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Minerals Your Body Needs To Know

There are seven major minerals required by every body. Do you know what they are, and are you getting enough? The seven major minerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, sodium, potassium, and chloride. While discussing all of these minerals in detail is beyond the scope of this article, there is room to discuss a number of them in some detail. Let’s start with calcium.

Vitamin World

Gnashing of Teeth, and Gnawing of Bones
Most of the calcium stored in our bodies, is contained within our teeth and bones. The average adult body is made up of about three pounds of calcium. But it does more then just chew our food and help us keep our shape. It works at the cellular level by regulating the water flow in and out of our cells. This is quite important, because the transfer of water, is how cells communicate with one another. Kind of like the internet of the cellular world. Caclium also helps in the movement of muscles, the absence of muscle cramping, controlling high blood pressure, lowering blood pressure in newborns, and possibly reducing the risk of rectal and colon cancer. Plenty of calcium can be found in milk and other dairy products, and to a lesser degree in the dark, green, leafy variety of vegetables.
Phosphorus Flash
Good teeth and bones are helped by a good supply of phosphorus. It also helps at the genetic level. Phosphorus plays a key role in the transmission of your genetic code from cell to cell when your cells are dividing. It also helps in other areas, but not limited to preventing your blood from becoming too acidic or too alkaline. Carbohydrates are metabolized, proteins are synthesized, and fats are moved to and fro tissues and organs, all with the generous help of phosphorus. Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and milk are your bigcontributors when it comes to phosphorus. Grains, nuts, and seeds pitch in here as well.
Mighty Magnesium
Once again, your bones will benefit by a healthy does of magnesium in your body. Starting to see a pattern here huh? Like our two previous minerals, magnesium helps at the cellular and genetic level my moving nutrients, and messages between cells. It also helps in passing of the genes andchromosomes which make up our genetic code when cells divide. Bananas, vegetables, seeds, nuts, beans are all wonderful sources of magnesium.
While there are other minerals, this should be enough to get you started on a healthier you mineral wise. For more information, check out the links below, to learn more about maintaining a health body.

Depression Part V -how to Prevent and Treat Depression With Vitamins and Minerals

As we mentioned in previous articles depression is a normal response as part of our daily lives such as the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or illness. Over 30 million Americans suffer from depression and the amount is increasing in an alarming rate. Depression may be a mental health disorder that can affect the way you eat and sleep, and the way you feel about yourself.

Vit D Side Effect

In this article, we will discuss how to treat depression with vitamins and minerals. 1. Vitamin CVitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. Our body does not have the ability to make its own vitamin C. Therefore, we must obtain vitamin C through our diet. Overdose of vitamin C may result in diarrhea. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that protects our body from the forming of free radicals as well as weakening of immune system resulting in chronic infection such as mononucleosis and psychiatric symptoms including depression. 2. B vitamin complexThe B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism. Deficiency of B vitamin complex such as B 12 may not lead to physical symptoms but may cause depression. 3. Vitamin EVitamin E is the fat soluble antioxidant in our body. Study shows that people with depression have lower levels of serum of vitamin E circulating in their bloodstreams. 4. MagnesiumMagnesium is one of the four electrolyte minerals. Besides helping our body to absorb calcium, and strengthen bones and teeth, it also plays an important role in allowing muscles to relax, and in reducing stiffness in muscles. Magnesium deficiency causes depression, chronic pain, and intolerance to stress, chronic fatigue and depression. 5. IronIron plays an important role in production of red blood cells and increase the transportation of oxygen levels to our body cells. Iron deficiency causes chronic fatigue, apathy irritability and other symptoms of depression. 6. ZincBesides helping to restore the normal function of prostate gland, it also helps in promoting of hormone balancing in our body by stimulating the production of growth hormone. Deficiency of zinc may be a leading cause of loss of appetite, subsequent poor nutrition, inevitable chronic fatigue and depression. 7. SeleniumStudy shows that people with high amounts of selenium in their body tend to be more cheerful and confident. It also helps to make us feel more alert, less anxious, and high levels of energy. I hope this information will help. If you want to more information of the above subject, you can follow my series of articles and visit my home page at:http://medicaladvisorjournals. blogspot. comor http://depressioniv. blogspot. comhttp://depressioniiblogspot. comAll rights reserved. Any reproducing of this article must have all the links intact.

How Minerals Play a Role for Beauty

Ingestion of antioxidant vitamins and minerals from supplements has been shown to protect skin cells from free-radical damage induced by overexposure to ultraviolet light and various harmful environmental chemicals.

essential vitamin guide

A properly designed high-potency multivitamin and mineral that is fortified with optimal levels of specific antioxidant vitamins and minerals can help protect the skin from free-radical damage.

Calcium is a very important mineral for women. It contributes to the health of our bones, teeth, hormonal balance and our skin. Foods rich in calcium are milk and milk products, including cheese, broccoli, soy products, and sardines

Potassium. helps the skin stay healthy and to regenerate new cells. It can found in potatoes, bananas, whole grains and green leave.

Iron Builds resistance to stress and disease. Essential for the formation of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs to every cell of the body.

Selenium has a close metabolic intyerrelationship with vitamin E; an antioxidant. Prevents the damage to hemoglobins. Protects from toxic damage by mercury poisoning.

Mineral makeup actually improves the texture of the skin. Over time, the skin gets healthier and looks younger and the pores become smaller. With other chemical based cosmetics, the pores can be hampered by the use of some chemicals. When these products are combined with an unhealthy diet, a stress riddled lifestyle, we find that our skin is a screening agent and all the woes and the treatment that we subject our skin to is revealed on the skin surface. There are uneven tones, breakouts and sometimes adult acne can be the results.

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Mineral makeup is designed from all naturally occurring products. It is often recommended by dermatologists to women with sensitive skin, rosacea, post operative, laser and other procedures because of its intrinsic skin soothing and anti-inflammatory properties. It is a powder makeup of finely milled minerals. It can provide very sheer or very opaque coverage, depending on the formulation and application.

Another benefit from mineral makeup is that certain minerals combine to create a safe sunscreen. This is built right into the makeup itself, so you can put it on and wear it outside as a means of protecting your skin from harmful ultra violet light.

Mineral Makeup is an all natural SPF protecting your skin against the harmful rays of the sun. An effective skin healing agent, mineral makeup is great for skin problems such as rosacea, acne and sensitive skin. Our makeup has virtually no allergy risk; it will not clog pores, or irritate sensitive skin. It is powerful enough to fight the early signs of aging while keeping your skin looking youthful, radiant and naturally beautiful.

Using a fluffy face brush is the other popular way to apply mineral makeup. Better quality makeup is more pigmented, so using a kabuki is out of the question for most women. But a nice fluffy brush is just the ticket since a little makeup goes a long way. Whether you choose synthetic or animal hair brushes is up to you. Both can be equally good, depending on the quality. The same basic rules apply as with the kabuki- swirl your brush in the makeup, tap off the excess and the brush in a downward motion over your face. No need to buff. If you’d like more coverage, just repeat the steps again.

Detoxification Part IV – How to Detoxify Your Body With Vitamins and Minerals

As we mentioned in previous articles we know that American diet is high in saturated fat, trans fat, and other harmful substances such as sugar, caffeine, pesticides, additive substances, and less in fruits and vegetables. These types of harmful substances is toxic.

detox diet

Our body’s detoxifying functions try to get rid of them everyday, when they fail it causes disruption of hormone production, damaging our body’s detoxification organs and weakens our immune system resulting in hormone imbalance and many chronic illness consequently. In this article, we will discuss how to detoxify your body with vitamins and minerals. 1. Vitamins C and AVitamin C is an antioxidant and also has a mighty function in increasing absorption of nutrient intake. Without enough vitamin C, food entering our stomach will either be wasted or little will be digested through the cells of the intestine. Be sure to add vitamin C your food intake together with vitamin A. It also promotes strong immune system, dissolves heavy metal that accumulated in our body, as well as prevent the loss of eyesight in elders. Remember, overdose of vitamin C causes diarrhea and vitamin A is toxic causing jaundice. 2. Be sure to have a balance of magnesium and calciumMineral deficiency causes our body to pick up other forms of toxic minerals to compensate for these deficiencies weakening our body tissue, blood and bones. Unbalanced or deficiency of magnesium and calcium decreases the function of our heart as well as increase the risk of calcium sticking on the arterial wall and arthritis. 3. Vitamin EBesides helping to promote the production of sperm and testosterone in men, vitamin E in the form of tocopherone and d-alpha tocopherol reduces the accumulation of heavy metals in the brain, increasing the physical and mental sharpness, and other activities as well as decreasing the risk of muscular degeneration. 4. ZincZinc is a critical mineral for prostate gland in men, deficiency of zinc not only increases the risk of enlarged prostate and prostate cancer. It also is a vital mineral in the forming of stomach acid, decreasing the chance of malabsorption syndrome. 5. IronDeficiency of iron not causes anemia but also decrease the production of red blood cells resulting of the depletion of oxygen circulated in the bloodstream, weakening the immune system and increasing the risk of inflammation and chronic diseases. 6. Vitamin KVitamin K can be found abundant in broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, and brussels sprouts. It is an essential vitamin needed to underline skin membrane. Without vitamin K our skin becomes less elastic, becomes dry and increases the risk of forming skin free radicals, wrinkles and skin diseases. I hope this information will help to rejuvenate your health and detoxify your body. If you need more information, please follow my article series of the above subject at my home page at:http://medicaladvisorjournals. blogspot. comhttp://detoxification03. blogspot. comhttp://detoxification04. blogspot. com

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