Multivitamins and Nutrition

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To get the most out of the kitchen with fruits is necessary to follow some simple rules as to incorporate at the end of cooking to minimize nutrient loss by heat. Precisely because of these sensitive and volatile micronutrients, is essential not chop the fruit too or do so well in advance, because in contact [...]

GranadaDiversos scientific studies demonstrate the power of pomegranate juice as a natural antioxidant in concentrations much higher than those found in other foods. Recently U.S. submitted the results of a phase II clinical trial with 48 patients with prostate cancer who had failed initial treatment (surgery or radiotherapy) and whose tumor had recurred. They were [...]

Ascorbic acid, or Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin, related chemically to glucose, which is only a vitamin for humans, higher primates, guinea pig, some fruit bats and some birds. The vast majority of animals, including farm, they can synthesize it, so do not accumulate in your body (or, possibly, secreted in milk). This [...]

The consumption of healthy food is not only good for your body, it is also important to keep your brain sharp. The focus in the following nutrition tips to reap the rewards of a healthy diet for the brain:

Vitamin A or Retinol has many properties such as protecting us from solar radiation, protects the mucous membranes and helps wound healing. There is vitamin A or retinol supplied by animal foods and provitamin A and Carotenoids (which will become active when transformed into retinol during intestinal absorption) of plant origin. Retinol is also the [...]

Vitamin C is an essential nutrient in higher primates and some other species also. Vitamin C is essential for some metabolic reactions of plants and animals and is created by most organisms except humans. The lack of vitamin C causes a disease called scurvy and therefore is given the name of ascorbic acid. Vitamin C [...]

As already indicated, vitamin K is found mainly in green vegetables such as spinach or cabbage, but also appears to a lesser extent, in virtually all plants. Vitamin K, like fat-soluble vitamin that is going to oils such as olive oil, but is largely lost, like other fat-soluble vitamins during the refining process, with the [...]

Brief Definition Vitamin A belongs to the group of fat soluble vitamins (soluble in fat) is essential for the organism. This vitamin is present in foods of animal origin as a pre-formed vitamin A and retinol is called while the plant appears as provitamin A, also known as carotenoids that stands out among the beta [...]