| What are vitamins? The term 'vitamin' was first | | | | But there are plenty of vitamin supplements out |
| given to a group of substances that were | | | | there. How do you choose the best one? For one, |
| thought to be vital for life, each containing a | | | | you cannot hope to take a vitamin pill and end the |
| nitrogen-containing component known as an amine. | | | | story. Because your body needs multivitamins, |
| Vitamins are essential for the proper functioning | | | | and pills containing all of them in the required |
| of our body. They help to strengthen the immune | | | | quantities will be real big pills. They will be a pain to |
| system, to ward off disease, and even to | | | | carry and eat regularly, to say the least. Again |
| improve the overall mood of a person. If a | | | | multivitamin supplements should have the correct |
| particular vitamin is missing from your diet, it may | | | | mix. If you end up taking too much of one |
| lead to a deficiency disease. | | | | vitamin, that again is can cause health problems. |
| Vitamins can help prevent diseases mainly in two | | | | Talking of multivitamin supplements, one cannot |
| ways. First, they prevent the deficiency | | | | ignore glyconutrients, a recent discovery. |
| syndromes characteristic of the respective | | | | Glyconutrients are the plant carbohydrates. |
| vitamin. Second, they increase the health benefits | | | | Though there are more than 200 of these, eight |
| of the specific vitamin. | | | | of them are most essential for our body. These |
| Vitamins mainly belong to two categories - | | | | eight essential sugars are responsible for some of |
| fat-soluble and water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins | | | | the most fundamental biochemical processes in |
| are those that can be stored in the body fat and | | | | the body. Glyconutrients help in cell-to-cell |
| hence need not be replenished daily. Water soluble | | | | communication. When the 600 trillion cells in your |
| vitamins cannot be stored in the body and need | | | | body talk well, they build well too. That means the |
| to be taken daily. | | | | body's systems and processes stay fighting fit! |
| The debate has always been whether you need | | | | What are the benefits of glyconutrients? |
| vitamin supplements to meet the body's daily | | | | Glyconutrients are known for their anti-aging |
| needs or whether you can get it from a balanced | | | | properties. They help athletes in improving their |
| diet. Theoretically, you do not need vitamin | | | | performance and to reduce the recovery time in |
| supplements. However, in reality, you cannot get | | | | case of injury. Glyconutrients have also produced |
| enough of the vitamins that the body needs from | | | | positive effects in children suffering from ADD |
| your diet. Blame it on pollution, blame it on declining | | | | (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention |
| soil quality due to intensive agricultural practices, | | | | Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). |
| blame it on your eating habits, it's getting more | | | | Whether you are suffering from a medical |
| and more difficult to get your daily dose of | | | | condition or not, glyconutrients are essential for |
| vitamins from your food. | | | | your body. They help your body heal, repair, |
| Taking vitamin supplements are, therefore, | | | | regenerate, regulate and protect itself. |
| unavoidable. You need to take them regularly if | | | | So when you select your multivitamin supplement, |
| you need to get all the vitamins into the body. | | | | make sure it contains glyconutrients. They are |
| Trying to compromise on that could lead to the | | | | absolutely necessary for maintaining optimum |
| breakdown of your immune system, and | | | | wellness of the body. |
| deficiency diseases. | | | | |