Most important vitamins for women's
1. Vitamin A
- Vitamin A includes the carotenoids and retinol.
- Keeps your eyes
healthy and preventing age-related blindness due to macular degeneration.
- vitamin A also acts as an antioxidant.
- It neutralizes free radicals, which
potentially damage your cells.
- Beta-carotene, which is sometimes called provitamin A, can be
found in fruits and vegetables
such as tomatoes, guavas, carrots, pumpkins, apricots and all green leafy
vegetables.
- Plant sources of vitamin A (from beta-carotene) include carrots, spinach, and apricots.
2. Vitamin B6
- Vitamin B6 or pyridoxine helps in metabolism and in facilitating brain function.
- It can helps you
boost your memory.
- Deficiency of this vitamin leads anemia,
poor brain function and even depression.
- Rich sources of vitamin B6 are Bananas, cereals, oatmeal, avocados,
beans, meat or poultry, and seed.
3. Vitamin B9
- Vitamin B9, or folic acid, is very important particularly during pregnancy.
- If you do not take sufficient amounts of folic acid during pregnancy, your
child could suffer from a poorly developed nervous system and mental
retardation.
- This vitamin is also important for the production of blood cells,
thereby preventing anemia.
- If the person wants to take sufficient quantities of folic acid then
consuming legumes, green leafy vegetables, eggs, fortified grains, and
liver as part of food will help a lot.
4. Vitamin B12
- Vitamin B12, also called cyanocobalamin, plays a role in the formation of
new cells and in the production of proteins, as well as for good metabolism.
- Sources of this vitamin include milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat and fish.
- Vitamin B12 is available in the food sources such as eggs, cheese, milk,
yoghurt, fish and meat.
- Taking only vegetarian diet might lead to
higher risk of its deficiency. Therefore, it is essential to consume
vitamin B12 every day.
5. Vitamin C
- Also called as ascorbic acid.
- vitamin C serves as an antioxidant and is
important in facilitating wound healing.
- It helps in the formation of collagen,
which is needed in great amounts for the repair of wounds.
- It also helps in the
production of new red blood cells, which deliver oxygen to your brain and to
the other cells of your body.
- Vitamin C is present in citrus fruits,
grapefruits, strawberries, tomatoes and broccoli.
6. Vitamin D
- Vitamin D actually functions as a hormone and
regulates bone homeostasis, together with calcium.
- It is important in the
maintenance of strong and healthy bones.
- Deficiency of this vitamin can cause osteoporosis.
- We can get this vitamin by exposing yourself to
early-morning sunlight, and eating fish and vitamin-fortified products.
7. Vitamin E
- Vitamin E or tocopherol acts as an antioxidant.
- Aside from its functions in
the production of red blood cells and in the maintenance of the integrity of
cellular membranes, it has long been proposed that vitamin E can help slow down
aging.
- Sources of this vitamin include nuts and nut products, wheat germ, cod
liver oil, corn oil, safflower oil and margarine.
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