Vitamin and Minerals Vitamins
Vitamins
: They are essential to life, health and growth
and concerned with the well-being of body metabolism.
Vitamins are classified according to their solubility
as Fat-soluble and water soluble vitamins and are
normally absorbed in the intestine. Fat soluble
vitamin includes A,D, E and K and Water soluble
Vitamins include Vitamin B1, the B-complex , Vitamin
C and P.
Minerals
: There are various salts in the body which form
the mineral content of most foods. Calcium, Sulphur,
Iron, Sodium, Potassium, Phosphorous and Iodine
are the most essential minerals needed by the body.
VITAMIN C
Vitamin C should be the buffered alkaline
form (mineral ascorbates) rather than the acidic
form (ascorbic acid) and should be combined with
bioflavonoids which prolong vitamin C's action in
the blood circulation.
The powdered form of vitamin C is
recommended to achieve optimal dosing. A tablespoon
of vitamin C powder (about 10,000 mgs) can be added
to juice. Good products are Twinlab's Super Ascorbate
C powder and Alacer's powdered vitamin C.
MAGNESIUM
Magnesium promotes
bone flexibility, helps prevent heart disease and
also type 2 diabetes. Animal studies indicate that
dietary magnesium provides protection against colorectal
cancer.
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm,
Sweden, prepared a population-based study using
information from the Swedish Mammography Cohort.
Their team processed dietary and medical records
of more than 61,000 women, aged 40 to 75, who were
cancer-free at the outset of the study. Over a follow
up period of nearly 15 years, about 800 cases of
colorectal cancer were diagnosed. Analysis of the
data showed that women with the highest dietary
intake of magnesium reduced their risk of colorectal
cancer by 40 percent, compared to women who had
the lowest magnesium intake. This association held
true when data was broken down to reflect cases
of colon cancer or rectal cancer.
Dietary magnesium is easily available in green leafy
vegetables, avocados, nuts, seeds, and whole grains,
but not in sufficient amounts, thanks to industrial
farming practices that produce the food you eat.
Research data confirms that about 80% of the adults
in North America are magnesium deficient. This is
largely due to the stresses on the body that deplete
stores of magnesium.
Consider the common life style, and magnesium: Starch
depletes magnesium, as does stress. This risk is
increased by consuming alcohol or using diuretics,
and wide range of prescription medicines.
MELATONIN
MELATONIN, a sleep-inducing hormone
available at most health food stores, has been shown
to help prevent lethal toxins from anthrax exposure.[Cell
Biology Toxicology, Volume 16, 2000] It could be
taken at bedtime in doses ranging from 5-20 mg.
Melatonin boosts glutathione levels during sleep.
Of additional interest, one of the
methods by which MUSTARD GAS works is its ability
to bring about cell death by depleting cell levels
of glutathione [eMedicine Journal, April 9, 2001]
So GLUTATHIONE is also an antidote for mustard gas
poisoning.
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