Most of my children have been taking turns being sick this week. Between that and a special project I'm working on for someone's birthday I haven't had much time for anything else this week. Therefore I don't have much to say about this week.I can say I'm thankful for the excellent supplements we take. They …
Tag: Vitamins
A Hard Working Vitamin
Today we'll be looking at our last vitamin. After this we'll move on to minerals. Vitamin C is a very common vitamin. How much do you know about this hard working vitamin?We all know how good it is for fighting infections. It also helps wounds to heal. It's a super antioxidant which protects us from …
Biotin and Folic Acid
Two vitamins today and the we are finished with the B vitamins - biotin and folic acid.Biotin is necessary for our bodies to be able to make use of fats and carbs and it is important in the formation of cells. It also helps us to metabolize protein and use the other B vitamins. Our …
Vitamin B12 – Cobalamin
Vitamin B12 is a hardworking vitamin. It is used to treat anemia and fatigue. For those on a very strict vegetarian diet it is easily depleted. This vitamin like so many of the other B vitamins is very important to cell production especially red blood cells. It is necessary for energy, healthy nerves, converting beta-carotene into …
Vitamin B6 – Pyridoxine
Our vitamin today is B6 or Pyridoxine. I hardly know where to start describing all this vitamin does for us. It is necessary for hormonal balance. All of our cells need it. We need it to metabolize protein and produce stomach acid. We also need to help in the absorption of B12. It is also …
A Stress-busting Vitamin
It's been way too long since I did a vitamin post. Sorry about that. I have to say that we have been eating a lot more paprika because of how many times it kept turning up in the "Top Ten" lists. Even my teenage daughter has started adding it to things she makes. Today's vitamin …
Vitamin B3 – Niacin
All the B vitamins are so important to our health and niacin is no exception. Niacin like so many of the B vitamins is needed for energy and helping our bodies to properly use carbohydrates, proteins and fat. Our brains, nervous systems, digestion and skin all need the help of niacin. It also helps to …
Vitamin B2 – Riboflavin
Looking at another B vitamin today - Vitamin B2 also known as riboflavin. B2 is another coenzymes. If you don't know what that is check out my post for vitamin B1 here. Riboflavin is stored in our muscles and is necessary for physical activity. It is also important to the health of our eyes, skin, nails …
Vitamin B1 – Thiamine
We have finished looking at the fat-soluble vitamins. You will remember that fat-soluble means they need fat to be present for our bodies to properly absorb them. Now we are going to be looking at water-soluble vitamins. These are more easily absorbed by our bodies because they can dissolve in water. Any excess of these …
Vitamin K
This vitamin is fairly straightforward. Basically we need it for blood clotting and to help support our bone structure. Our bodies can manufacture what we need through our intestinal bacteria. It is very rare to be deficient in Vitamin K. Vitamin K2 is produced by our bodies; while Vitamin K1 can be found in the …
Intentional Simplicity 