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Vitamin C plays a role in the production of collagen. Collagen is present in muscle tissue and bone and connective tissue is part of our body. Without the help of collagen in the connective tissues, no other building blocks that allow cells to remain intact throughout.

Vitamin C supports the establishment and development of collagen and cartilage, slightly elastic tissue that forms the body frame translucent hub of young embryos of vertebrates, and thus mostly converted to bone higher vertebrates. Collagen and cartilage are both important in bone formation, and epidermal skin and joints.

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Vitamin C, antioxidant, in addition to the simulation. It works and works scavengers that remove something that can develop or become actual harmful molecules known as free radicals that can cause cancer, heart and cardiovascular diseases. Since vitamin C is an important role in neutralizing the molecules oxidized LDL-C, the regeneration of vitamin E – liquid fat soluble vitamins, which is not in the body related diseases such as infertility.

The support of vitamin C, vitamin active helps reduce the formation of plaque in arteries.

Vitamin C is also necessary to prevent scurvy – the disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C, and is accompanied by swelling of the gums, black are the main symptoms. Another advantage of ascorbic acid is important for the immune system, which will improve the system, which accelerates the body’s ability to heal. But also accelerate the body’s ability to build the fabric.
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Iron is a mineral that is needed to carry oxygen around the body. Iron deficiency in the body can make a person down the immune system and often feel lethargic. There is also a cause of anemia.

Many people are concerned, when you turn a vegetarian or vegan, vegetarian diet to ensure adequate iron, your body needs. Are you one of them? In fact, these questions do not need until you get the correct information on a vegetarian because many vegetarian foods that are high in iron.

In fact, according to a study for vegans and vegetarians, as volunteers, their iron levels look better than people who are not vegetarians. What do you consume?

Plant foods rich in iron

There are two types of iron in foods, namely, heme and  Heme iron present in red blood cells of animals, while the non-heme iron is derived from plants or vegetables. Non-heme iron is absorbed by the body when combined with vitamin C. To maximize the absorption of iron to try to reduce the consumption of coffee, tea and chocolate.

Well, here is the choice of vegetarian foods rich in iron:

Cereals. Including cereals such as sorghum, wheat, oats, millet, barley, and quinoa. These types of cereals (mainly iron-fortified) is suitable for consumption as breakfast menu.
Pulses and Legumes. Includes black eye peas, pinto beans, garbanzo beans, peas, soy beans, chickpeas, and red beans.
Soy Products. Includes a variety of products made from soy such as tofu, soy milk, soy yogurt, tempeh, and soy meatball.
Nuts and Grains. Includes kwaci of sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds. And also some kinds of nuts such as almonds, cashews, dried figs, apricots, and raisins.
Vegetables. Including spinach, turnip greens, potato, sweet potato, green beans, tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, and all green leafy vegetables.
Fruit. Including dates, watermelon, berries, plums, bananas, kiwi fruit, mango, passion fruit, papaya, pomegranate, grapes, oranges, peaches, and others.

Eat these foods to ensure that your body needs to iron met.
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Milk not only for bone health and prevent osteoporosis, a good attack you, but also reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. You want to prove!

Still reluctant to drink milk every day? Now, you’d better think again. The reason, a study found that drinking three glasses of milk a day is considered to reduce the risk of heart disease as high as eighteen percent.

Researchers at Wageningen University and Harvard in the review of 17 European, American and Japanese research found that there is no between the consumption of regular or low-fat milk and heart disease, stroke or death increased risk associations, such as written in the Times of India .

“Milk is the most nutritious and healthy foods, such as with calcium, potassium, protein, natural ingredients can be said:” Cindy Schweitzer, Project Director, Global Dairy Platform.

“This is just question the basic functions of how to get back healthy. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle should not be a scientific formula,” he said.

An Israeli study in the United States published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that high-calcium milk consumption is closely related to diet, because it can cause weight loss.

The study sample of 300 people over two years and women with excess body weight found that those who consume high-calcium milk lose weight more than 38 percent compared to only eat dairy products, calcium intake is low.
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Of vegetables, and through bright colors and fresh fruit nutrition. Each color represents a compound is beneficial phytochemicals health in different ways. This is why you should eat more vegetables and fruit is rich and varied.

For example, the anthocyanins and proanthocyanins, two anti-oxidants, to take action, maintain a healthy heart, helps the brain to function optimally. There are three food by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is green, red and orange colors proposal.

A: Vegetables and fruits are red and orange:
Examples: large red bell peppers, strawberries, carrots, potatoes and oranges.

Such as tomatoes, red pepper, red foods contain lycopene, phytochemicals help to prevent prostate cancer and breast cancer.

α and β-carotene in carrots, potatoes and oranges found. Our body converts to vitamin A is subject to active so that helps to maintain healthy eyes, bones and immune system. These phytochemicals act as antioxidants against free radicals and dispels the disease.

Bay green vegetables:
Examples: broccoli and spinach
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Vitamin D in food is limited, often not enough to prevent deficiencies. The main source of vitamin D can get help ultraviolet radiation (UV-blue), by endogenous skin production process. There are many factors that can inhibit UVB ultraviolet radiation from the light blue skin, a sufficient quantity to make the process of light interference, or even does not occur. These factors include clothing, skin pigmentation (dark skin / melanin content), sunscreen, air pollution, cloudy conditions, time, season, geographical conditions.

Population of high melanin, the risk of old age and obesity, vitamin D deficiency .The need to increase vitamin D during pregnancy and breast-feeding, vitamin D, but only limited access to breast milk. Therefore, most pregnant women and infants and young children lack vitamin D in liver, kidney, directly or indirectly contribute to the physiology of vitamin D Liver, kidney, directly or indirectly contribute to the physiology of vitamin D, so these two organs of the possible deterioration of the vitamin D

Benefit  Vitamin D:

Fetal concentrations of vitamin D depends on the amount of vitamin D is owned by the mother, so that when the mother and fetus of vitamin D deficiency. Mamfaat main component of vitamin D absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorus on bone health. This role is particularly important because during pregnancy and lactation the rapid development of the baby’s bones. In addition to interference and problems with bone growth, a lack of vitamin D during pregnancy also increase the risk of infant and maternal type 1 diabetes, asthma, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, and preklamsi.

In adults, vitamin D deficiency or lack of vitamin D can cause osteoporosis, muscle and related osteomalasia bone pain, fatigue, or fatigue, diabetes, berulangan infection, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure. Even vitamin D is important to know that the UV or blue UV spectrum contained in sunlight may reduce bladder cancer resilo, breast, colon, stomach, esophagus, ovary, prostate, rectum or anus, kidney, or kidney , uterine cancer, bile bag.

All food will not be able to maximize the useful, if you do not get enough vitamins and minerals, it is very important to regulate your body how to react to protein, carbohydrate and fat. The realization of this important nutrient is also a key to reduce body fat. Here are some you need to help you lose weight the best and most effective essential nutrients.

First, calcium: A new study shows that adequate calcium in the diet can help you lose weight, this is because calcium stored in fat cells in the regulation of fat storage and by how an important role in our bodies. You may already know that vitamin D along with calcium, vitamin D is because calcium absorption is very concerned about the recent important because it helps prevent diabetes and other chronic diseases, cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and hipertensi.Namun, There are many people outside who lack vitamin D, most women only get more than 200 international units of less than a third of their number every day needs.

The next important nutrients, Omega 3. Research shows that overweight who follow the weight loss program (including sports) are often able to control blood sugar and cholesterol levels when fish better rich in Omega 3 fatty acids.

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Young or old, in fact, the body vulnerable to various diseases. So, your body needs proper care to prevent the disease’s rapid attacks. After not doubt the benefits of taking supplements, it’s time you smart choose healthy food. Natural foods can help you stay healthy, heal your body the way, is completely safe. Carefair amazing spread of some diseases, you can cure health food.

Cataract Disease
You know, when you put the food intake of vitamin E in supplement form it can not help you stay away from cataract disease. The following recipe to meet your daily needs of vitamin E content-rich, fiber, vitamin B, in particular, B, and niacin (B3) items. The solution is nuts cereal.You only need to put some of the following ingredients into a large bowl, or half a cup of raw almonds, 4 cups wheat cereal and ¼ cup sunflower oil. Once mixed evenly, you can divide it into six parts, a small plastic bag, and each time need to snack, you just ate.

Insomnia patients
If you can not sleep, you need something to calm the mind. Mango, banana, low fat whey cheese is the answer. In the following recipe in the tryptophan and carbohydrates. Tryptophan is an amino acid type, to encourage production of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is known to function to create a tranquil feeling sleepy, relaxed. Add the sugar in the diet, amino acids help to move more quickly to the brain, so the results you want faster.
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