A Lady's Daily Vitamins

By David Morris


While many things change in a woman's life, there are some things that stay the same, and one of these things is nutrition. A good, balanced diet will provide much of this, for example fibre and protein. However she still has to be careful to make sure she gets the enough of essential minerals and vitamins that a normal diet may not always include.

For example, vitamin D, zinc, iron, calcium, and magnesium. For those who are either vegans or vegetarians, it's important to make sure you're getting enough vitamin B12 too. Good sources of these can be found in super foods, including: Raw cacao nibs, for a great source of magnesium, as it happens one of the highest of all foods. For calcium, spirulina contains more than milk, it also has lots of zinc, and has more iron than raw liver. Vitamin D and zinc, as well as vitamin B12, can be found in Bee pollen.


The healthy choice

The first thing to do, is to consider exactly are we really getting enough of the essential vitamins and minerals that we need to be healthy and happy? These include vitamin C and full set of B vitamins. We all know about vitamin C, think oranges for example, but what about all the B vitamins? Vitamin B1 is called thiamine, vitamin B2 is riboflavin, vitamin B3 is niacinamide, vitamin B5 is pantothenic acid, vitamin B6 is pyridoxine, vitamin B7 is biotin, vitamin B9 is better know as folic acid, and B12 is cobalamin. Bee pollen is one superfood that actually contains all the B vitamins together as well as vitamin C. Spirulina contains many of the B vitamins and vitamin C.

It's incredible to think that most super foods are rich in many of the minerals and vitamins that are missing from what would be considered a normal or balanced diet. For example, vitamins A and E, which go to make your skin healthy and smooth, and strengthen your immune system.

Strong bones

To avoid the possible onset of osteoporosis in later life, women need to take care now of their bones. Jackie Keller author of Body After Baby says "Women need calcium at all stages of life, and we generally don't get enough in our diets through food sources." Calcium can found naturally in both milk and spirulina, and when taken in addition to healthy, balanced diet, means that we can be sure of getting enough calcium. Also, as an extra measure to protect the bones, doctors recommend taking vitamin D along with calcium. Vitamin D can be found in many super foods, including bee pollen and chia seeds

The fatty acids that are good

Omega 3 oils, are the essential fatty acids for the health of the body. In women, these oils can go a long way to help prevent a long list of conditions which include heart disease, depression and also osteoporosis. Omega 3 oils can be found in walnuts, olive and rapeseed oils and chia seeds.




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