3/27/2013

Daily menu with all required vitamins

Start your day with a rich breakfast.
Just one cup of cereals (54 g), one glass of milk, low fat, (250 ml) and you'll be satiated and full of energy until lunch.


3/26/2013

Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)


Maintains intracellular cement substance with preservation of capillary integrity. Cosubstrate in hydroxylations requiring molecular oxygen. Important in immune responses, wound healing, allergic reactions. Increases absorption of nonheme iron. 
You need vitamin C for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body. It helps the body make collagen, an important protein used to make skin, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. Vitamin C is needed for repairing and maintaining bones and teeth.

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)



Vitamin B12 is a nutrient that helps keep the body's nerve and blood cells healthy and helps make DNA, the genetic material in all cells. Vitamin B12 helps prevent anemia that makes people tired and weak. Involved in the metabolism of single-carbon fragments. Essential for biosynthesis of nucleic acids and nucleoproteins. Role in metabolism of nervous tissue. Involved with folate metabolism. Related to growth.

Vitamin B12 is synthesized by bacteria, but the vitamin produced from the microflora in the colon is not absorbed. Food of plant origin contain the vitamin only through contamination or bacterial synthesis. 

Folic Acid (Folate)


Essential for biosynthesis of nucleic acids, especially important in early fetal development. Essential for normal maturation of red blood cells. Functions as a coenzyme – tetrahydrofolic acid. Folate-dependent reaction is the conversion of homocysteine to methionine in the synthesis of S-adenosyl-methionine, an important methyl donor. Also folate-dependent reaction, the methylation of deoxyuridylate to thymidylate in the formation of DNA, is required for proper cell division. An impairment of this reaction initiates a process that can lead to megaloblastic anemia. 

Biotin (Vitamin H)


Essential component of enzymes. Involve din synthesis and breakdown of fatty acids and amino acids through aiding the addition and removal of CO2 to or from active compounds and the removal of NH2 from amino acids. Vitamin H is part of the B complex group of vitamins. All B vitamins help the body to convert carbohydrates into glucose, which is used to produce energy. This vitamin helps the body metabolize fats and protein. B complex vitamins are needed for healthy skin, hair, eyes, and liver. They also help the nervous system function properly. 


Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5)


Pantothenic acid is widely distributed in foods. It is the compound of the synthesis of fatty acids, cholesterol, acetylation of alcohols, amines, and amino acids. This water-soluble vitamin acts as an antioxidant. In addition, it is used in the production of several enzymes and helps the central nervous system to communicate with the brain. Essential in the intermediary metabolism of carbohydrate, fat and protein.