Article: 11 vitamins for a healthy brain: to stay sharp, your brain needs the right nutrients. Here's what you need to know about these essential vitamins.

Article: Sunshine Vitamin d-eemed essential for pregnant women - Cases of vitamin D deficiency and Rickets are on the rise -.
M2 Presswire;  December 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......breastfeeding to take vitamin D, to protect the health...months to make enough vitamin D for good health. Eating...like oily fish, eggs, fortified cereals and breads are all sources of vitamin D, but these may still...exposure to sunlight. Once vitamin D requirements are met...SACN) ...

Article: Health Zone: Brain food - 25 Ways To Get Your Daily Quota Of vitamin b6.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  March 22, 2001 ;     498 words ...3.2 litres milk (51/2 pints) Vitamin B6 is found in the watery (as opposed to the fatty...amount. 2 bowls Special K Special K and Frosties are fortified with the highest amounts of vitamin B6. Most other fortified cereals have only half this amount or less. 31/3 mugs Ovaltine...per cent comes ...

Article: Facts Every Health Care Professional Needs to Know About Vitamin D
Dynamic Chiropractic;  April 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D first caught my eye in 2003 when I noticed it had been...an FDA order. At the time, I thought I would look into vitamin D toxicity as a possible cause, although I cannot recall...this problem. That is why I wrote, "PDA's Crackdown on Vitamin D Is Troubling,"1 two years ago. When I researched ...

Article: Vitamin D offers myriad benefits: experts now recommend getting 1,000 International Unit of vitamins D3 per day, but most of us are far below this goal.
Women's Health Advisor;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D is best-known for the key role it plays in bone health...continues to accumulate. In the past six months, higher vitamin D levels have been linked with a reduced risk of fracture...fat in women. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The number one thing vitamin D does is help prevent osteoporosis and other ...

Article: Fight off rickets with vitamin D; HEALTH.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  December 28, 2007 ;     126 words ......women should boost their intake of vitamin D in the winter months to prevent...or breast-feeding. A lack of the vitamin can cause seizures and rickets, which...appropriate wavelength for the body to make vitamin D in the skin, according to the department. Foods like oily fish, eggs, fortified ...

Article: Rethinking vitamin D and its role in osteoporosis.(Women's Health Update)
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D is the only vitamin that is also a hormone, and the only vitamin we don't have to consume from our diet. Vitamin D is normally produced in the skin through ultraviolet exposure of a derivative of cholesterol (7-dehydrochlesterol), which...

Article: Vitamins and you
Soldiers;  August 1, 1998 ;     527 words ......variety of foods can provide the best sources of vitamins and minerals. Supplements should never be used...to eat properly. To determine if you need a vitamin or mineral supplement, you should begin by looking...wellbalanced meals and snacks instead of in pills. Vitamin or mineral supplementation should ...

Article: Vitamin D comes in various forms
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  August 20, 2008 ;     589 words ......cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Vitamin D2 is made by plants. Vitamin D3 is made by humans in the skin when it is exposed...ultraviolet- B (UVB) rays from sunlight. This is why vitamin D is referred to as "the sunshine vitamin." Foods may be fortified with vitamin D2 or D3. In ...

Article: Vitamin could protect brain.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  September 9, 2008 ;     69 words ...A KEY vitamin found in meat, fish and milk may help protect the brain as it ages, researchers said. Vitamin B12 could help stop the brain shrinking - possibly preventing...University, said: Adjusting our diets to consume more vitamin B12 through eating meat, fish, fortified cereals or milk may ...

Article: Gimme a 'C.' (Vitamin C revives research interest as food additive)
Food Processing;  September 1, 1998 ;     621 words ...Vitamin C's powerful antioxidant properties are getting new appreciation. News junkies may have noticed that vitamin C already has made the headlines more than a couple of...the findings, pointing out serious flaws in the study. Vitamin C's nutritional claim to fame is well-founded. For example...

Article: VITAMIN OVERLOAD; Good Health Too many can cause weak bones, kidney problems, even comas. So is Denmark right to ban vitamin-enriched cereals?
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......contain added 'healthy' vitamins and minerals has often...Kellogg's to market its fortified cereals, on the grounds that the increased levels of vitamins and minerals might be...are encouraged to take vitamin supplements, so there...that the combination of vitamins from pills, ...

Article: The benefits of Vitamin C.(Life Extension)
Manila Bulletin;  December 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN C, also known as ascorbic acid, is the most publicized, well known among the various vitamins in the market. It's a water-soluble vitamin. Our bodies are unable to store it, and we must insure that we get adequate quantities in our diets...

Article: The benefits of Vitamin C.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin;  July 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN C, also known as ascorbic acid, is the most publicized, well-known among the various vitamins in the market. Its a water-soluble vitamin. Our bodies are unable to store it, and we must insure that we get adequate quantities in our diets...

Article: 8 FAQs on Vitamin E.(Well Being)
Manila Bulletin;  May 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN E has never been so popular among the health-conscious public as it is today. Distinguishing...the world. It is time that the consumers be properly informed about the great knowledge behind Vitamin E. We believe that a deeper understanding on Vitamin E will definitely further encourage them to take ...