Why Do We Need Vitamin Supplements?

Nowadays use of vitamin supplements have become so common amongst us. Many of us who use vitamins do not know the use of these chemicals that they are taking into their body. Here we will be looking into the need and use of taking vitamin supplements. Vitamins were first discovered in 1911 by Casimir Funk.… [Continue Reading]

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Vitamins for depression

Vitamins play a very important role to maintain a healthy living. They are chiefly found in the food that we eat daily. It helps the body to grow as well as aids in various functions of the body. In some individuals, the deficiency of vitamins causes depression.  Studies have proved that vitamin B complex is… [Continue Reading]

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Significance of Vitamins for a Healthy Life

We have to include vitamin rich food in our diet because our body can’t manufacture vitamins. They play an important role in the different body activities. They are essential for the proper growth and maintenance of the body. The important body activities like metabolism, conversion of carbohydrates and fats and formation of tissue and bone… [Continue Reading]

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Vitamin B Supplements

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Foods/vitamins to improve hair

I would like to know if there are any commonly available food or vitamins that would help improve the strength/health of the hair?In theory, oral arginine ( I take 500-1000 mg about 4 times a week ) should help. Arginine is the metabolic precurser for Nitric oxide, the putative “natural minoxidil “. Interestingly, nitric oxide [...]

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Vitamin C enriched diet

You can get prenatal vitamins almost anywhere. I have purchased them at Payless Drugs and at Walmart. I think that Thrifty Drugs has them also. The best price I found was at Walmart. They are in the vitamin section next to the pharmacy. I have been told that I should take prenatal vitamins while we [...]

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Use of the B-vitamins in aiding chronic pain

One of the research studies found that noxious heat evoked nociceptive responses of spinal dorsal horn neurons were suppressed by compound of B1, B6 and B12. These studies indicate that the B-vitamins possess the capability to block physical distress in some painful conditions. Recently, several animal models of painful sequelae in humans after the primary [...]

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Clinical use of B-vitamins

The present studies demonstrate that spinal application as well as intraperitoneal injection of vitamin B1, B6, B12 their combination can produce short- and long-term inhibition of hyperalgesia following chronic compression of dorsal root ganglion neurons produced by artificial intervertebral foramen stenosis. Both severity and duration of hyperalgesia are significantly reduced.   These results strongly support [...]

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Vitamin K Cream

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Mission Prenatal vitamins

The otc vitamin is usually labeled as “prenatal vitamins”. Hope this helps! renatal vitamins. I just wondered if anyone else had heard what I did-that you should try to avoid taking them with dairy products or anything with caffeine in it. wonder why that is? I buy my pre-natal vitamins over the counter at Drug [...]

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Various forms of vitamin A

Current FDA regulations require that the chemical composition and dosage of certain vitamins be clearly labeled. In the case of Vitamin A/Beta Carotene, if both are present, the label must indicate either the total concentration of each or the percentage of at least one form. Any brand that does not so indicate should not be [...]

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Vitamins for animals

I do not know anything about the mice i feed my snake , i buy them frozen from a pet store ,which seems fairly  safe. I wonder if anyone or yourself can tell me if this is a  satisfactory way to feed the snake, or would other food sources for her be better ? thanks [...]

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Benefits of vitamin E

The EU are about to pass a directive which will make nearly all the vitamin supplements on sale at health food stores ille.This is allegedly being done to “protect people from harm”, although  the cynical might argue that has more to do with boosting the profits  of large drug companies. In a later news bulletin, [...]

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EU to ban vitamins

The EU are about to pass a directive which will make nearly all the vitamin supplements currently on sale at health food stores illegal. Once the directive takes effect, any nutritional supplement containing more than the EU recommended daily allowance of any particular vitamin will be treated as a drug, available by prescription only.   [...]

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Importance of consuming B-Vitamins

I take one pill daily (with supper) of Sav-on’s “Central-Vite SELECT”, which seems to be a clone of “Centrum Silver with lutein”.It seems to have over 100% of all the B vitamins. I was taking this or some other multi-vitamins and minerals tablet long before surgery, and after it. Of coourse I don’t have peri [...]

Liquid Vitamins

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Liquid vitamins: The wave of the future

LIQUID VITAMINS: THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE The following article excerpt is taken from Chiropractic Economics ­ The world’s most widely read chiropractic business magazine. *** LIQUID VITAMINS: THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE Liquid Vitamins: The Wave of The Future is written by David Friedman, DC, ND, a Life College graduate, a noted educator and [...]

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Importance of liquid vitamins

I researched virtually every liquid nutrient on the market and only recommend liquid drinks that derive their nutrients from organic sea vegetation. Sea vegetables have tremendous nutritional value for human consumption and are quickly finding their way into the market place. Our bodies consist of approximately 70% water. Not ordinary water, but salt water.   [...]

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Foods/vitamins to improve hair

I would like to know if there are any commonly available food or vitamins that would help improve the strength/health of the hair?In theory, oral arginine ( I take 500-1000 mg about 4 times a week ) should help. Arginine is the metabolic precurser for Nitric oxide, the putative “natural minoxidil “. Interestingly, nitric oxide [...]

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Prenatal vitamins

I have been told that I should take prenatal vitamins while we are trying to conceive … okay, I buy that. But, where do I get them and are they just labeled PRENATAL VITAMINS? Or do I have to have them prescribed through my dr.? Or are prenatals a bunch of different vitamins (i.e. Vit. [...]

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Vitamin B supplements – What all should you know?

This is very interesting question. You probably are familiar with macro- and micronutrients. And you know what air and water are. These are the essentials for most plant life. Otherwise plants can and WILL create ALL vitamins, nutrients, hormones and probably couple of classes of other stuff we don’t yet know about by themselves. Now [...]

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Levels of vitamin A in diet

We’ve been supplementing our chickens’ water with Poultry Vitamins that we purchased at the co-op hoping that this would alleviate some of the stress from the hot weather. My question is: Is it too much to put it in their water every day? Also, we have 8 week old chicks..would this be ok for their [...]