Interesting facts

The absorption and endogenous losses of vitamins

The fat-soluble vitamins (vitamin A, D, E, K and carotene) in their absorption is very important content of fat in the diet. It should be at least 20% of the total energy share. Below this value there may be problems absorbing fat-soluble vitamins. For carotene and carotenoids ...

Council - Comparison multivitamins

This is a comparison of 4 multivitamin preparations: Center for Adults, One daily (Tera fi tech), Calibrum, Multitabs with minerals. All of these products declare content as vitamins and minerals. Recommended dosage for all is 1 tablet daily. Products are intended for healthy adult individuals.

Intake of vitamins in the alternative food

At the turn of the millennium, has increased public interest in alternative ways of eating, especially on vegetarianism and macrobiotics. These are not new trends in nutrition, as these methods are labeled diet. Vegetarianism as a way of eating is spreading from the mid XIX. century as the founder of macrobiotics ...

Who is threatened by lack of vitamins and minerals?

Under normal circumstances, provide all the necessary nutrients sufficiently varied diet. However, there are people whose intake of vitamins and minerals in the diet is not enough. They are mainly women and children in certain stages of life, elderly, people holding a reducing diet, some chronically ill and smokers.

Herbs contain vitamins and substances beneficial health

Growing herbs in the Czech lands were abundant in the Middle Ages, when the oriental spices were very expensive. Today, herbs are becoming a common part of modern healthy diet. They are available fresh or as dried throughout the year and help in preparing meals very well limit the amount of salt.

Eggs bring valuable minerals and vitamins

Thanks to new studies have egg has had its well-deserved rehabilitation. Was, is and will undoubtedly continue to remain the most popular food, as nature has offered to mankind. The entire globe to them every day consumes nearly half a billion. Eggs represent a significant intake of vitamins and minerals.

Vitamins in food must be protected

Fruits and vegetables are especially valued because of the high content of vitamins, minerals and fiber. Vitamins, especially vitamin C, may be lost by leaching, due to light or heat. In the preparation and storage of fruits and vegetables, therefore we should follow several principles. Improper treatment beneficial vegetables lose vitamins.

Spring cleaning: less fat and more vitamins

Although these days it just freezes and quits in the spring can not wait, if we wind, the sun was still just a power and a couple of weeks, maybe take my winter coats. In the spring should be added in the winter lost vitamins. "Then you see a few kilos more, we have recruited in the winter ...

Eggs is a balanced cocktail of vitamins and minerals

Chicken eggs are the most popular foods in the world. Every day they consume around 1.4 billion. It is characterized by very good digestibility, the yolk to one hundred percent. But, says Tamara Starnovská Forum of healthy nutrition, it does not always pay. One egg contains 15% of the daily dose of protein that the body needs.

Madonna shocked passengers aircraft vitamin injections

Pop queen Madonna once again shocked. This time for his outlandish performances selected aircraft on which the front of other passengers injected injection. Only later explained that there was no drugs but vitamin preparation. During the flight to the U.S. sedmihodinového eating nothing and drinking only water from the bottle.

Dr.Kužela on vitamins and minerals

The 1st UK III.interní Clinic held a discussion with the doc. MUDr. Lubomir Cone, CSc. z III. 1st Department of Internal Medicine LF UK a VFN. Although vitamins and minerals are not in themselves a source of energy, are not building blocks of the human body, but without their income is indispensable for the organism.

Loss of vitamins in food

The vitamins, they tell that it is very unstable substance when preparing food is easily degraded. Not entirely so. It is true that the vitamins are much more volatile than the major minerals, or nutrients, ie protein, fats and carbohydrates. Therefore, when preparing food, but also in food storage, we must be careful that we treat food...

Vitamin resources will be prohibited due to the competition?

U said the British ban on 300 vitamin products. The upcoming standard is officially motivated by consumer protection. According to critics, however, behind the powerful pharmaceutical companies that want to destroy competition. Only in Britain last year, people paid for these products 400 million pounds.

Coria wants to millions of producers of vitamins with steroids

The action for the U.S. manufacturer of food supplements is waiting Monday Guillermo Coria. Argentine tennis player blames the company that its vitamins containing banned anabolic steroids were the cause of tenistova doping hit in 2001. Coria requests compensation ten million ...

I T-shirt can be a source of vitamins

Fuji company engaged in the production of yarn has developed a fiber containing a chemical substance, the so-called precursor which is in contact with human skin, changes in vitamin C. T-shirt made from these fibers should have the equivalent vitamin content equal to two lemons and this ...