Vitamins and Nutrients - Low Carb Reference: Low Carb Reference, #10
By Lisa Shea
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About this ebook
** Revised for 2015 **
Science is making discoveries daily. Are fats good for you? Should you take Vitamin C? Is cholesterol good, bad, or both? Here is what you need to know.
I've been actively following a low carb lifestyle since 2004 and a key part of that has been following the science and research that goes on in the field of nutrition. I worked in biotechs for many years and have a fascination with enzymes, nutrients, and the way the human body works. While I am not a doctor, I do keep up to date with the latest discoveries and results.
This ebook presents the latest information on how you should strive to keep your body in balance. We start with the basics. Should you take multivitamins, how do generics differ from brand names, and what is critical for a healthy brain.
Then we go step by step through the vitamins. Just where do you get vitamin A, B, C, and so on? Which minerals should you pay attention to?
Antioxidants get their own chapter as they are so critical. It's important to understand what antioxidants are and how to harness their power.
We cover water, why it's so important, and how to hydrate properly. Then we go over oils in depth. Which oils are safe to cook with, and which become dangerous when heated? Which types of oils act as natural scrubbers for your arteries, keeping them clean?
All of my low carb books provide appendices which explain how to successfully manage a low carb diet.
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions! I frequently update all my low carb books based on your recommendations.
Lisa Shea
I love writing in a variety of genres. I currently have over 300 books published in all lengths from full 500+ page novels down to short stories. I love writing series. Some are with unconnected characters, like the 14 full-length medieval novels with a sword being passed from heroine to heroine. Some have connected characters, like the 31 mini-mysteries featuring a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. All of my books are written "clean" with no explicit intimacy, no harsh language, and no explicit violence. All are suitable for teens and up. For a full listing of my books please visit: http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/writing/gettingyourbookpublished/lisalibrary.html
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Vitamins and Nutrients - Low Carb Reference - Lisa Shea
Introduction
A man too busy to take care of his health
Is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
-- Spanish Proverb
Your body needs vitamins and minerals to do its daily processing. From your eyesight to hearing, from your liver to your heart, from your metabolism to your blood, every part of you needs critical components in order to do what it needs to do to keep you alive. It is your duty in life to provide those vitamins and minerals to your body, in the appropriate amounts, on a daily basis. Nobody else will do this for you.
Science still doesn’t know exactly what our body needs for optimum health. New studies come out daily with fresh information on what is too little or too much for your body to work properly.
I am not a doctor, and you should always speak with your physician for detailed medical advice. This material is what I have gathered up in my years of studying this issue, as pertains to a low carb diet. It provides information for you to discuss with your doctor.
Vitamin Basics
Just about every child now grows up taking multivitamins and knows how important things like iron, zinc and potassium are to our diets. It’s amazing that in reality, the way that vitamins work is still under study by scientists! It wasn.t that long ago that we survived on guesswork and old wives. tales. Some of course ended up being true, but others ended up being quite wrong.
Be sure to keep up with the latest studies on which vitamins are healthy, and what amounts they should be taken in. Taking too much of a vitamin can be just as harmful – if not far more harmful - than not taking the vitamin at all.
The Efficiency of Vitamins
How important are vitamins for daily health? Are they best in pill or natural (food) form? How much do vitamins really differ from manufacturer to manufacturer?
Are Vitamins Necessary?
Numerous studies have been done over the past century which point out just how critical vitamins are. We have known for thousands of years how certain foods prevent certain diseases, and with advances in science we are now able to see why. Sailors would often carry limes on the ships to prevent scurvy, for example. We now know that it is a lack of Vitamin C that leads to scurvy.
Even so, there are many people who still don't take their daily multivitamins. The news reported recently of a teenage boy in California who developed scurvy, because his daily diet of fast food, soda and chips had no vitamin C in it at all!
Natural Foods vs Capsule and Pill Vitamins
Many studies have shown just how potent vitamins are in their natural state, found in food items. One study found that Vitamin E was twice as effective when eaten in its normal food items vs taking a capsule. However, there are many different vitamins and minerals that every person's body needs on a daily basis. You would have to be a wealthy, hungry, talented chef in order to make enough dishes with all of those components every single day and not get bored!
Taking those daily vitamins ensures you get your baseline minimum requirements
. Remember, the RDA is not an amount for complete health
. It is your minimum levels. So in many cases the amount you need to actually be healthy in that area is much higher than the RDA.
Different Manufacturers of Vitamins
One of the key differences in vitamins is the price. Each company gets its vitamins in its own manner. Just as white sugar
can be extracted from sugar cane or beets or other vegetables, vitamins can be extracted from a number of different base components. Scientists are still studying how different flavors
of vitamins might give different benefits. The Vitamin A you get from one vegetable might be slightly different than Vitamin A from another vegetable. One might be better used by the eye, while the second better used by the brain.
Because scientists are still figuring these things out, many vitamin makers come out with claims that their version of the vitamin is better
or faster
or more powerful
than other vitamins - even though both might claim to hold 1000 IUs of Vitamin E. Both vitamins contain Vitamin E. Both contain 1000 International Units of it, so the same amount
. But one might say it is a better
form of the vitamin.
Some brands have synthetic versions of vitamins, while others offer extracts of natural foods that contain the vitamin. So you might say the natural extract is better than the synthetic version. But often the extraction process eliminates what was healthy about the food in the first place. So perhaps the synthetic version is just as good, or even better than what the extraction can produce.
Studies are just being done now to determine how different types of vitamins react in our body, based on what their root source was. Natural Vitamin E seems to perform better than synthesized Vitamin E. Other studies do not find any difference.
Until scientists get more knowledge, the important part is to get your vitamins and minerals into you daily, and to budget for whatever you can afford. If you can only afford store brand, that's fine! At least you are getting those vitamins. Then read the health news as it comes out, and see if researchers find a 'better' version of a given vitamin. If they do and it's worth you to upgrade, by all means do so. But you should always have that base level of vitamin intake.
Benefits of Daily Multivitamins
You know how critical it is that you take a daily multivitamin. Or do you? What benefits do you really gain by taking those multivitamins each day?
To understand this, first you need to understand the concept of the USRDA (United States Recommended Daily Allowance) or DV (Daily Values) numbers. These are numbers determined by scientists of the minimum amount of a given vitamin you should take in a given day to stay healthy. We're not talking about enough to be super healthy
here - we're talking about the smallest amount you can take to avoid getting scurvy. They're trying to set the bare minimum amount that humans should make sure they get even in poor regions.
Let's look at just a few items that your typical multivitamin will provide to you, and how it's important to your daily health.
Vitamin C
DV stated minimum - 60mg.
Vitamin C can't be stored by your body. It goes in, it gets used, it comes out. If you don't take fresh vitamin C each day, your body starts to have problems. What types of problems? Scurvy!! Remember how sailors would take oranges and limes with them (hence the word limey
for British sailors) - this was to ward off scurvy. Scurvy causes loose teeth, skin that bruises easily, and a body that gets sick easily. Eventually your body