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How Do You Know Your Vitamins Work?
Vitamin A.
Prevents skin disorders, such as acne, wrinkling and age spots.
Enhances the immune system - protects against colds, flu, and infections
to kidney, bladder, and lungs. Maintains and repairs the mucous
membranes (all tissue that interacts with air, such as lungs, throat,
eyes, etc).
Vitamin B
Enhances memory, concentration judgment, learning capacity and
prevents mental deterioration. Helps maintain health of die nerves
- anti-stress.
Plays important role in healthy sex hormones and fertility. Necessary
for healthy sleep patterns. Converts carbohydrates, fats and proteins
into energy. Enhances stamina. Helps in fighting infections. Alleviates
eye fatigue, helps ward off cataracts. Lowers cholesterol and improves
circulation.
Vitamin C
This antioxidant protects against the harmful effects of pollution,
helps to prevent cancer, protects against infection and enhances
immunity. May reduce levels of "bad cholesterol''- while increasing
levels of "good cholesterol". Protects against bruising.
Promotes the healing of wounds and burns. Helps maintain growth
of teeth, bones, gums, ligaments, and blood vessels. Aids in the
production of anti-stress hormones.
Required for at least JUU metabolic functions in the body. Works
together with Vitamin E and beta-carotene to create an even more
potent antioxidant effect.
Vitamin D
Supports bone and tooth formation, muscle function, and thyroid
gland function. Necessary for the absorption and use of calcium
and phosphorus. Especially important for the growth and development
of bones and teeth in children. Involved in regulation of the heartbeat.
Important in the prevention and treatment of breast and colon cancer
osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and hypocalcaemia. Enhances immunity.
Some cholesterol-lowering drugs, antacids, and steroid hormones
interfere with Vitamin D absorption.
Vitamin E
An antioxidant that is important in the prevention of cancer and
cardiovascular disease.
Regards aging. Improves circulation. Necessary for tissue repair.
Aids in prevention of PMS.
Reduces scarring from wounds. Reduces blood pressure. Aids in preventing
cataracts.
Promotes healthy skin and hair. Protects against approximately
eighty (SO) diseases.
Long-term use has been proven to reduce prostate cancer risk in
smokers. Aids in tissue healing. Essential for normal cell structure,
involved in the formation of red blood cells.
Protects the lungs against injury from air pollution and helps
preserve insomnia and osteoporosis - bones lose their normal density
and strength.
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