very good sources of Vitamin A as well.
Reactions of Vitamin A Deficiency
There can be very serious consequences resulting from Vitamin A deficiency. Individuals that develop a Vitamin A deficiency that resulted from not having enough Vitamin A in their diet as a child may often develop blindness or visual impairment. Children with a Vitamin A deficiency are also at higher risk for death or serious illness from otherwise routine childhood diseases. One example of these is measles. Although these situations are not common in our country, it’s still very important to not take the risk. Unfortunately, this is a common problem in the third world where their children are born blind or with serious vision problems due to a Vitamin A deficiency. Pregnant and nursing mothers should always make sure they get the correct amount of this very important vitamin.
Sources of Vitamin B6
June 4, 2008 by Alison Addy
Filed under Diet Supplements
This article talks about the importance of Vitamin B6 as well as symptoms of Vitamin B6 deficiency.
How Necessary is Vitamin B6
We’re all aware of the many vitamins that our bodies require for good health. While some of them are very common like Vitamin C or Vitamin D, there some that we are not as familiar with even though they are very necessary. One of these often forgotten, but necessary vitamins is Vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that performs quite a few different functions in our body and is essential for our overall health. Vitamin B6 is necessary for our red blood cell metabolism as well as being needed by more than 100 enzymes that are responsible for protein metabolism. Another important role for Vitamin B6 is to help our immune system and nervous system to function properly. Since it’s hemoglobin that carries the oxygen to our tissues, we need Vitamin B6 because it is the vitamin that makes hemoglobin. The amount of oxygen that is carried is increased by Vitamin B6 as well. Another function of Vitamin B6 is to keep our sugar level at a normal range. It’s very apparent that Vitamin B6 is very important to our bodies.
Sources of Vitamin B6
We’ve all heard about getting our Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of one drug or another, but seldom do we know what that means or what the recommended amount is. RDA is the average amount of level that we need to meet the requirements of 98% of healthy people in that gender group. The RDA of Vitamin B6 is 1.3 milligrams for adults under the age of 50; for men over 50 it is 1.7 mg and 1.5 for women over 50, with pregnant women needing 1.9 mg and nursing mothers 2 mg.
Vitamin B6 can be found in vegetable and animal food sources. Some of the more common sources of Vitamin B6 are beans, legumes, nuts, meats, eggs, fish, liver, chicken, avocados, whole grains, field salad, bananas and fortified cereals and breads.
Vitamin B6 Deficiency
Although signs of Vitamin B6 deficiency are seldom seen in the United States, they are occasional present in the elderly. A deficiency of Vitamin B6 can occur in individuals that have poor quality diets that lack many important nutrients. Symptoms of Vitamin B6 deficiency do not usually show up until the individual has been deficient for quite awhile. Some of the signs or symptoms of Vitamin B6 deficiency are dermatitis, sore tongue, confusion, depression, convulsions and anemia. Many of these symptoms can also come from many other medical conditions so it’s important to seek medical advice for any of these symptoms.
