1. Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements Stacyann Moye Kaplan University HW499

2. Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements VITAMINS ARE EXTREMELY ESSENTIAL TO LIVE. - 1. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO GOOD HEALTH BY REGULATING METABOLISM, RELEASE ENERGY FROM DIGESTED FOOD ASSISTING THE BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES (HTTP://WWW.VITAMINS-MINERALS-SUPPLEMENTS.ORG)HTTP://WWW.VITAMINS-MINERALS-SUPPLEMENTS.ORG - 2. SOME OF VITAMINS ARE OIL SOLUBLE AND WATER SOLUBLE. (WHERE WATER SOLUBLE MUST BE TAKEN DAILY, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE STORED LONGER THAN 1 DAY) THESE INCLUDE VITAMIN C AND B-COMPLEX VITAMINS. ON CONTRARY, OIL –SOLUBLE VITAMINS, PRACTICALLY, CAN BE STORED FOR MORE THAN 1 DAY AND EVEN LONGER. - 3. VITAMINS, MOSTLY, AVAILABLE IN CAPSULE, TABLET, POWDER, LOZENGE, SUBLINGUAL AND OTHER LIQUID FORMS. - 4. VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER NUTRIENTS OR AS ISOLATED VITAMINS. - 5. VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS ARE SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL HOW WE CAN FIND MORE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION REGARDING OUR TOPIC? 1. SCANNING DOWN THE LIST OF SUBTOPICS 2. HAVING A PLAN OR JOURNAL 3. USING ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES 4. APPROACHING RESEARCH PAPER WRITING SERVICES

3. Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements Herbs have a lot of medicinal benefits which are known for centuries. - Plenty of them contain powerful ingredients, that can heal the body. (Fennel Herb, for instance) - Initially, the pharmaceutical industry was built on herbs that were used to get more powerful ingredients. - Nowadays, scientists take a second look at herbs due to wide availability of medical substitutions and chemical drugs. - Practically, there are two categories of herbs: tonic and stimulating. Tonics help cells, organs and tissues to maintain tone and balance throughout the body; stimulating herbs are used to threat certain ailments because they have much stronger actions. - Phytomedicine, today, refers to herbal medicine which is about a whole-plan preparation instead of isolated chemical compound.

4. What sources are to be used in order to find out more about the topic? National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and their website (https://nccih.nih.gov) Peer reviewed journals such as: The Journal of American Nutraceutical Association The web site: http://www.vitamins-minerals- supplements.org devoted to this topic in details http://www.holistic-herbalist.com which is a reliable source of information related to modern researcheshttps://nccih.nih.govhttp://www.vitamins-minerals- supplements.org http://www.holistic-herbalist.com

5. Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements Supplements is the most wide category which includes variety of products. - All health stores carry them: drug stores as well as supermarket stocks. Supplements are used in traditional healing and, in some other cases, their use is based on modern research. - Food supplements contain active ingredients which aid metabolic or digestive processes, provide a combination of active and nutrient ingredients. - The consumer of supplements has to be informed in order not to face unscrupulous manufacturer. - Food supplements can be in form of capsules, liquids, powder jellies, biscuits, creams, granules, wafers etc. - For example, in case of headache it is recommended to dilute a paste of ginger powder with water and the obvious effect will not be harmful.

7. Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements What recommendation we would like to give regarding this topic?  There is a difficulty to find sources which are written by independent researchers related to vitamins, herbs and supplements. Such information, mostly, concerns the manufacturers, who are responsible for labeling and ingredients they use. Products like herbs are sometimes tainted with germs, pesticides, or toxic heavy metals. Other supplements do not contain what’s listed on the label. (American Cancer Society, 2015) Our recommendation is about making transparent researches written by independent authors

8. Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements Why this recommendation is quite important? IN OUR VIEW, BY MEANS OF REVIEWING SUCH SOURCES, WRITING SPECIAL EDITIONS AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND BE AWARE OF CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, WHICH CHARACTERIZES THE NATURE OF MEDICATION, AS WELL AS OBSERVANCE OF THE NORMS OF PRODUCTION BY THE MANUFACTURER. SUBSTITUTE DRUGS - ESPECIALLY INTERESTING TOPIC THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. THIS IS THE MAIN DIRECTION FOR EXPERTS TO WRITE ABOUT AND NOT JUST MENTION DEFINITION AND HISTORY OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE BODY.

9. Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements  The Food and Drug Administration Board. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/493 077 What precautions we would like to discuss? Dietary supplements and the law!

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