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Introduction
Vitamins do not share a common chemistry, but they do share certain characteristics. They are all organic nutrients that are necessary in small amounts for normal metabolism and good health. Your diet or supplements provide most vitamins. The body can manufacture only three vitamins (D, K, and the B vitamin biotin) from nondietary sources. Unlike carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, vitamins are not sources of energy. Instead, vitamins are chemical partners for the enzymes involved in ...
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Expert & Community Posts
B-Complex Vitamins: How its Positive Effects Control Blood Pressure
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...and nervous systems, B vitamins have shown a lot of benefits such as; increase and support the... Read more »
B Vitamins and Folic Acid: Take Them, but Not for Your Heart
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...children with very high homocysteine levels appear to benefit from B vitamin supplementation? ... Read more »
1/28/08 #7 - How to take Vitamin B2 for Migraine prevention?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...dinner but am just curious what dose gives the best benefit since it is not stored in the body.... Read more »
So, How Many Pills Do YOU Take?
By HeartHawk , Health Expert...great anti-oxidant with a number of purported health benefits. I take it because it is also... Read more »
The Hygiene Hypothesis Study And Nature's Helpers
By Ann Bartlett , Health Expert...body! I have no doubt that more research on the benefits of nature’s remedies will be on the... Read more »
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Cataracts: Prevention
...and E. Because of the role oxidants may play in cataract formation, researchers are investigating the benefits of antioxidant vitamins and other food chemicals. Vitamins C, E, and riboflavin (a B... Read more »Vitamins: Dietary Health Benefits
Dietary Health BenefitsThe benefits of any dietary factors are very difficult to prove, and, to date, there is no hard evidence that any supplement protects against any major disease. Studies on... Read more »Colon and Rectal Cancers: Dietary Factors
...and vegetables can lower the risk for colorectal cancer. Studies have been mixed, however, on their benefits. A 2002 study, for example, reported that these foods do not prevent polyps from... Read more »Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections: Treatment
...continuing antibiotic therapy beyond 30 days. Scientific studies do not show any evidence that the benefits of long-term antibiotic treatment outweigh its risks. Long-term antibiotic treatment can... Read more »Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats, low fat diets
...essential for healthy development in children. Public attention has mainly focused on the possible benefits or hazards of monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated (PUFA) fats.Polyunsaturated... Read more »Images
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Related News
B Vitamins Dont Help Heart Patients
August 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking B vitamins and folic acid may not do much to help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous research has... Read summary »
Vitamins Dont Prevent Heart Disease
May 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study finds women who take folic acid and B vitamins do not reduce their overall risk for a heart attack. The study... Read summary »
Mediterranean Diet, Exercise May Lower Alzheimer's Risk
August 24, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Elderly people who ate lots of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereal and fish and generally avoided red meat and poultry and who... Read summary »
Moms-to-be Need Their Vitamins
April 19, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pregnant women in the United States regularly receive multivitamin supplements to ensure adequate nutrition for themselves and... Read summary »
Q&A: Vitamin deficiency and acid reflux
August 24, 2009According to Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy, all of the benefits derived from an acid reflux medication may carry one drawback as... Read summary »
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