Vitamins that Slow Anti-aging: Too good to be true?

As our body process the food we eat it produces a substance called free radicals. Scientist believe free radicals contribute to the aging process and certain diseases. Our body needs antioxidants to neutralize free radicals
Some vitamins and substances that have an anti aging element to them are:
§ Vitamin A
§ Vitamin B-6
§ Vitamin B-12
§ Vitamin C
§ Vitamin E
§ Beta carotene
§ Folic acid
§ Selenium
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What is there to know about Diabetes and Diet

Do you know that approximately 16,000,000 people in America currently have diabetes Alarming isn’t it? And another 16,000,000 Americans will develop type 2 diabetes with in 10 years! I hope that noone reading this is or will become a member of either group of the 16M..

Thought not totally preventable we can reduce the risk of heart disease. We can control our diet and exercise. This has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease. Obviously we want to limit the effect that diabetes will and can have on our lives.

The diet should be only around 1,300 calories for the entire day. Should be high in legumes (that's beans for the rest of us. Beans like chick peas. black beans, alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupines and peanuts.

Diets with these type foods, and exercise are good for us all. Of course we also know that we can't get all the nutrition value out of our processed and refined foods. Therefore we need some supplementation in the form of vitamines and minerals.

Vitamin C needed for Diabetics

Diabetics (both Type 1 and Type 2) need more than an average amount of Vitamin C. Vitamin C is needed because it helps to lower the level of Sorbitol in the system. Sorbitol can accumulate in the diabetic's body and can cause damage to the kidneys, nerves and eyes. It may also assist Type 2 Diabetes sufferers by improving their glucose tolerance.

The delivery of vitamin C in the diabetics diet is assisted by insulin. Some medical and nutrition experts think the decrease in this delivery of vitamin C may the culprit for the vascular disturbances experienced by most diabetics.

Diabetics and Vitamin E

Welcome to my health and nutrition blog. Many subjects pertaining to a healthier lifestyle and diet will be discussed here. So, bring up anything on these subjects you would like to discuss.

I'll start with a bit of information about the role Vitamin E has in the diet of a diabetic. Vitamin E is one of the essential vitamins that diabetics MUST supplement into their diets. They need more than the normal recommended daily amounts.

Thes reason for this is because vitamin E improves the activity that insuling provides as an anti-oxidant and blood oxygenator.

A recent double blind study discovered people that have low levels of vitamin E are more likely to develop Type 2 diabites. It has also been found that vitamin E can help improve glucose tolerance in elderly non-diabetics.

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