Archive for November, 2008

Benefits of Vitamin A, Sources and Deficiency

Tom alter asked: Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin and plays an important role in vision, development and maintenance of healthy skin, hair, mucous membranes; immune functions; and reproduction.Vitamin A is also called retinol. It may be found in any of these forms:· retinol – the animal form of vitamin A· other retinoids – retinol, retinal, retinoic [...]


Vitamins – the Basics

Mark Kimathi asked: Vitamins are micro-nutrients. They were discovered by Eijkman (1897) in Indonesia, Java, while studying a disease called beriberi common among natives whose main diet was rice. He noticed that fowl fed on polished rice, developed beri beri, but not when fed on crudely milled rice.In 1911 Funk obtained an alcoholic extract of [...]


Is this the right food for my dog?

Jordan S. asked: I couldn’t get the picture, but heres the doctor’s review about it that I copied and pasted onto my question.
Dry Adult Dog Food Chicken & Brown Rice Formula
Dry Adult Dog Food Chicken & Brown Rice Formula
100% Wheat Gluten FREE!
Drs Foster & Smith Product
Dry Adult Dog Food Chicken & Brown Rice Formula
Signature [...]


Vitamin Supplement – Tips on Using Good Reliable Liquid Vitamin Supplements

Eddy K Elgin asked: Are all the claims that liquid vitamin supplements really true as they are being claimed.Too be honest, how much hype and craze has be given for this popular form of vitamin health food.Let us share the methodology of liquid vitamin supplements and hopefully you will be able to decide if they [...]


Vitamin K Foods – Great Sources For Vitamin K

Guido Nussbaum asked: There are many great foods out there which serve as a great source for vitamin K. Vitamin K is a “fat soluble” vitamin, which means that although vitamin K foods will always provide those vitamins, the impact of the vitamins are best when ingested with fat. Vitamin K is an extremely important [...]


Are there any foods that are anti-vitamin K?

mdigitale asked: Hello friends,
A year ago I had an emergency surgery for a condition known as “aortic dissection”. It was a real surprise to me because I had no idea my heart had any sort of problem to begin with…
Anyways, I have an artificial heart valve and in order to keep my blood from [...]


nAME AS MANY SOURCES OF VITAMIN K AS YOU CAN?

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Does Vitamin K work for Red Scars? Vit K?

danpung-shi asked: I heard somewhere that if you put Vitamin K on red scars it will make the redness go away is it true? I bought a cream called Vit K for acne scars has anyone tried it yet? I’m trying to get rid of my red scars.Lower High Cholesterol


Organic Vitamins – the Hot New Trend in Nutrition

Jess Ray asked: Many of you many not know that 95% of the supplements on the market are synthetic, meaning that they are created in a lab. The remaining 5% are created using organic whole foods. Essentially food in concentrated form, a super food of sorts.There is a subtle but crucial difference between synthetic supplements, [...]


Vitamin K ?

butterfliesRfree asked: They give it in the hospital when a person has any type of liver issues from what I understand.
SO, if you drink a lot or any, should you take extra Vitamin K?
Just curious — what is this Vitamin about? IN LAYMAN’S TERMS — PLEASE DON’T SEND ME A LONG ANSWER.
And how do [...]