SUPPLEMENT VITAMINS THROUGH BALANCED DIET

As explained in my earlier post HUMAN BODY- MARVELLOUS MACHINE,   just as a machine needs to be fuelled timely, our body also must be replenished with vitamins for it to function properly.  Vitamins which work as catalysts and enzymes protect cells in the body. A cell is a small particle in the body. Combination of million and trillion cells is a human body.  Cell is the root cause for any of the disease we face. If a cell and the combination of cells are healthy, the human body is healthy. Hence we are what we eat!! We must supplement essential vitamins in the form of balanced diet.

Each of the vitamins - A, C, D, E, K and B (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9 and B12) - has an individual role to play in the body. Barring vitamins B12 and D3, vitamins A, B, C, and E are dietary.

Most of us, visit hospitals when we are little sick, and ask doctors for some vitamin supplements, but no one think how to prevent diseases. And when we cross 50, we think that we must supplement vitamin pills.  In fact, if the multi-vitamin contains iron and minerals it leads to gastric problems. So also, vitamins - A, D3, E and K - are fat-soluble. A high dose of these vitamins can become toxic in the body and in extreme cases may even lead to mental and neurological changes like memory lapses, tremors as well as urinary incontinence.

The most dependable way to replenish your body with adequate amounts of vitamins you must follow a well-balanced diet. However, it is not enough to simply consume them. You should also ensure they get absorbed into your system.

Erratic lifestyles, eating late, not chewing the food properly, binging before going to bed, consuming too much oily stuff or junk food, antibiotics, caffeine, alcohol restrict the absorption of vitamins and nutrients in the body. Consumption of excess alcohol requires the vitamin B complex group for it to be metabolised.

When alcohol gets into the system, the liver gets too busy trying to metabolise it and doesn't find the time to do its natural work, which is manufacturing proteins. Likewise, people who smoke, go on crash diets, or intake other harmful substances can run down on vitamin reserves as well.