Vitamin A is the generic term for a group of fat-soluble compounds highly important for human health. They’re essential for many processes in your body, including maintaining healthy vision, ensuring the normal function of your immune system and organs and aiding the proper growth and development of babies in the womb. It’s recommended that men […]
Despite being readily available through sunlight, some foods, and supplementation, many Americans are still getting inadequate amounts of vitamin D—according to the most recent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two-thirds of the population had sufficient vitamin D, defined by the Institute of Medicine as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) value of […]
Zinc is one of several essential trace minerals that your body needs to sustain good health. Since the body is unable to make zinc, we must obtain it through either the foods we eat or dietary supplements. Zinc is needed for a multitude of biological functions. It acts as a catalyst for over 100 different […]
Vitamins naturally occur in food and are needed in very small amounts for various bodily functions such as energy production and making red blood cells. There are 13 vitamins that our body needs, eight of which make up the B-group (or B-complex) vitamins. The B-group vitamins do not provide the body with fuel for energy, even though […]
You already know vitamin D is important for bone health, but its benefits don’t stop. Vitamin D—nicknamed the “sunshine vitamin” due to its ability to be absorbed by the body through sunlight—is a major player in keeping the human body healthy. Its main job, according to the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements, is […]
Vitamin C (aka L-ascorbic acid) is one of the most talked about vitamins. The nutrient gets special buzz for its immune-boosting potential. But touting vitamin C‘s ability to shorten the common cold only scratches the surface of its role in the body. This antioxidant isn’t naturally made by the body, so it’s crucial to obtain it from vitamin C–rich foods, […]