First, it is a fantastic idea to look up which ailments are on your family history. Your genes (DNA) may have those diseases handed down to you from your ancestors. You can learn HERE that vitamins protect your body from that disease. The idea is to prevent you from becoming another victim!
Nutrition
On the topic of nutrition, perhaps you’re in the camp which does not think what you eat is important. It does matter as Natives in the Blue Zones, those distant islands mostly from the Caribbean, have proved. They live to between 90 and 100 years old with no supplements. Cardiovascular disease, Cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc. so that they all live lives free of disease! Their food is essential: poultry, fish, goat’s milk, green tea, fresh vegetables and fresh fruit. You’ll observe that many of these vitamins work together to fortify the immune system.
- VITAMIN A: Helps the immune system and protects against colds, flu, and infections to kidney, liver, lungs and bladder. Maintains and repairs all tissue which interacts with air like the lungs, throat and eyes.
- VITAMIN B COMPLEX: Prevents psychological deterioration and helps maintain health of the nerves – anti-stress. Converts carbohydrates, proteins and fats into energy, enhances endurance. Helps in battling infections (note: disease causes most of our ailments like cancer and heart disease). Lowers cholesterol and improves circulation (protecting against heart disease).
- VITAMIN C: This is an antioxidant that protects against contamination, protects against cancer, helps fight disease and strengthens the immune system. Helps with cholesterol management and protects against bruising. Promotes healing of wounds and burns, maintains growth of bones, teeth, gums, ligaments, and blood vessels, and also assists the creation of anti-stress hormones. Vitamin C is needed for at least 300 metabolic functions in our bodies and works with Vitamin E and beta-carotene to improve the antioxidant effect. Should be taken at least twice per day.
- VITAMIN D: This supports tooth and bone formation, muscle and thyroid gland function, and is necessary for processing and use of phosphorus and calcium. Children need this especially because of their bones and teeth growth. Regulates the pulse and can also be important to the immune system. It impacts the prevention and treatment for colon and breast cancer, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis. Note that some drugs can interfere with vitamin D absorption.
- VITAMIN E: Extremely important as an antioxidant helping in preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease. Retards aging and aids tissue repair, helps prevent PMS, and reduces scarring from wounds. It reduces blood pressure, aids in preventing cataracts, and promotes healthy hair and skin. Protects the body from 80 ailments! Long term use will help to reduce smokers’ prostate cancer risk. It helps tissue healing and normal cell structure and aids in red blood cell formation. Helps to preserve cells and combined with vitamin C, helps protect the lungs from air pollution.
Remember
What a lot of folks don’t realize is that all this is tied to the body’s own super-antioxidant, within EVERY CELL, called Glutathione, the foundation of our immune system. Your degree of Glutathione (GSH) is vital! Everyone begins losing GSH from age 20 at a rate of 10-12percent per decade. Then, once we age, our level is so low, we are vulnerable to disease! To find out more on Glutathione, including how to increase it, click on the FREE site below. After studying all that vitamins do, you probably realize how important it is to receive at least the Minimum Daily Requirement (MDR). With pesticides, processing, and time from field to home, the fruits and vegetables we buy aren’t anywhere near as healthy as those used by the Blue Zone natives. So, to help us live as long as they do, make it a habit every day to take a 100 percent MDR vitamin & mineral pill.