“Wrong” Sunlight Can Lower Your Vitamin D Levels
As a regular reader of our daily alerts, you will know that vitamin D is one of the vitamins that has been labelled a "Wonder Vitamin" and it most certainly is one of the few tha...
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Vitamins are vital nutrients that our bodies need in order to function properly and to stay disease-free, which are mainly obtained through our diets. However, considering how nutrient deficient the Western diet is, most people lack optimum levels of vital vitamins like vitamin D, K, C and E.
These vital nutrients have a diverse biochemical functions. Vitamin D, for instance, synthesises hormones, helps with mineral metabolism and the regulation of cell and tissue growth. Vitamin C and E, act as antioxidants and help protect the body against free-radical damage.
Supplementing with vitamins is an essential part of maintaining a healthy body and to help prevent disease. And while the mainstream keeps dispelling the benefits of supplements, the Daily Health will help you make sense between the facts and fiction when it comes to the health benefits of supplementation.
Latest Articles in Vitamins
Health Benefits Of Supplements Under Scrutiny Again
With so much bad news around, one would hope that the media would at least have the savvy to recognise a positive message when they see one. Alas, the expectation is perhaps too g...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Related To Statin Use Could Cause Muscle Pain
We've written so much about statins and the damage they do (irrespective of lowering one's cholesterol or not) and it seems as if the topic is a never-ending source of discussion a...
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Vitamin D for Overall Health
We often hear the phrase: Wonder Vitamin. Vitamin D may not be the first supplement to be labelled with this phrase, but it is one of the few that can certainly live up to the expe...
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Vitamin E is safe: Vitamin E Makeover
Over the past couple of years, a handful of ridiculously flawed studies have found vitamin E supplements to be ineffective and even (brace yourself!) dangerous. The result: public...
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How Vitamin D Could Help You Live Longer
Researchers recently carried out a meta-analysis, in which they examined 18 previously published studies which had suggested that deficiencies in vitamin D lead to a higher risk of...
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