Monday, November 7, 2011

Lets Talk Supplements: Vitamins Most of Us are Missing from our Daily Intake

Chromium: Key to the proper metabolism of sugars and fats; essential to optimal brain function.

Vitamin C: Boosts immune system function; improves wound healing, strengthens collagen and connective tissue; helps remove cancer-causing cells from the body; helps remove toxins from the liver, and much more.

Vitamin B6: Contributes to the making of serotonin (the brain chemical that calms nervous down), improves immune system function; breaks down carbohydrates; regulates estrogen & progesterone; helps reduce the risk of heart disease.

Fiber: Removes excess fats from the digestive tract, prevents constipation and hemorrhoids; assists in weight control; helps prevent heart disease, cancer, diabetes, diverticular disease, gallstones, and kidney stones.

Folate: Prevents birth defects, formation of red and white blood cells, maintains and repairs cell; removes homocysteine from blood, lowering the risk of heart disease. Important for women of Birth Bearing Years.

Potassium: Reduces blood pressure;lowers risk of a heart attack and stroke; relieves anxiety, irritability and stress, also helps relieve fatigue.

Manganese: Aids in the formation of bones, connective tissue, blood clotting factors, and sex hormones; plays a role in calcium absorption, blood sugar metabolism, and fat & carbohydrate metabolism.

Copper: Promotes proper bone growth;  essential for energy production, red blood cell formation; reduction of cholesterol; helps regulate heart rhythm; contributes to wound healing connective tissue, eye and hair health.

Calcium D3: essential to maintaining total body health; to keep bones and teeth strong; proper function of nerves and muscles; blood clotting factors. Important for post-menopausal women.

Tryptophan: natural antidepressant; lowers blood pressure; reduces hyperactivity in children; relieves restless leg syndrome.  (Isn’t this the stuff in Turkey!)

Note: Smoking will cause leaching of vitamins from your body.

The Best Dozen to Buy Organic

Peaches

Apples

Pears

Grapes

Cherries

Strawberries

Nectarines

Bell Peppers

Celery

Kale

Lettuce

Carrots

Coffee (because coffee beans are among the most pesticide-laden crops in the world)