Vitamins and Minerals

Vitamins and minerals are the two main types of nutrients for your body to stay healthy.

Vitamins gives your body energy. There are 13 essential vitamins — vitamins A, C, D, E, K, and the B6, B12, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin and folate.All these vitamins have different functions to do such as some help you resist infections, keep your nerves circulation healthy and others helps your body to get energy from food.

 

Like vitamins minerals also helps in the body function. Minerals are component that we need to functionalize the  body and that can be found on the earth and in foods. There are also some minerals which are required in small amounts they are iodine, fluoride whereas calcium, magnesium, and potassium, are required in more amounts.

Requirement of vitamins and minerals, how to get?

 Usually it's better  to get through the food, rather than by medicines. It's because nutrient rich foods contain other thing like fiber.

You get all the nutrients you need. But if you don't know about these consult a doctor so you get proper information they recommend you the best.Picking an assortment within every food group throughout the week will help you get many nutrients.

All of us should be aware about supplements can have side effects, such as increasing the risk of bleeding after an injury or changing your response to anesthesia during surgery. It can also react with the medicines which causes problems. For example, Vitamin K reduces the potential of blood warfarin to prevent  the blood clots. If you are genuinely require supplements then ask your doctor they will say how much dose are safe for you.

When you go for buying supplements, you may be confused by seeing the number of choices at the pharmacy.SO in this case choose the supplements which have less number of unnecessary ingredients and also make sure that the dose is not large. Too much of vitamins and minerals can be harmful to the body so don't pay  much for the supplements.