Blog articles on health

CATARACT A cataract is a common eye disease that occurs when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy. In otherworld’s, cataracts are when the lens, a small transparent disc inside your eye, develops cloudy patches. Over time, these patches usually become bigger causing blurry, misty vision and eventually blindness. When people are young, their lenses...

Vitamins & Minerals

August 14, 2023

VITAMINS AND MINERALS Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients that your body needs in small amounts to work properly. Most people should be able to get all the nutrients they need by eating a varied and balanced diet. Vitamins Categories Vitamins are of two categories  i.e., fat-soluble & water –soluble....

B Vitamins

August 14, 2023

B VITAMINS   B Vitamins : B vitamins are also know as water-soluble vitamins & are not stored in the body, so you need to have them more often. B vitamins are a group of 8(eight) essential nutrients that play roles in many organs and bodily systems. They help create energy from food, produce blood cells, and maintain healthy skin, among...

B VITAMINS – RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2) Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) : Riboflavin is essential for: energy production helping the body break down fats, drugs, and steroid hormones converting tryptophan into niacin (vitamin B-3) converting vitamin B-6 into a coenzyme that the body needs Foods with riboflavin: Foods rich...

B VITAMINS – THIAMIN (VITAMIN B1) In this article we will explore about thiamin (Vitamin B-1) in detail as below: Thiamin (Vitamin B-1) : The heart, liver, kidney, and brain all contain high amounts of thiamin. The body needs thiamin for: breaking down sugar (carbohydrate) molecules from food creating certain neurotransmitters...

B VITAMINS – NIACIN (VITAMIN B3) Niacin (Vitamin B-3) : Niacin is a B vitamin that's made and used by your body to turn food into energy. Niacin is essential to keep your: nervous system healthy digestive system healthy skin healthy Foods with niacin:   Niacin (vitamin B-3) is often part of a daily multivitamin, but most...

B VITAMINS – PANTOTHENIC ACID (VITAMIN B5) Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B-5) : Pantothenic acid, is one of 8 B vitamins known as Vitamin B5. All of B vitamins help the body convert food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which the body uses to produce energy. These B vitamins, often referred to as B complex vitamins, also help the body use...

B VITAMINS – PYRIDOXINE (VITAMIN B6) Pyridoxine (Vitamin B-6) : Pyridoxine, is one of 8 B vitamins also known as Vitamin B6. All of B vitamins help the body convert food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which the body uses to produce energy. These B vitamins, often referred to as B complex vitamins, also help the body use fats and...

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