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Vitamins, part 2
Fresh fruit and vegetables
To make sure that you do get enough of them it is recommended to eat enough vegetables and fruit. The biggest void in American diets is probably the use of green vegetables. Half the population hardly eats them at all. Vegetables like spinach, kale, collard and broccoli etc. An alternative/addition could be the use of seaweed. Vitamin supplements to help to prevent deficiencies, but you might also opt for the natural occurring seaweed’s. They contain the full spectrum of organic (photo-synthetic) vitamins, trace minerals, lipids, plant sterols, amino acids. Omega 3’s and 6’s, anti-oxidants, growth hormones, polyphenols etc.
The U.S. Government has now increased its suggestion of fruit and vegetable intake from 3-5 servings per day to 5-13 servings per day. Another problem is that if you eat a lot of fruit your body will get a lot of low carbon sugars as well. To improve the taste new types of apple are used which contain more of single and double units of sugar linked together in single molecules. But even more important these products should not contain residue of insecticide, weed killers and or wax.
A second void in the American diet is the extensive use of foods of animal origin and saturated fat as found in milk and red meat.Vitamins of the B complex and vitamin C are water soluble (i.e, they dissolve readily in water). The B complex vitamins are found in food sources such as whole wheat bread, fruits, green and yellow leafy plants, and animal sources such as eggs, dairy products, and liver. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is present in certain fruits and green vegetables.
All the remaining vitamins (A, D, E, and K) are fat, or lipid, soluble (i.e., they dissolve more readily in oil than in water). Vitamin A in the form of carotenoids. Vitamin E (tocopherol) is found in many plant oils. In adults vitamin K is supplied by intestinal bacteria.
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