Showing posts with label Vitamins Nutrition and Growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vitamins Nutrition and Growth. Show all posts
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Vitamins Nutrition and Growth

Vitamins Nutrition and Growth

It has been documented that there is a strong interaction between infection and malnutrition. Nutrition, being the most essential part of your daily diet, is well-documented for strengthening the immune system and other biological processes taking place in the human body.

The key component or the niche of nutrition is vitamins.

Vitamins are classified into water soluble vitamins and fat soluble vitamins. Water soluble vitamins are vitamins including the B group vitamins and Vitamin C that are dissolved in water and cannot be stored for long in the body.

Fat soluble vitamins consist of Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K. All these vitamins are prerequisites for human development.
The natural food sources of vitamins are milk, dairy products, eggs, meat, poultry, vegetables and fruits.



It is very essential to consume these natural sources of vitamins as per the recommended dietary allowances.

Benefits of vitamins are immense. Vitamins are vital organic substances that are beneficial for sustaining life.



World Health Organization has indicated that various forms of vitamin deficiency have led to an increase in mortality and morbidity rate in infants, children and adults. This increase in mortality rate has increased the demand of children’s vitamins and other vitamins required for improving overall health of an individual.

If vitamins are not consumed through natural food sources then, the nutritional gap should be filled with vitamin supplements or multi vitamins.



If an optimal level of vitamins is not reached, it often results in vitamin deficiency. Most common symptoms of deficiency of vitamins are nausea, fatigue, vomiting, impaired growth, mental instability, weak muscles and low energy. The only way to prevent these symptoms is by consuming the right amount of essential vitamins.

Vitamin supplements are usually classified into natural vitamins, synthetic vitamins, organic vitamins and whole food vitamins. All these kinds of vitamins have the ability to balance out the deficiencies of improper eating habits, overcooked foods and non-nutritive, processed foods. These supplements are available in global market in various different forms such as tablets, liquid vitamins, gluten free vitamins, gel vitamins and vitamin injections.

In short, there is a well-established and a long lasting relationship between nutrition, vitamins, health, diet and wellness. All these factors are interdependent and have one common objective – Healthy Growth.