VITAMINS FOR YOUR HEALTH.
Everyone knows that in order for the body to function normally, humans need not only proteins, fats and carbohydrates, but also vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
Vitamins are a kind of catalysts of biochemical processes (metabolism, growth and development) and the body’s defenses against infections, etc.
There are only three dozen vitamins, but the list of various diseases caused by their deficiency is much wider. Vitamins are not produced by the body, but come with the food, so the reimbursement of the need for vitamins (as well as minerals and trace elements) depends entirely on the diet of the person.
Of course, fruits and vegetables! (If you buy and eat 1.5-2 kg of them every day).
It is a total misconception that fruits and vegetables are the main source of vitamins. In reality, they are abundant only in vitamin C, folic acid and less vitamin E (and consume fruits and vegetables need large portions: apples – at least half a kilo a day, fresh cabbage – a full plate, etc.). All other vitamins are from completely different sources: B2 – in milk and liver, D – in fish oil and eggs, iodine – in seafood.
Of course, a varied diet of sustenance! (If you’re…not afraid of being overweight). Do not forget that food is not only vitamins, but also fats and carbohydrates, the excess of which leads to weight problems and unhappy waistlines.
Modern man, thanks to scientific progress and technology, freed from the lion’s share of hard physical labor, energy needs 2-4 times less than our ancestors (2000 – 2500 calories instead of the former 5000 – 6000). But vitamins, due to acceleration (acceleration of growth processes) and worsening of the natural situation, are needed not just as much, but even more.
French scientists tried to choose a diet of 2500 kilocalories, maximally rich in vitamins. But the best computerized menu was 20% deficient in vitamins! What can be said when lunch at work is reduced to a sandwich and a cup of coffee…?
Of course, eating freshly prepared food! (If you are a highly skilled cook).
Vitamins are very unstable to cooking processes. For example, vitamin A is rapidly destroyed by intense heat; vitamin B is not as susceptible to temperature, but easily dissolved in water; vitamin C is easily destroyed not only by heat, but also by drying fruits and vegetables. Needless to say, the presence of vitamins in food during canning also decreases, and quite dramatically?
WHAT TO DO? WHERE’S THE CUT?
The solution is to eat a variety of foods, to enjoy the food, but also to take vitamin preparations.
Trying to get all the proper vitamins and minerals the way that nature itself has programmed (that is, with food) is really the best option, but expensive (very expensive! super expensive! – extremely much food and money is required). A quality vitamin supplement will provide your body with the proper vitamins and minerals in balanced ratios, and it will cost much less.