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Nutrition / Nutrients
The information is not exhaustive, and is subject to constant revision -
Vitamins
Vitamins are chemical compounds needed for health, normal metabolism, growth, your physical well being. Casimir Funk Feb23rd 1884~Jan 19th 1967 the Polish biochemist gave us the word ‘vitamin’ (vitamine, vital, essential to organic life) when discovering the element in rice husks that countered beriberi (a vitamin deficiency disease in which the body does not have enough thiamine vitamin B1). Funk believed that the element belonged to a group of chemicals known as amines.
Some form an essential part of enzymes, others an essential part of hormones. Vitamins are a medicine, certain doses will cause a change in the body’s physiology or internal anatomy of some people.
Metabolism
- The chemical and physical processes continuously going on in living organisms. Not all living organisms have metabolisms that "process continuously". Some have fast ones, others slow.
- The metabolic rate varies from one person to another and is affected by sex, age, and amount of lean body mass (muscle).
- Many vitamins and minerals are involved in the metabolic processes in the body, however, once the required amount is obtained, excess is either eliminated or stored in body tissues.
- Do not self prescribe, always obtain advice from your clinician / nutritionist, more so if you are suffering a serious illness.
- Some alternative treatments may mask symptoms.
- Vitamins interact with other vitamins, medicines, herbs and minerals.
- Ingestion of any substance may also cause side effects or adverse effects.
- Vitamins do not provide energy or help maintain a healthy body without other nutrients.
- Excessive amounts of vitamins and minerals will create serious health problems.
- Enzymes -
Chemical molecules that catalyse or facilitate the completion of chemical reactions. - Hormones -
Chemical substances that promote and protect body health and reproduction. - Medicine -
The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Any drug or preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease. - Amine -
an organic compound containing nitrogen. - Interaction -
Interactions may affect absorption, elimination, assimilation of the substance they are interacting with. Some interaction is beneficial and others may be harmful. - Side effect -
Symptoms you may experience when ingesting or injecting any substance, foodstuffs, supplements or medicines. They are effects on the body other than the desired effect for which they are taken. - Adverse effect -
Are effects that may be hazardous, causing problems that outweigh any potential benefit.
At the last count the human body contained 60 trillion cells (give or take a few million).