Vitamin Supplements

Phytochemical

Plants are a rich source of nutrition, but everything that is found in plants is not necessarily a nutrient.

Nutrients are things that our bodies need to grow and function correctly. If you think of a person’s body as a chessboard, nutrients are the chess pieces that are needed to play the game. Sometimes, however, the plants also contain some substance_s that are not chess pieces, although they can influence the game.

Many plants contain chemicals that, just like prescription medicines, have a modifying effect on the body’s processes. About 25% of prescription medicines come from plants. Aspirin, for example, comes from the bark of a type of willow tree, but is a chemically purified and modified form of the original salicylate. Read the rest of this entry »

During the formation of niacin from tryptophan yet another vitamin is needed and again it acts as a coenzyme. This is vitamin B6 and it is given the name pyridoxine. Of all the vitamins this is probably the greatest worker and it takes part in over sixty different metabolic reactions.

As we saw in the descriptions of NAD and FAD many coenzymes are involved in the transference of single atoms from one substance to another. Many reactions in the body require a greater change to take place and whole groups of atoms may be transferred between molecules. Read the rest of this entry »

Absorption: the process by which nutrients are passed into the bloodstream.

Acetate: a derivative of acetic acid.

Acetic acid: used as a synthetic flavouring agent, one of the first food additives (vinegar is approximately 4 to 6 percent acetic acid); it is found naturally in cheese, coffee, grapes, peaches, raspberries, and strawberries; Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) when used only in packaging.

Acetone: a colourless solvent for fat, oils, and waxes, which is obtained by fermentation (inhalation can irritate lungs, and large amounts have a narcotic effect). Read the rest of this entry »

Other Amino Acids

GLUTAMINE & GLUTAMIC ACID

Glutamic acid serves primarily as a brain fuel. It has the ability to pick up excess ammonia — which can inhibit high- performance brain function — and convert it into the buffer glutamine. Since glutamine produces marked elevation of glutamic acid, a shortage of the former in the diet can result in a shortage of the latter in the brain.

Aside from improving intelligence (even the IQs of mentally deficient children), glutamine has been shown to help in the control of alcoholism. It has also been found to shorten the healing time for ulcers and alleviate fatigue, depression, and impotence. Most recently it’s been used successfully in the treatment of schizophrenia and senility. Read the rest of this entry »

Arginine

This amino acid is necessary for the normal function of the pituitary gland. Along with ornithine, phenylalanine, and other neuro chemicals, arginine is required for the synthesis and release of the pituitary gland’s growth hormone. The need for arginine is especially great in males, since seminal fluids contain as much as 80% of this protein building-block, and a deficiency could lead to infertility.

WHAT IT CAN Do FOR You:

• Increase sperm count in males.
• Aid in immune response and healing of wounds.
• Help metabolize stored body fat and tone up muscle tissue. Read the rest of this entry »

Amino Acid Supplements

Free-form amino acids are now available in balanced formulas or as individual supplements, because so many have been found to offer specific health-enhancing properties — from improving the immune system to reducing dependence on drugs.

It’s wise, when taking amino acid supplements, to take also the major vitamins that are involved in their metabolism, for instance: Vitamins B6, B12, and niacin. And if you’re going to take an amino acid formula, make sure it’s well-balanced. Read the label! For protein synthesis to occur, there must be the balance between “essential” and “nonessential” amino acids, and the essentials in proper proportion to one another. (Lysine should be in a 2:1 ratio to methionine, 3:1 to tryptophan, and so on. Read the rest of this entry »

The Protein Amino Acid Connection

Protein is a life necessity in the diet of man and all animals. Actually, though, it is not protein itself that is required, but the amino acids which are the building blocks of protein. If any essential amino acid is low or missing, the effectiveness of all the others will be proportionately reduced.

Amino acids, which bonded with nitrogen form thousands of different proteins, are not only the units from which proteins are formed, but are also the end products of protein digestion. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years, amino acid procedure has turn into more and more admired in enhancement form. Why? Because several people have come to understand just how much they can advantage from these costly supplements, and how these acids can offer benefits ranging from enhanced enlargement hormone levels to improved cancer fortification. Amino acids are necessary to our bodies, and there are a number of customs in which we can make certain that we preserve sufficient levels of these acids. Read the rest of this entry »

In pursuit of your natural weight, optimum health is of extreme importance.

Having a body plagued by pain, allergies and food intolerances is not merely debilitating, it also tends to limit ones choices. And the unwise choices are, of course, eating indiscriminately and unwisely and succumbing to lethargy and inactivity

In this respect the ‘forgotten nutrient‘ is sulphur, or MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), a natural substance present in food and in the human body. Sulphur has a long tradition of healing and throughout history physicians have prescribed visits to mineral hot springs, rich in sulphur, to their infirm patients. Recently MSM surfaced once more as the number one natural pain-relieving nutrient - without side-effects - to be taken as a dietary supplement. Physicians are using it with phenomenal success to control pain caused by:

• degenerative wear-and-tear arthritis as well as rheumatoid arthritis
• chronic back pain
• chronic headaches
• muscle pain fibromyalgia
• tendonitis and bursitis
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• post-traumatic pain and inflammation
• heartburn

As a result of the changes in our eating patterns and cultivation methods of fresh produce, our bodies have developed a sulphur (MSM) deficiency. It often manifests in brittle nails and hair, cold and hot spots all over the body and hard, dry patches of skin on the torso. This deficiency could also be a forerunner of any of the painful diseases mentioned above. Read the rest of this entry »