The role of vitamins for the Body fitnessmamama.ro blog

Do you feel tired lately and don’t understand why? This usually happens in the «transition period», when the seasons change. There is an answer as simple as possible: Some vitamins and useful substances are missing from the body.

Do you know what you need for excellent health and a good function of the body? Vitamins AND nutrients They are essential components for the correct functioning of the body. Vitamins are organic substances, from the outside or synthesized in the body, they are involved in the construction of enzymes and hormones, which in turn play the role of the regulators.

Read the article below and see what useful information we prepared with Anastasia Valac, the nutritionist of the fitness project.

What is the role of vitamins in the body

• They are essential for the process of growth, maintenance and reproduction
• Play the role of coenzymes, they are a sort of factors that help some reactions in our metabolism to perform correctly
• The lack of vitamins in the diet can lead to different pathologies
• Some vitamins are used as drugs

Clarification of vitamins

Vitamins are classified in:

1. Water -foluble, Vitamins soluble in water. These vitamins are not formed as reserves and we must consume them daily in sufficient quantities. They are removed from our body once with water.
2. solubleVitamins containing fats. The body manages to make reserves of these vitamins and the quantity we need is smaller.

Liposoluble vitamins:

• Vitamin A.
• Vitamin D.
• Vitamin E.
• Vitamin K

Water -soluble water:

• Vitamin B1 (Thiamina)
• Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
• Vitamin B3 Know PP (Niacin)
• Vitamin B5 or Pantothenic acid

• Vitamin B6 (pyridossin)
• Vitamin B7 or biotin or vitamin H
• Vitamin B9 or folic acid
• Vitamin B12 (Cobalamina)
• Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Vitamin A.

This also appears under the name of retinol or vitamin antxerophtalmic. In order for this vitamin to be well absorbed in the digestive tract, the presence of minerals and fats is required. It can be kept in the human body and no daily dose is necessary. In nature, vitamin A is in two forms:

1. In food of animal origin it is in form foreign,
2. And in plants it is in the form of Provitamin.

Vitamin A. functions

• It is very important for the reproduction and growth process. In men, vitamin to supports spermatogenesis and in women, during pregnancy, develops the placenta.
• It works like a steroid hormone
• It is essential for the synthesis of some proteins and carbohydrates
• It is useful for the treatment of skin diseases (acne)
• It helps to maintain the stratum of myelin in the nervous tissue
• Necessary to cultivate teeth and bones
• Prevents cancer

Food sources of vitamin a

1. Products of animal origin- Board of shark, sheep or pork liver, butter, eggs, milk
2. Products of vegetable origin of coriander, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, fruit and vegetables of yellow or orange.

Vitamin D.

It is a vitamin that there is a lot of talk. After the structure there are different types of vitamins in group D. The most common are D2 and D3. From different situations we can have a deficiency of vitamin D, this could happen due to the lack of exposure to the sun, absorption disorders from the digestive tract or obesity.

Vitamin D functions

• increases the absorption of calcium and phosphate in the intestine
• Participate in the formation and mineralization of bones
• the excretion of football in the kidney decreases
• It is important for body immunity
• possess anticancer properties

Food sources of vitamin D

This vitamin is located in the liver, salmon, mackerel, egg yolk, mushrooms. It is important daily to consume a food rich in vitamin D, because we are not exposed to the sun daily and the body needs food to offer this vitamin.

Vitamin E.

This vitamin has an excellent ability to fix oxygen, therefore it is often added to other vitamins as an antioxidant.

Vitamin functions e

• It is necessary for fertility, stimulates spermatogenesis and is important for the growth of the fetus
• is involved in maintaining muscle tone
• It is important for protein synthesis
• In combination with vitamin A it is used to prevent the oxidative destruction of protitamine and vitamin A

Food sources of vitamin e

It is found in fatty foods: vegetable oils, seeds, walnuts. In small quantities it is found in cereals, avocado, vegetable products with green leaves.

Vitamin K

This group of vitamins is necessary for blood coagulation. It is a protein in our blood called Protrombina.

Food sources of vitamin K

Vegetables and green leaves, egg yolk, yogurt, saffron oil, soybean oil, fish lard.

All the vitamins I told you are essential for the human body, such as air and water. They keep the body healthy and functional, but they also protect it from a variety of diseases. However, excess vitamins or their improper dosage can cause serious toxic effects. We advise you to consult a doctor when you want to administer a vitamin complex and you are not a hundred percent for weight or for the company that has produced these supplements.