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March 8, 2025
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 E | Help 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 & IRON | They 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. |
| Magnesium | Turns 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. | |
| Zinc | Zinc 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. |