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Archive for May 22nd, 2008

Everything You wanted to know about Vitamins 4

Posted by dodo on May-22-2008

Vitamin F [Unsaturated Fatty Acids — Linoleic, Linolenic and Arachidonic]

FACTS:

Fat soluble, made up of unsaturated fatty acids obtained from foods.

Measured in milligrams [mg.].

No RDA has been established, but the National Research Council has suggested that at least 1 percent of total calories should include essential unsaturated fatty acids.

Unsaturated fat helps burn saturated fat, with intake balanced two to one.

Twelve teaspoons sunflower seeds or eighteen pecan halves can furnish a day’s complete supply. Read the rest of this entry »

Everything You wanted to know about Vitamins 3

Posted by dodo on May-22-2008

Inositol

FACTS:

Water soluble, another member of the B complex, and a lipotropic.

Measured in milligrams [mg.].

Combines with choline to form lecithin.

Metabolises fats and cholesterol. Read the rest of this entry »

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