Do Vitamin Supplements Really Work?

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Monday, 28 February 2011 21:58

Everywhere, February 2011 — Since Mother Nature picked the early days of 2011 to re-introduce us to more snow that we’d like to see, we thought about living with an absence of sunlight in our lives, not to mention the cabin fever we’d receive as a result of being shut in for a time.  www.coralcalcium.com The basic answer to the headline above is Yes. While our bodies need vitamins and minerals for growth and maintenance, it can’t always produce adequate amounts on their own. According to a recent survey, slightly more than half of us take some kind of supplement on a regular basis (I thought it would have been more.) We’re doing this because we want to stay healthy and decrease our risk of disease; only makes sense. The trick is absorption: Do the nutrients in the supplements we take actually break down properly after we’ve washed them down? While it’s known that the body absorbs the vitamins and minerals from natural food sources, this doesn’t mean that vitamins are not effective. Vitamins D2 and D3, the supplemental versions of Vitamin D are readily absorbed – so if you can’t get enough on your own, taking a supplement can make up the difference. While some vitamin supplements are more readily absorbed than others, the same generally holds true for all the other vitamins and minerals we need. In determining how effective the taking of these supplements can be, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found in a 2007 double-blind study that there was a 60-77% decrease in cancer rates in postmenopausal women who took a daily dose of 1,100 IU of Vitamin D with calcium over those who were placed on a placebo or calcium alone. These findings seemed to back-up evidence that at a cellular level, Vitamin D seems to produce a signaling molecule that allows cells to communicate (and thereby protect) each other. There are sources for supplemental Vitamin D everywhere, but before anyone makes a purchase, they should do some research and read the fine print. One company, Coral LLC, recently introduced their “Daily D”, a high-potency supplement containing calcium. Taking this supplement, or others similar to it, can help make up for what many of us lack from daily sun exposure, either forced upon us by weather conditions, our work, or skin cancer concerns. That’s why supplemental Vitamin D is so important, because a lack of it is most likely the most common deficiency in the world. If we don’t get a proper dose of natural sunlight from orb glowing down on us on any given midday, we need to supplement with approximately 5,000 IU’s of Vitamin D daily, or the equivalent of chugging down 50 glasses of milk. Studies have also implicated Vitamin D deficiency as a major factor in various cancers, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, depression, chronic pain, osteoarthritis, birth defects and more. For more about this necessary vitamin, check things out online, and while you’re at it, visit www.coralcalcium.com to learn more about Coral LLC. SOURCE: Several < Prev   Next >