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What are vitamins and minerals? What is their function in our body?

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March 8, 2025
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Vitamins:

  • Definition: Chemical compounds required by the body in small amounts, essential for numerous body processes and structural maintenance (skin, bones, nerves, eyes, brain, blood, mucous membranes).
  • Types:
    • Fat-Soluble: Vitamins A, D, E, and K. Stored in the body.
    • Water-Soluble: Vitamin C and B-complex vitamins (thiamine B1, riboflavin B2, niacin B3, pyridoxine B6, folic acid B9, cyanocobalamin B12). Not stored in the body and excreted in urine.
  • Pro-vitamin: Beta-carotene, converted to vitamin A in the body.
  • Stability: Water-soluble vitamins B-complex and C are heat labile and can be destroyed by heat, air, or during drying, cooking, and processing.

 

Minerals:

Definition: Inorganic elements found in body fluids and tissues, essential for nerve cell transmission, acid/base and fluid balance, enzyme and hormone activity, and blood clotting.

  • Types:
    • Macro Minerals: Sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and sulfur.
    • Micro Minerals: Zinc, copper, selenium, molybdenum, fluorine, cobalt, chromium, and iodine.
Namay Probiotic Products have following vitamins and minerals.
Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B5, B7 Help the body release energy from food.
Keep skin, eyes and the nervous system healthy.
Vitamin A, Vitamin EHelp maintain healthy skin and eyes and strengthen the body’s natural defence against illness and infection (the immune system).
Vitamin C Helps to protect cells and keeping them healthy.
Maintaining healthy skin, blood vessels, bones and cartilage.
Helping with wound healing.
Vitamin K1 and K2 Help in wounds healing and keep bones healthy.
Vitamin B6, B9 & IRONThey are important in energy metabolism and making red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body
Molybdenum Molybdenum helps make and activate some of the proteins involved in chemical reactions (enzymes) that help with repairing and making genetic material.
Calcium and Phosphorus Help in building strong bone and teeth.
MagnesiumTurns the food we eat into energy.
Make sure that the parathyroid glands, which produce hormones important for bone health, work normally.
Manganese Manganese helps make and activate some of the enzymes in the body. Enzymes are proteins that help the body carry out chemical reactions, such as breaking down food.
Copper Produces red and white blood cells.
Triggers the release of iron to form haemoglobin, the substance that carries oxygen around the body.
It’s also thought to be important for infant growth, brain development, the immune system and strong bones.
ZincZinc helps with making new cells and enzymes, energy metabolism and wound healing.
Selenium Selenium helps the immune system work properly, as well as in reproduction. It also helps prevent damage to cells and tissues.
Sodium Keeps the level of fluids balanced in the body.
Potassium Potassium is a mineral that helps control the balance of fluids in the body and helps the heart muscle work properly.

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