DO WE NEED HEALTH FOOD SUPPLEMENTS?

• Our body can not make their own vitamins and minerals (except vitamin D) so we must obtain it from the daily food order to remain healthy. • Taking vitamin supplements is an option. Interestingly, research shows that vitamin supplement users tend to have more nutritious diets and healthier lifestyles than non-users. Also, if you include people who are physically active, you tend to need more food as fuel for exercise so that your nutritional needs larger. If you have a hobby of jogging, for example, you may need more iron to replace the red blood cell damage. • nutrition experts argue, in certain cases, the benefits of a rich food source of certain nutrients (vitamin supplements) is not only due anya these nutrients, but also by the existence of a substance in foods that also play an important role, namely phytochemical substances, which are not found in dietary supplements. The only way to get a combination of foods rich in vitamins, minerals and other phytochemicals is to eat their natural food source. • According to a nutrition survey, people usually consume a number of minerals in the number of mediocre, such as zinc, magnesium, selenium and potassium, as well as vitamin E. The best way to ensure adequate supply is by eating foods derived from grains, like wheat bread, cereal grains, brown rice, beans, green vegetables, lean meats and fresh fish in your diet everyday. • If you are a smoker, you need to double the intake of vitamin C, but this can be satisfied only by consuming one glass of orange juice and at least four servings of fruit or vegetables every day-though of course it is best not to smoke! Furthermore, supplements of vitamin C it contains excess of 200 mg of daily necessities, which is NOT recommended for smokers, because, according to two international studies, high doses of anti-oxidants will only exacerbate the process that occurs in lung cancer. • Supplements containing specific nutrients will be useful if you have to limit certain foods because of medical reasons. For example, calcium supplements would be useful to maintain bone strength if you are allergic to milk and also sensitive to food sources other calcium-rich. • If you decide to keep eating food supplements just to 'guard', it is best to choose a multivitamin and mineral supplement with once-daily dosing that contain levels of nutrients as recommended. Stay away from high-dose supplements, thus you can not possibly be an overdose of harmful effects to the body and interfere with the absorption of other nutrients. • Remember, the only health food supplements will ensure you will not lack the nutrient, and not provide a level of optimal health. This is because such supplements do not contain natural fiber and phytochemical substances contained in the actual food.