Multivitamins, health is served

Supplements and supplements are often valuable allies that can fill general and specific nutritional gaps.

Filling some specific nutritional deficiencies widespread in contemporary society is the easiest way to improve our quality of life. Let’s see when and how it is most useful to integrate.

The first rule to feel good at any age, now known to all, is to practice moderate and regular physical activity and eat healthily.

If on the table there are seasonal fruits and vegetables every day, whole grains, fish, legumes, dairy products, little red or white meat and some eggs, the coverage of the need for all essential nutrients should be ensured. And if you then try to avoid overwork and stress, you’re done.

This is an ideal situation, which very often cannot be achieved in reality. Both incorrect lifestyles and some extemporaneous factors (an illness, a period of psycho-physical fatigue, pregnancy, etc.) increase the need for one or more elements.

This is where supplements and supplements come into play, precious allies able to fill general and specific nutritional gaps, easily and in a short time.

Did you know that you need specific vitamins during pregnancy? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

For bone health…

Calcium is essential, a mineral that according to numerous researches the majority of people take in insufficient quantities through food. An adequate supply of calcium is crucial at every stage of life to build and maintain healthy bones.

Together with calcium, vitamin D is indispensable, which mediates the intestinal absorption of the mineral and its storage in the bone, magnesium and vitamin K, also involved in the metabolism of the skeleton.

For the health of articular cartilage and tendons, vitamin C is needed, which ensures efficient formation of collagen, the main structural protein of connective tissue, of which they are composed.

… and for the support of metabolic processes

Multivitamin products particularly rich in B vitamins can be a valuable aid to support metabolism and to facilitate energy production processes.

During convalescence

A moment in which the use of supplements can be particularly useful is that of convalescence after an illness, a phase in which the body tends to need a greater supply of vitamins and minerals to regain its balance.

The substances that proved to be most useful after in these cases are above all vitamin D (able to support the immune system), vitamins A and C (with antioxidant and immunostimulating action), B vitamins.

In terms of trace elements, iron, essential to maintain the right level of hemoglobin in the blood, contributes to the general recovery of strength, while zinc facilitates healing, especially if associated with vitamin C.

Zinc and vitamin C also strengthen each other in stimulating the immune system. While iron is positively affected by the association with vitamin C, which facilitates intestinal absorption.

The need for micronutrients also increases in the presence of chronic conditions that prevent proper intestinal absorption or that require the elimination of important foods from the diet (such as celiac disease or other food intolerances and allergies), malabsorption syndromes or dysfunctions of the liver and intestine.

In all these cases it is important to take foods with high nutritional value and, if the risk of deficiency is significant, add specially designed multivitamin supplements.

Against adolescent deficiencies

Puberty and adolescence are two stages of life in which the need for vitamins and minerals can increase significantly.

During puberty you especially need vitamin C, which increases the immune system, promotes the correct formation of collagen, facilitates the absorption of iron; vitamin A, which collaborates with the C for the construction of good immune defenses, and B vitamins, essential for energy metabolism and efficient intellectual performance.

Among the minerals, in addition to iron, the role of calcium stands out above all, but not only, with a view to preventing osteoporosis in adulthood.

With adolescence, physical changes are compounded by the adoption of lifestyle habits that can promote conditions of vitamin and mineral deficiency.

Smoking reduces levels of antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin C and E. Excessive alcohol consumption interferes with the use of calcium, reduces vitamin D stores in the liver, and decreases the absorption of vitamins D and E. All substances that should be integrated.

To satisfy the most demanding athletes

There is no longer any doubt that the diet has a direct influence on the quality of athletic performance and that it must be adapted to the energy needs and individual characteristics (age, height, weight) of the athlete.

The vitamins and minerals considered most important in sports are those involved in metabolic reactions of energy production, in the processes of muscular biochemical adaptation induced by physical exercise and in the protection of bones and joints.

Therefore, calcium, vitamin D, B vitamins, iron, zinc, magnesium, to which are added micronutrients with antioxidant properties such as vitamin C and E, vitamin A and selenium.

Joycelyn Elders is the author and creator of EmpowerEssence, a health and wellness blog. Elders is a respected public health advocate and pediatrician dedicated to promoting general health and well-being.

The blog covers a wide range of topics related to health and wellness, with articles organized into several categories.

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