Showing posts with label Vitamins and Supplements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vitamins and Supplements. Show all posts

Monday, February 23, 2009

Women Health Supplements Needed to Achieve Six-Pack Abs

By Dr Adel Cosmet

More and more supplements for women are becoming available in the market especially for those who are looking forward to having six-pack abs. These women health supplements usually include vitamins, minerals and other acids that aim to provide the body with the nutrients it needs for the rigorous work out or to supply the amount of nutrients the body lacks.

As defined, health supplements refer to products that intend to supplement a person's need for nutrients that contain one or more ingredients like vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals. These are usually taken orally and come in the form of pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid. Health supplements can easily be recognized because they are usually indicated on the label of the container along with information on nutrient contents and other claims.

For women who are gearing towards having six-pack abs, the most common supplements include products that aim to boost health and energy levels. These supplements are usually composed of vitamins including Vitamin A, B, C, D, E, K, and "X"; minerals that include calcium, magnesium, potassium, boron, zinc, copper, manganese, and chromium among others that are beneficial for women's health; and a set of amino acids that are said to be vital to women's physical and emotional being.

Finding the best supplements for six-pack abs

If you are training to get six-pack abs and you feel that you need health supplements, your must look for products that are complete multi-vitamin, mineral, and herbal formulas especially created and formalized for women's needs. Experts say that a good women health supplement to aid the development of six-pack abs should also have a quality formula that is composed of the most natural ingredients as well as food factors available and should not use synthetic chemicals and substitutes that can be harmful to the body.

To find the right health supplements needed to achieve six-pack abs, women should:

- consult a physician or a registered nurse first before trying on a specific supplement to know if there would be possible complications if you are dieting;

- educate one's self through simple research which can help you be familiarized with the essentials of women supplements and what they must contain and read about different minerals and vitamins such as Vitamin A, Vitamin, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and Vitamin E to make sure that you know what kind of nutrients that enter your body.

- only use the supplements appropriate for one's age to adapt to the different physical, intellectual, and emotional changes along the way;

- get feedback from people who have tried it to get first hand information about its effects and possible side effects;

- follow the instructions on the label carefully and religiously so you will not have greater risks of getting side effects and will more chances in getting the desired results.

The market is now full of supplements for women who are looking forward to having six-pack abs. But before trying any of which, it is very important for you to determine quality of the health supplements by buying only to companies that are pharmaceutical GMP compliant. Also, always check the label intently to see if the health supplement is made up of cheap additive fillers like cornstarch, rice, sugar, silica, artificial colors, and flavorings. It is also of high importance to buy a health supplement with a local consumer product help line so you can for inquire about the product anytime you need to.

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Fast Weight Loss: What You Need to Know

By Vic Quincy

Many people are under the false assumption that losing weight quickly is the best way and will use weight loss pills as the primary part of their diet without any thought to their health. Nutritional experts now believe that safe weight loss is the way forward and incorporates a whole range of dietary regimes that have an emphasis on losing weight using more natural processes. Safe weight loss diets no longer incorporates the likes of chemical appetite suppressants, diets that do not provide healthy nutrition or those that rely on exhausting the person losing weight with exhausting exercises.

Whenever you start a diet, you have to set some definite goals that are to be achieved at the end of several stages so a dietary program is not a body torture. This way by making small adjustments in your safe weight loss program they will become more of a habit and be accepted by the body as you gradually lose weight.

There are some natural supplements that can help this process including green tea but only if it is used with ginseng, extract from the Hoodia plant and foods containing guarana can also help. you might also like to try finding some cheap Leukidrol or Hemogex for your health supplements. The combined effort of these natural products will provide more energy, a lower appetite and ensure the body does not get sick.

In case you suffer from diabetes, any heart disease such as arrhythmia, high cholesterol or other problems, it's best to talk to your doctor before you buy any supplements as safe weight loss programs involve personal comfort and an encouraging health status. Exercise programs should be designed to help burn calories and while this ok for people who are overweight buy there are no other medical conditions, those who have problems are not advised to carry out this type of activity. If you are someone with a cardiac condition, the only type of exercise which will be safe for you to pursue is a gentle walk but for only limited amounts of time.

Those people restricted to walking should know that if they become fatigued, they should sit and rest for a while and if possible as part of their safe weight loss program to have regular massage sessions which can bring many benefits. Many people prefer swimming as it exercise the whole body but can be less exerting as the persons weight decreases and is not as tiring plus people with heart problems can normally carry this out safely after they have had the all clear form their doctor. You should also be advised that certain weight loss tablets will not be suitable for a safe weight loss regime so watch out for those that have bitter orange or ephedra as component ingredients.

While bitter orange can be very good, it doe rely on the correct minute dosage which is often not the case when certain products are purchased online. This is particularly true of Hoodia which is rare and costly but a very efficient natural appetite suppressant with no side-effects but the name is often used on products that do not contain any but a safe weight loss program relies on the weight loss being natural and who knows what is in these pills?

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Supplements and RDAS

By P.G Mayora

When you go to the supermarkets or health food shops looking for a multi vitamin/mineral and you pick one up and on the label it says vitamin A 100% RDA, vitamin D 100% RDA and so on , so you think Ill take this one as it has the full amount of RDAS for all these vitamins.

But!.. The thing is that these guidelines set by the government and health experts are basically the bare minimum for each of these micronutrients to stop diseases such as scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), beri-beri (thiamine deficiency), pellagra (nicotinic acid and tryptophen deficiency), rickets (vitamin D deficiency) and so on, although these amount are the bare minimum needed to keep these diseases at bay, it is by no means enough to stay in peak condition, the distance between a diet to prevent these conditions and a diet to stay in the best of health are a million miles apart.

It is impossible to say that such and such is the amount for the RDAs for everyone on the the planet. Every single person needs different and varying amounts of each vitamin and mineral, and this all depends on sex, age, where you live (country or city), what medication you are on, which country you live in , weight, fitness, activity, what exercise you do, your job, anything you suffer from (any conditions, ailments or diseases), family history, allergies, diet, if you smoke or drink the list goes on and on, as there are hundreds of factors that contribute to your well being.

Lets take an example: If you live in a busy city as opposed to out in the country, then one of the things you will need more than the ones who live in less polluted areas are antioxidants. There are way too many antioxidants to list, but whereas RDA,s tell you vitamin A 800ug, vitamin C 60mg and vitamin E 10mg, it really should be more like vitamin A 2,500ug, vitamin C 1,000- 2,000mg and vitamin E 300mg as a much stronger level of antioxidants will be required to fight all of the extra free radicals from exhaust and pollution.

But increasing your vitamins and minerals is only part of the story. Another thing that people may not realise is that certain vitamins and minerals help each other and are needed in certain combinations and certain ones work against each other. Pretty much everyone knows that calcium is needed for strong bones and teeth, but this does not make the slightest bit of difference unless there are suitable levels of vitamin D, magnesium and phosphorus, because these all work together for the maximum uptake by the body.

Iron needs vitamin C to increase absorption, potassium needs magnesium to hold it in the cells, sodium works with potassium in order to maintain water balance and proper nerve and muscle impulses, and then on the other side of the coin zinc and copper are highly antagonistic as they stop each other working properly and phosphorus is hindered by high levels of iron, magnesium and aluminium to name but a few.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Vitamin B12: Are you Deficient?

By Sonia Reece

Vitamin B12 is one of the top 5 important supplements in a balanced diet. Your system requires B12 in order to prevent anemia and produce red blood cells.

This vitamin is found almost exclusively in animal products, including milk, eggs and cheese. Those on a Vegan diet or lifestyle can get vitamin B-12 from enriched cereals, fortified soy products or by taking a supplement that contains this vitamin.

Will you know if you have a deficiency in this vitamin?

Not consuming adequate amounts of the foods listed above and experiencing shortness of breath, dizziness, weakness, nausea, loss of appetite, numbing sensations, low energy, it's quite possible you may have a deficiency.

It may take years before signs or symptoms of this deficiency to manifest in your body. Being deficient in vitamin B12 can lead to pernicious anemia and can eventually turn into Alzheimer, loss of memory, confusion and dementia.

Seniors absorb the supplement better in the sublingual form. Malabsorption of the vitamin is another reason for the deficiency. Example, to receive optimal benefits from supplementing with vitamin B12 you would combine with folic acid and vitamin c, which will assist the absorption.

What's a good way to determine the amount needed to prevent becoming deficient?

I had the same question, so after conducting some research and acquiring data from the National Institutes of Health, I came up with the following information.

-.4 mcg- 0-6 months

-.5 mcg- 7-12 months

-.9 mcg- 1-3 years

-1.2mcg- 4-8 years

-1.8mcg- 9-13 years

-2.4mcg- age 14- older

-2.6mcg- pregnant adolescent females

-2.8mcg- lactating females

-25-100mcg-Adults over 50 (except if consuming fortified foods)

Expert opinion may be slightly different, but two ideas were clear: We are designed to absorb low levels of vit B12 at each meal, ranging from .1mcg to 1mcg.

Vitamin B12 deficiency also depends on environmental factors. For example, if we consume chlorinated water on a daily basis, B12 absorption would be low or diminished based on the toxic invasion on the body.

Consuming plants and animals that have been treated with pesticides and other toxins can also be another source for causing B12 deficiency.

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