There are two forms of antioxidants: vitamins and minerals. They aid in the prevention of the reaction of oxygen with chemicals in the cells…
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There are two forms of antioxidants: vitamins and minerals. They aid in the prevention of the reaction of oxygen with chemicals in the cells…
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Aging is caused by free radicals, which are harmful molecules. Denham Harman MD first proposed this theory in the 1950s. Since that time, researchers and scientists have tried to understand…
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Antioxidant supplements have been around for years now and, although they won’t substitute a healthy diet, they can reinforce your immunity and overall health…
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By: Kaye Bewley
Smoking was once seen as the cool thing to do. But not now. The whole country is about to change its stance on smoking in public places and what are people to do about it? Well, Stop 7 will go a long way to helping cease the urge!
Since 1586, when Sir Francis Drake returned home from the West Indies with a shipload of tobacco, smoking became the thing to do in Britain. However, it was Sir Walter Raleigh who made it fashionable. The ’stick between your fingers’ was hyped to such an extent that the craze never had a chance of dying out - until the new millennium saw it as the unhealthy thing to do. (more…)
By Dean Brooks
Vitamin B is actually no single vitamin but a container of several vitamins.
The B1 Vitamin
B1 Vitamin is a main component of the vitamin B supplement, vitamin B1 and is also known as thiamin or thiamine. This is necessary for our body to produce enzymes, as well as break down carbohydrates. Like the other vitamins in a vitamin B supplement, B1 is also helpful for reducing stress and boost the immune system, making it stronger in fighting infections. The B1 deficiency may cause the disease known as Beri-beri, which leads to the tingling and swelling of hands and feet, nystagmus (flicking eye movements) and breathing problems due to the fluid in lungs. (more…)
By R. Drysdale
Scientific research in recent years has identified several antioxidant vitamins - an added bonus for nutrients already known to be essential to good health, and a partial explanation for how they interact with other molecules in the body to produce beneficial effects. A textbook discussion of Vitamin A 15 years ago would have described the nutrient’s role in vision, health of skin and other body linings, bone growth, cancer prevention, and immunity. (more…)
Vitamin B12 is water-soluble, a vitamin that has a vital role in the production of red blood cells, correct functioning of the nervous system, replication of DNA, controling of homocysteine levels when combined with folic acid and vitamin B6 and production of a mood-elevating substance S-adenosyl-L-methionine. Strictly speaking, vitamin B12 is not a single compound; rather it is a collective term referring to a class of cobalt compounds, the principal ones among them being cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin. For that reason, sometimes the term cobalamin is used to refer to vitamin B12.
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