With the accelerated pace of life, many people’s bodies are in a sub-healthy state, so a variety of vitamins have become the health care partner of many people, but did you know that the more vitamins are not eaten the better.
A, many kinds of vitamin products supplement not based on the feeling alone
The CCTV reporter visited some pharmacies in Hefei, Anhui Province, and many drugstore salesmen said that vitamin products are the mainstay of sales in the store. These vitamin products are mainly bottled and generally have a higher price point. And for different groups of people, the elderly and children, men and women, urban white-collar, there are different types of vitamin supplements.
Many sales staff said that vitamin products in the prevention of disease, improve immunity has a lot of “advantages”: “supplemental vitamin C to increase resistance, the gums and mouth are good, to prevent colds can be”.
Second, supplemental vitamins to distinguish between drugs and health food
In fact, although vitamins are important to the human body, but not all people are suitable for vitamin supplementation. The reporter visited several pharmacies and found that the sales staff recommended many kinds of vitamin products, there is a single supplement of a certain vitamin products, there is a multivitamin complex products, but also divided into two categories of drugs and health food. Doctors pointed out that there is actually a big difference between them.
”The vitamin of the drug, mainly according to the requirements of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, there is a fixed national drug code and a fixed content mark; and as many health care products on the market vitamin, its active ingredients inside mixed with some vitamins, but can not be used as a therapeutic drug”, “the contained The more ingredients, the higher the incidence of some potential adverse reactions. In the choice of health products or drugs, try not to choose a variety of composite drugs or health products, it may bring us far less benefit than harm.
Third, vitamins are not supplements Supplementation should follow medical advice
In fact, most people do not lack vitamins, in fact, our bodies can also produce some vitamins themselves. However, in reality, many people are busy at work, paranoid, picky eaters, and even some people with minor ailments in life, will choose to take vitamins, treating it as a “cure”.
Vitamins are not meant to be taken as a supplement, but must be taken in accordance with medical advice and in response to pathological conditions.
Introduction to common vitamins
Vitamins are a large family, and there are dozens of known vitamins, which can be broadly divided into two categories: fat-soluble and water-soluble. The following is a list of some of the more common ones in life.
1, vitamin A
Role: enhance vision, maintain the normal function of mucous membranes, so that the skin is bright and young.
People need to supplement: night blindness, dry eyes, dry skin and itchy.
Sources: carrots, green leafy vegetables, egg yolk, animal liver, etc.
2.Vitamin B6
Effects: Keeps the body and mental system in normal condition, maintains the balance of sodium and potassium in the body, and produces red blood cells.
Need to supplement people: anemia, cramps, headaches, peeling, vomiting, acne.
Sources: lean meat, nuts, brown rice, green leafy vegetables, bananas.
3.Vitamin B12
Effects: Prevent anemia, manufacture red blood cells, prevent nerves from being damaged.
Need to supplement people: fatigue, depression, memory loss, anemia.
Sources: liver, fish, milk and kidney.
4.Vitamin C
Effects: Antioxidant, improve cholesterol metabolism, enhance immunity, improve the use of iron, calcium and folic acid.
People who need to supplement: bleeding flesh of teeth, tooth loss prone to colds, slow wound healing, subcutaneous bleeding, indigestion, etc.
Sources: fruits (especially oranges), green vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes, etc.
5.Vitamin D
Effects: Helps children’s teeth and bone development, replenish the calcium needed for adult bones, and prevent osteoporosis.
Need to supplement the crowd: children with chondropathy, loss of appetite, diarrhea, etc.
Sources: cod liver oil, dairy products, eggs.
6.Vitamin E
Effects: Antioxidant, prevent aging, improve resistance to infection, improve the smoothness of wounds, help reduce blood pressure
Need to supplement people: red blood cells are damaged, nerve damage, infertility, cracked hands and feet, muscle damage, uterine function decline.
Sources: Cold pressed vegetable oils, dark green vegetables, eggs, milk, liver, wheat, and nuts.
7.Vitamin K
Effects: Blood clotting, helps repair and bone growth.
Need to supplement people: abnormal internal bleeding.
Sources: broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli, egg yolk, liver, etc.
Those misconceptions about vitamins
Myth 1: Everyone is vitamin deficient
The general population through the diet can be ingested are not lacking, supplementation has a suitable crowd.
Myth 2: Vitamins can cure diseases
The same disease has a variety of causes, so blindly supplementing vitamins is not necessarily the right thing to do.
Myth 3: Vitamin supplementation can replace a balanced diet
Vitamins need to be “synergistic”, and taking large amounts of one or two types of vitamins is limited.
Who needs vitamin supplements
1. Those who consume less, such as those who are paranoid or on a diet.
2. Those who need a large amount, such as pregnant women and adolescents.
3.People with poor digestion and absorption, such as the elderly, patients with gastrointestinal diseases and special disease groups.
Principles of vitamin supplementation
1. the most natural vitamins are still to be taken from normal diet.
2, vitamin supplements should not be taken in excess.
3, it is best to have the guidance of doctors and nutritionists.
Vitamin intake standards
According to China’s dietary nutrient reference intake, the recommended daily amount of vitamin C for adults is 100 mg; the recommended daily amount of vitamin D for adults is 10~15 micrograms.
As long as you can ensure that you can drink about 250ml of milk, eat one egg, two meats and three beans every day, you will be able to meet your daily requirements for vitamins A, D and E.
As the saying goes, excess of all nutrients can be harmful to the human body, and should not be deliberately added and abused because vitamins are essential.