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Who needs the most vitamins?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The third part of the citizens of America constantly buys vitamins and, of course, uses them. Every year more than two billion dollars are spent on vitamins in America. About Ukrainians this can not be said, but still some categories of people especially need vitamin complexes. Who are these people and why do they especially need vitamins?
Births and vitamins
A woman during pregnancy needs higher doses of vitamins. This happens because the future child develops much better if the mother takes vitamins in the required quantities.
Pregnant women who take vitamins at least 3 months before and during pregnancy, reduce the risk of miscarriage 2 times. And the likelihood of giving birth to a healthy baby without deviations increases.
But there are nuances. An overdose of vitamins in the body of a pregnant woman worsens her condition. For example, if a woman in labor takes more than necessary iron, which is recommended for anemia, then her digestibility automatically decreases in her body.
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People with iodine deficiency
The lack of iodine is most often found in ecologically polluted regions. Such people especially need to replenish stocks of this substance in the body, otherwise it threatens thyroid gland diseases, weakening of the immune system.
According to medical research, in today's diet, 30% of the required vitamins are missing even with an average number of calories consumed - 2500 kcal. This means that people from ecologically polluted areas should carefully calculate the necessary doses and composition of vitamins. In certain diseases, these doses can be significantly enhanced.
Smokers and vitamins
These people automatically reduce in their body the production of vitamins, which the body itself produces, in particular, vitamin K, which is produced in the intestines, as well as A, D and E. In addition, those vitamins that the smoker receives with vegetables and pharmacies are bad are absorbed by the body and the smoker needs their increased doses.
Children and vitamins
In the period of growth and development, children need calcium for bone tissue growth. And calcium is not absorbed and does not stay in bones without the presence of vitamin D. Therefore, parents need to carefully monitor the balance of their child's diet in order to prevent the lack of vitamins and related diseases.
Namely - reduced resistance to infections, delayed growth and development, early loss of teeth and hair and other troubles that may be irreversible for the child.
Elderly people and vitamins
Over the years, a person's ability to produce their own vitamins and assimilate pharmacies decreases. In particular, it is calcium and vitamin D2 to strengthen the bones, teeth and strength of hair follicles. Nevertheless, you need to monitor your health and every six months go to the doctor to prescribe the vitamin complex in the right doses and combinations.
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People who are dieting
They are most at risk of disrupting the work of internal organs due to a lack of necessary substances. For example, while sitting on a tight protein diet, a person may lose many fat-soluble vitamins, and this threatens women with menstruation, fatigue and fatigue, men - abnormalities in fat glands, as well as liver and kidneys.
It is necessary to consult with a doctor before starting a diet to support yourself with an active multivitamin complex in the right combinations (not all vitamins can be combined among themselves).
How to establish a rational diet with the right vitamins?
According to studies conducted by the World Health Organization, only 15% of our health status can depend on doctors, another 15% - on what the genetics awarded us, and the remaining 70% is our personal merit for our own health and well-being.
And the first points of our work on ourselves is proper nutrition, taking into account all the necessary vitamins. Not for nothing that for many years the phrase "we are what we eat" is so popular. By the way, today's deficit of vitamins is compared with chronic fasting.
Do you know how vitally important is the current vitamin deficiency? A shortage of B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamins C and E, as well as zinc, iodine and iron is present in 40% of the country's population. An important substance, like vitamin C, is lacking in 80% of adults.
And the lack of vitamins is observed by doctors all year round, and not only in the spring or in the winter, when there are few fresh vegetables and fruits.
Where to get vitamins?
Not only from the pharmacy to the doctor's prescription. Vitamins are found in fresh foods, not only in vegetables and fruits. By the way, the deficiency of vitamins A, E, K, D people is not so difficult as lack of other vitamins. And all because these vitamins the body produces independently.
All other vitamins need to be taken from outside. From meat, vegetables, fruits, eggs, cereals and greens. Moreover, even with enough calories - 2500 in the human body still lacks the right vitamins by about a third. After all, vitamins from vegetables and fruits have the property of breaking down during heat treatment.
Therefore, consult with a nutritionist on time and take the necessary multivitamin complex in the right proportions and doses. Be healthy and happy!