Blogs — natural nutra

In order to live a healthy life, our body needs various nutrients to complete it’s various functions. Nutrients help an individual by providing them with a sufficient amount of energy to allow their body to function properly. One such essential nutrient is vitamin D. Many people think a day in the sun is enough to get the vitamin D we need, but do we know what exactly the vitamin is and how essential it is for our body? Vitamin D3 is the backbone of our health and nourishes our body from within through its impressive health benefits. Vitamin D is...

Vitamin is a term that you have heard over and over again. From lectures in elementary education to well-renowned physicians, the importance of vitamins is well understood. Everyday our body carries out diverse functions that we are totally unaware of, and cannot control. Complex reactions take place down to the cellular level, to ensure your survival and sustenance. Hundreds of processes are intricately balanced and determined by the availability of certain raw materials such as nutrients which our body depends on to replicate and replace cells for growth. We all talk about nutrition and eating “nutrient rich” food. But, what...

The history of vitamins is a long one. Even before they were discovered, humans knew the value of eating particular foods to maintain health. The importance of vitamin E on our health is incredible. Vitamin E was discovered in 1922 by Herbert Evans and Katherine Bishop. Therapeutically used in 1938 for the first time, vitamin E works in synergy with other essential vitamins such as vitamin B complex, vitamin D and vitamin C to improve our overall health. Avocado, almonds, cottonseed oil, grape seed oil, sunflower oil, salmon, tuna, sea weed (spirulina) and sunflower seeds are prominent sources of vitamin...

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is an important water-soluble nutrient in the human body. It is also known as L-ascorbic acid, antiscorbutic vitamin, and dehydroascorbic acid. The human body cannot produce Vitamin C which is why, we have to supply it through vitamin C rich food or natural dietary supplements. The importance of Vitamin C first came to the attention of sailors who had to spend months at sea with foods that lacked vitamin C. When a voyage lasted longer than planned, it resulted in scarcity of fruits and vegetables. This affected sailors’ health and prolonged incidences of...