Vitamin B15, or Pangamic Acid as it is also known, was discovered in America, although the only countries in which it is currently used to any extent are Russia and Germany.
In the Soviet Union this vitamin is widely acclaimed as an aid to circulatory and heart troubles, too high [...]
Vitamin B17, part of the nitriloside family, has been unofficially used in America in the chemical form known as laetrile for the treatment of cancer, and there are many claims of success. However, such treatment is only in the experimental stages, and is the subject of much controversy. The U.S. government has so far declined [...]
There is no room for complacency when considering vitamins. You may be eating a diet which, to all intents and purposes, is full of all the vitamins you need, only to find that many of these nutrients are being destroyed in the preparation and cooking of your food.
Most of the vitamins - the water-soluble ones [...]
The body needs vitamins only in very small amounts to maintain a state of good health, but in certain illnesses vitamin doses far larger than normal have been used as an effective form of treatment.
Megavitamin therapy, as it is commonly known, is a relatively recent form of treatment, and one which still excites considerable controversy. [...]
Vitamin requirements vary from person to person, to the extent that two people who appear to have the same need (for example, identical height, weight and age), in fact have quite different requirements for certain vitamins.
This means, of course, that any table setting out vitamin requirements (such as that on page 91) can only give [...]
The way you look js closely related to the state of your health, so it is perhaps not surprising that vitamins are as essential to your appearance as they are to your health.
Before you can even begin to improve your looks, you need first to acquire the. bright eyes, clear complexion and silky shining hair [...]
Vitamins are present in varying amounts in all foods, but there are certain dietary items which are especially rich in these nutrients. Such foods can easily be added to the daily diet to increase the intake of vitamins from natural sources. This chapter will introduce you to a few of these foods, with advice on [...]
This is a fat soluble vitamin which derives its name from the word ‘koagulation’, the Danish spelling of the word, since it was discovered in that country.
Coagulation, or clotting of the blood, appears to be vitamin K’s sole function and, in cases of deficiency, haemorrhaging occurs. Limited stores of the vitamin are maintained in the [...]
Like vitamin P, vitamin F has a ‘partner’ in nature - it is always to be found in conjunction with vitamin E, which protects it from oxidation. Vitamin F is better known as the polyunsaturated fatty acids, of which there are three: linoleic acid, linolenic acid, and arachidonic acid. A lack of vitamin F in [...]
This is a fat soluble vitamin which derives its name from the word ‘koagulation’, the Danish spelling of the word, since it was discovered in that country.
Coagulation, or clotting of the blood, appears to be vitamin K’s sole function and, in cases of deficiency, haemorrhaging occurs. Limited stores of the vitamin are maintained in the [...]