| When you have decided its time to turn your life | | | | have a consistent intake of them every day. |
| around and get healthy, it can be hard to find a | | | | The fat soluble vitamins on the other hand can be |
| comprehensive vitamin guide to help get you started. | | | | stored in your body. You can build up a supply of them |
| Some sources throw out every piece of information | | | | over time. However, building up too much of them can |
| that's available, including how your body chemically | | | | disrupt your system. So once again, it's important not |
| responds in assorted reactions to the input of vitamins. | | | | to take exceedingly high doses. The fat soluble |
| While that's great to know for scientists or journalists, | | | | vitamins are vitamins A, D, E and K. |
| the rest of us just need to know the basics. | | | | Because you don't want to take too much or too little |
| The first base to touch on for a vitamin guide has to | | | | of any vitamin, taking them in a supplement can be a |
| be what exactly a vitamin is. A vitamin is an organic | | | | time saving way to fulfill all of your needs. You'll get the |
| compound - meaning it contains carbon - which your | | | | vitamins you need, in the correct dosages, and you'll |
| body needs to be healthy, but cannot produce on its | | | | get them packed in with many other nutrients as well. |
| own. Therefore, all vitamins need to be acquired | | | | Vitamins function best as a team. That means that |
| through diet and a daily intake. | | | | each individual nutrients can sort of synergistically feed |
| There are 13 total vitamins for humans. "For humans" | | | | of each other nutrient. For this reason, the vitamins |
| has to be noted, because different organisms may | | | | supplements are going to have a wide range of |
| require different compounds in order to be healthy, and | | | | vitamins, minerals, enzymes herbal extracts and amino |
| may or may not need to acquire those compounds | | | | acids. |
| from outside sources. The thirteen vitamins are | | | | Your body receives healthy benefits from vitamins |
| vitamins A, the 8 vitamins in the B complex, vitamin C, | | | | directly in terms of preventing diseases, deficiencies |
| D, E and vitamin K. | | | | and illnesses. Vitamins and other nutrients can also help |
| Another important thing to cover in a beginner's vitamin | | | | slow down aging, keep your bones strong and prevent |
| guide is the two different types of vitamins. Vitamins | | | | muscle and cell degeneration. There are a wide range |
| can be either water soluble or fat soluble. Your body | | | | of other benefits that vitamins can provide your body. |
| treats each type completely differently, so it's | | | | Additionally, vitamins are often used as co-factors or |
| important to understand the two varying types. | | | | co-enzymes to help other important reactions take |
| Water soluble vitamins are vitamins that your body | | | | place efficiently and as planned. |
| cannot store permanently. You can't build up a | | | | A beginner's vitamin guide doesn't need to be overly |
| reservoir of water soluble vitamins within your body. | | | | complex or scientific. You just need to learn a few |
| Because they are water soluble, they are filtered out | | | | basic facts about vitamins, their make up and what |
| of your system when you go to the bathroom. | | | | they do inside of your body. Learning that, you'll have a |
| The vitamins that are water soluble are the entire B | | | | better idea about what to look for in the vitamin |
| complex, as well as vitamin C. Since they can't be | | | | supplements you take and know how to find one that |
| stored in your system, there's no need to take | | | | will support your health in a way that you will actually |
| outrageously high doses of them. Rather, you have to | | | | feel the benefits it is providing for you. |