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Vitamins and Minerals
Good diet nutrition, including Vitamins and Minerals is essential for optimum health. Vitamins and minerals play an essential role in all nutrition processes. These processes such as efficient metabolism, stable blood sugar levels and appetite, all affect weight control and how fast we lose weight.
Below is a list of links to vitamins and minerals. We have summarised each vitamin and mineral in the chart below, along with the sources, benefits, recommended dietary intake (RDA or AI) and the problems that deficiency may cause. We also have a database of vitamin pictures.
We have also summarised the recommended dietary intake (RDA or AI) for men and women below. This data is for an average man or woman (not-pregnant) aged between 19-50 years; for further information click on each vitamin or mineral.
Nutrition FactsUse the links below to find the Nutrition Facts for all of the major vitamins, minerals, amino acids and nutrients that are required by the body.
calories, fat, carbohydrate, high protein food, high fiber food, low carb food, calcium, iron, magnesium, chromium, phosphorus, chloride, potassium, sodium, fluoride, iodine, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, vitamins and minerals, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin D, vitamin C, vitamin B1 (thiamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B3 (niacin), vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), vitamin B6, biotin (vitamin B7), Folic Acid (vitamin B9), vitamin B12, vitamin B13, vitamin B15, vitamin B17, vitamin K, folic acid, tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, cysteine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, valine, arginine, histidine, alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, serine, cholesterol, essential fatty acids, trans fat, saturated fat, recommended dietary allowance |
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