| Vitamins and minerals are important for many health | | | | deficient in certain vitamins for example a severe |
| benefits in your body, from helping your hair, skin and | | | | deficiency of vitamin D can cause rickets (softening of |
| nails to grow properly, to maintaining proper eyesight. | | | | bones) and vitamin C deficiency can cause scurvy |
| Many modern diets don't provide enough natural | | | | (causes bleeding in the mouth and loss of teeth. |
| vitamins and minerals that the body needs to be a | | | | Fortunately vitamin deficiencies are rare these days |
| healthy as it can be. | | | | due to the free availability of vitamin supplements, and |
| There are many ways to increase the amount of | | | | also a greater knowledge of how to counteract these |
| healthy nutrients that you consume. The best way is | | | | problems (i.e. eat more foods that contain vitamin C!) |
| to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables in your | | | | Food Versus Supplements |
| diet. | | | | The majority of your nutrients should come from |
| Vegetables can be quite boring for some people who | | | | foods such as fruits, vegetables, fresh fish, meat, nuts |
| prefer to eat tasty foods, but there are plenty of | | | | and seeds etc. However if you have a particularly |
| ways you can include healthy, vitamin rich foods in | | | | stressful or active lifestyle then you may benefit from |
| your diet every day. | | | | taking a multivitamin and mineral supplement. |
| Smoothies are a great way of introducing fruits into | | | | The benefit of a vitamin supplement is that you can be |
| your diet. Making a Smoothie every morning will | | | | sure that you are consuming the right amount of |
| provide plenty of healthy vitamins. Using fruits such as | | | | nutrients every day. Also, if you are an active person |
| strawberries, blueberries and bananas will give you a | | | | you will require more nutrients than the average |
| vitamin boost. | | | | person, and this may be a problem when trying to |
| Nutritious Smoothie Idea: | | | | consume your entire nutrient through whole foods. A |
| Handful of strawberries | | | | vitamin supplement can help you reach you |
| Handful of blueberries | | | | daily-required amount. |
| 1 banana | | | | Conclusion |
| Milktbsp fat free yoghurt | | | | Today's modern diet is not the best at giving you the |
| This nutritious Smoothie will give you a boost in the | | | | required amount of nutrients for optimal health. |
| morning and provide your body with the nutrients it | | | | However there are a few simple ways to increase |
| needs. | | | | the amount of nutrients in your diet by switching the |
| Why Should You Increase The Nutrients In Your Diet? | | | | foods you eat, or by adding quick meals made out of |
| Many modern diets do not include the beneficial foods | | | | fruits or vegetables. Supplements can give you the |
| that out body requires. Therefore you can feel sluggish, | | | | extra nutrients if you are finding it hard to eat healthy |
| tired and run down, becoming more susceptible to | | | | foods throughout the week. |
| colds. In extreme cases you could even become | | | | |