Vitamin Health Care Advice

Vitamin B12 is a highly important part of any good vitamin supplementation plan. It works to improve and enhance a variety of important bodily systems, helping the body to metabolize fats and carbohydrates, while maintaining a healthy nervous system.

The main purpose served by this important vitamin is supporting the transfer of amino acids during the process of energy production. This leads to significantly increased overall energy levels, as well as more efficient immune system function.

Another function of Vitamin B12 is to support the cellular nourishing process for increased fertility and healthy growth and development of cells. It is also connected to acteylcholine production, which supports the brain in memory and learning.

In addition to all this, Vitamin B12 works together with folic acid to manufacture red blood cells and properly replicate DNA. It also has the potential to promote good heart health by helping to maintain healthy levels of an homocysteine, which is an amino acid normally found in your blood.

As you can see, this highly potent and versatile vitamin comes with more than its fair share of health benefits, and is an excellent supplementation option for almost any diet. B12 supplementation is especially important for vegetarians, or those who aren’t frequent meat eaters, as it is not plentiful in fruits and vegetables.

If you are interested in learning more about Vitamin B12, and other health products, such as Colostrum, please visit ImmuneWellness.com.

About the Author: Jeremy Maddock is the webmaster of ImmuneWellness.com, a useful source of information about vitamins and supplements, including Vitamin B12 and Colostrum.

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Fighting inflammation is a critical part of any treatment for arthritis. In fact, it’s an important part of fighting many other conditions, too, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and even aging. Fortunately, there are plenty of natural, safe ways to reduce inflammation in general and arthritis in particular.

1. Supplements are necessary.

Take a good quality anti-inflammatory supplement. Taken by themselves or together as part of a blend, Glucosamine, MSM and Chondroitin are all excellent choices.

Any anti-inflammatory diet should include eating fish or taking fish oil in a gel form (1,000 mg) once or twice a day. A multivitamin is recommended - as well as extra Vitamin C and E.

Also drink green tea and sprinkle ground flaxseed and anti-inflammatory spices such as: turmeric, ginger, rosemary and cayenne liberally on your food.

2. Avoid these foods.

It can help to cut out the two most common food allergens (gluten & dairy) for two weeks to see if you notice an improvement in your arthritis, or any other chronic symptom, for that matter.

You can help ease arthritis by cutting back on food portions, and eating less white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated fat.

3. Exercise half an hour daily.

Water aerobics and stretching are the best type of exercises for people with limited motion. Walking is great, too - the speed doesn’t matter.

4. Meditation & prayer are very essential.

Meditation, yoga or deep breathing are all excellent forms of easing pain and assisting our bodies into aging.

Praying is so personal, please choose whatever method you desire, remembering that we do not know, or cannot know, everything that is best for us.

If you are worrying, complaining, and thinking negative thoughts, your pain will worsen and disease can eventually take over.

5. Get regular medical check-ups.

Your doctor can test your sedimentation rate to find if you have inflammation in your body or joints. You may not notice the inflammation so this is an important step.

Find a doctor who encourages natural methods of coping with illness. Sometimes surgery is necessary to improve mobility and pain; do not live in denial.

Supplements of the Month:

Benefits of Vitamin C:

Vitamin C plays an essential role in the immune system. It is found in every cell of our body and performs various functions:

Contribute to healthy bones.

May help reduce allergy symptoms.

Helps with inflammation and pain.

Helps protect the fat-soluble vitamins A & E & fatty acids from oxidation.

Aids in neutralizing pollutants.

Needed for antibody production.

Natural antihistamine properties.

Help prevent periodontal disease.

Aids in healing wounds.

Aids iron absorption.

Break down histamine.

Offer potent antioxidant protection.

Protect lung function.

Omega 3 Fish Oil

Benefits of Omega 3 Fish Oil:

‘Take Your Vitamins‘ brand of Omega 3 Fish Oil is molecularly distilled to remove any residual heavy metals from the product.

The omega-3 essential fatty acids, particularly EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), has been recognized by researchers as being vitally important to achieving optimal health, energy, and longevity. EPA and DHA are the building blocks for the cells in your vital organs and your body requires these Omega-3s to function properly.

Clinical research has shown EPA and DHA support:

A Healthy Heart.

A Healthy Brain.

Increased Fat Burning.

Balanced Mood.

Healthy Joint Movement.

Healthy Cholesterol and triglyceride Levels.

A Healthy Immune System.

Healthy Kidneys.

Strength and Stamina.

As with any vitamin or supplement, please consult your doctor before taking.

Author Beverly Terhune speaks from 35 years of living with Rheumatoid Arthritis and shares her experience, strength & hope on how to lead a healthy, substance-free life.

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While getting all your essential nutrients from natural foods is ideal, it may not be practical in today’s society and many people turn to vitamin pills to supplement their diets. Make no mistake about it however, vitamin supplements are big business and not all manufacturers have your best interests at heart.

There are thousands of supplements to choose from and consumers spend billions of dollars each year - many never get even a small fraction of their money’s worth.

How do you choose a vitamin supplement that won’t just go down the toilet?

There are 3 types of vitamin supplement delivery systems. Capsules, Liquid, and tablets. The trick is to pick one that dissolves properly and does not just “pass through” thus wasting your hard earned money.

The liquid would be the best, but unfortunately there are not many choices out on the market. Plus, the can be inconvenient and they taste like cough syrup. But, they are great if you can’t swallow pills and are good for kids as well.

Tablets are the most common form of vitamin supplement. They are made by mixing in an organic or inorganic cement and compressing them into shape. For the pills to dissolve properly, an organic cement should be used but this costs more and as you can imagine, many manufacturers skimp on this stel. There are also coated tablets that resemble little candy-coated M&M’s. These are very commonly found in the one a day cheap drug store vitamins.

Capsules are gelatin containers that dissolve quickly and in most cases the best choice. Because they’re not compressed like the tablets, you will typically have to take two of them to equal one tablet.

One important thing with vitamin supplements is that you want to make sure you absorb as much as possible, otherwise you are just wasting your money. Studies have shown that individual vitamin isolates found in supplements are only about 10% absorbed while vitamins directly from a fresh plant source are 77% to 93% absorbed. Minerals have an even lower absorption rate - 1% to 5%. But, from plants like raw broccoli, the minerals are 63% to 78% absorbable.

The reason for this difference in absorption is that in nature, each vitamin and mineral molecule is attached to a protein molecule. That’s why you must take your vitamin supplements with meals - unless stated otherwise on the label. During digestion, only about 10% of the vitamin and mineral molecules, aided by enzymes, will attach to the protein molecules found in your food allowing them to be absorbed and used by your cells. Without these accompanying proteins, the body will see the vitamin isolates as a foreign substance and filter it out. That’s why you might have noticed bright yellow urine after you take a vitamin - that’s your bodies way of getting rid of chemicals it thinks it can’t use.

When selecting a vitamin supplement, make sure it has adequate amounts of the vitamins and minerals you want. Remember only about 10% of what is in the supplement will be absorbed. Look for the BP (British Pharmacopoeia) or USP (United States Pharmacopoeia) designation on the label. You will find the USP or BP initials next the the vitamin and this designation means the vitamin isolates are of the highest quality and are easily dissolved in the digestion process.

When looking at the minerals section of the label, look for “chelate” or “chelated”. This indicates that the minerals are attached to protein prior to being added to the supplement. This increases absorption by 400% to 800%.

Look for a supplement with a “food base”. This is concentrated plant material to which the vitamins and minerals are added. Supplements with a food base will contain enzymes and nutrients that boost the absorption of the vitamins and minerals. This is probably the best type of vitamin you can buy but the tablets will be larger and you may have to take more of them.

Nutritional supplements can never take the place of food and should not be used as a crutch to supplement a poor diet. The best recipe for health is to eat a nutritious and healthy diet which can be supplement when necessary.

Lee Dobbins writes for the A2Z Vitamin And Herbs Guide For Natural Healing where you can find out more about vitamins and herbs as well as natural healing methods.

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