Calcium supplements
Calcium supplements have been considered a safe supplement or addition of mineral in the diet, but recently a report said people who take calcium supplements have an increased risk of a heart attack.
The results of this particular study are not conclusive and therefore not sufficient to make a change in the recommendations for calcium supplements for healthy people.
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Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamins are substances that the body needs to live, the only vitamin synthesized by the body is vitamin D, except for this, the body needs an external power supply to get the rest of vitamins, because he can not produce by itself, or does it in insufficient quantities.
Without vitamins, the majority of chemical operations, which are produced in the body, could not perform, they are also essential for maintaining cell structure, good state of tissues, and a positive mental attitude. Tri-fold divided into: fat-soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins.
Fat-soluble vitamins
Fat-soluble vitamins are soluble in fatty substances, not easily altered and the body can store. Highlights of vitamin A, D, E and K
Recommended Supplements for Certain Groups of People
Do you think taking vitamins or mineral supplements? Do you think you need? Or that “do not harm” and therefore are best taken not take them? Here are some questions to ask before you decide to take them.
1. Do I really need?
First and foremost, nutritional needs must be met by eating a variety of food as it says in the Executive Summary of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
In some cases, vitamin / mineral supplements or fortified foods may be useful because they provide nutrients that would otherwise be eaten in smaller quantities than recommended.
If you ingest quantities of food that are recommended supplements may not give you more benefits. In some cases, supplements and fortified foods may cause beyond healthy levels of nutrients.
(Note: fortified foods are those which are added one or more essential nutrients to increase the nutritional value.)
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, these recommendations have been established for certain groups of people:
* Persons over 50 years of age should consume vitamin B12 in its crystalline form, such as from fortified foods (such as fortified breakfast cereals) or take it as a supplement.
Nutritional Supplements Part. II
Lubrication
Like any engine, our body needs not only an excellent fuel (good food), but also very good oils (called “unsaturated”).
Setting aside the outset of trans fatty acids, (which form toxic isomeric polyunsaturated fatty acids), the most harmful to health: what are the margarines based oils extracted hot and refined and all products labeled “partially hydrogenated oil”: the industrial pastries, snacks, crackers, chips, fried foods.
The important point is that there are two main types of fats composed of various fatty acids on the one hand, saturated fatty acids (no double bond), and secondly, the unsaturated fatty acids which divide themselves into fatty acids monounsaturated (one double bond) fatty acids and polyunsaturated (many double bonds). The presence of double bonds and their numbers which give the unsaturated fatty acids, their fluidity, while saturated fats are more solid at ordinary temperatures.
Saturated fatty acids are predominant in animal fats and action mainly energy. The surpluses are stored in the body, with a consequent overload disorders such as obesity, diabetes, fat, cardiovascular disease, etc..
The polyunsaturated fatty acids are “essential” to be provided by the diet, and, unlike saturated fats, they do not accumulate in the body for storage.
Acids include monounsaturated fats, the most widely used is oleic acid, the main component of olive oil and fat duck and goose.
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Nutritional Supplements
Why nutritional supplements?
In this period of Lent when some practice some dietary restrictions and are, hence, more attention to what they eat, we had the idea to ask the doctor Patrick Theillier why he favored in the life of every day, use of dietary supplements. Of course it does not blame anyone for it consumes not, nor seek to persuade any strength, simply the opportunity to address a practice that spreads for obvious reasons.
There is much talk today of dietary supplements without knowing what to think. How to recover from the spate of advertising information displayed on food packaging? Whom to trust? Must be treated by dietary supplements, what is now called micro-nutrition or nutritherapy? If everyone was healthy, this would not even bother to ask questions. This is unfortunately not the case. Continue reading