| Vitamins for women are something that every health | | | | help balance female hormones. |
| conscious woman should strongly consider. | | | | Some of these herbs include black Cohosh, dong quai, |
| Many health experts nowadays recommend that | | | | and wild yam. |
| people at least take a multivitamin supplement, but, in | | | | Antioxidants |
| our opinion, there are many other more sophisticated | | | | Any good anti aging program should go beyond just |
| supplements on that market jammed pack with | | | | vitamins for women. This is because vitamins in |
| nutrients that go far beyond what you can get in your | | | | themselves (although necessary) are weak |
| typical multivitamin supplement. | | | | antioxidants. |
| However, the basic vitamins and minerals are a good | | | | As you may know, antioxidants are what neutralize |
| place to start to ensuring optimal health. | | | | free radicals in the body. Free radicals, if left |
| Women in particular should pay attention to getting | | | | unchecked, can wreak havoc in the body, leading to |
| enough of the minerals calcium and magnesium. This is | | | | cellular damage. |
| because as women get older they tend to suffer from | | | | This damage has been postulated as a primary cause |
| fragile bones more readily than men. At its worst, | | | | of major diseases, such as heart disease and cancer. |
| middle aged women and beyond suffer higher rates of | | | | Free radical damage has even been implicated in the |
| osteoporosis. | | | | aging process itself! |
| Other important minerals include: zinc, copper, and | | | | Some powerful anti aging supplements to consider |
| selenium. | | | | using are L-Carnosine, alpha lipoic acid, resveratrol, |
| Vitamins for Women | | | | Co-Enzyme Q10 and many others. |
| When it comes to vitamins for women, look to add | | | | These have powerful health effects on the body in |
| Vitamin C, E, folic acid (especially for women who are | | | | numerous ways and are much more potent |
| pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant), and a | | | | antioxidants than vitamins are. |
| broad spectrum of the B Vitamins. | | | | The older women get, the more these nutrients may |
| Be careful not to take too much of the fat soluble | | | | benefit them because they tend to deplete in the body |
| vitamins like E and A because too much of a good | | | | with age....or the body cannot utilize them as readily as |
| thing is a bad thing....and the accumulating of these | | | | it once could at a younger age. |
| vitamins can lead to toxicity. | | | | Although women in their twenties may feel like they |
| Other Nutrients | | | | don't need to worry about more than basic vitamins |
| Women who are transitioning through menopause | | | | for women, starting a good anti aging program that |
| may want to look into herbal extracts that are not only | | | | includes sophisticated anti aging nutrients may help |
| used to promote good health but have been shown to | | | | offset the ravages of aging before they happen. |