Vitamins and minerals

What you eat and drink affects your health today and disease avoidance in the future.

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What are minerals and how do they work?

What are minerals and how do they work?

08/04/2010  |  No Comments

A mineral is a chemical element (as opposed to an organic compound as in the case of a vitamin.  Minerals... more

What are vitamins and how do they work?

What are vitamins and how do they work?

06/03/2010  |  No Comments

A vitamin is an organic compound that your body needs to carry out a certain reaction. Your body has no way... more

Healing with vitamins (and minerals)

Healing with vitamins (and minerals)

06/03/2010  |  No Comments

Highlights from the book, Healing with Vitamins According to the book by the editors of Prevention Magazine, a single multivitamin is... more

USDA list of necessary vitamins and minerals

USDA list of necessary vitamins and minerals

06/03/2010  |  No Comments

The USDA provides a listing of nutrients found in each of the foods we eat. Do you want to know how... more

What to make of recent good/bad vitamin news

What to make of recent good/bad vitamin news

06/03/2010  |  No Comments

Don’t overdo antioxidant supplements According to Dr’s Mehmet Oz and Michael Rosen, an analysis of 67 studies involving nearly 250,000 people... more

Vitamin A

Vitamin A

06/03/2010  |  No Comments

Vitamin A is great when consumed as a food, but watch out for too much in supplement form According to RealAge.com,... more

Vitamin B

Vitamin B

06/03/2010  |  No Comments

What is vitamin B? Actually the word vitamin B is a misnomer because there isn’t a single vitamin B.  There are... more

Vitamin C

Vitamin C

06/03/2010  |  No Comments

Vitamin C is a necessary nutrient Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. Unlike most mammals, humans... more