Vitamins
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NAME
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DESCRIPTION
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VITAMIN A
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Helps repair body tissues. Aid in maintenance of healthy bones, skin and hair. Essential for vision.
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BETA CAROTENE
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Serves as an anti-oxidant, substances that offset potential damage from unstable compounds. These compounds are called free radicals, which are produced when the body burns fuel for energy. Converted to Vitamin A in the body.
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FOLIC ACID
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Especially important for women of childbearing age. Essential to red blood cell formation, oxygen delivery to the tissues, and normal tissue growth and repair.
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NIACIN
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Aids in the release of energy from foods and proper nervous system functioning.
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VITAMIN B-1
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Vital for converting food into energy and helps maintain the nervous system.
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VITAMIN B-2
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Aids in converting food into energy and promotes good vision and smooth skin.
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VITAMIN B-6
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Essential for energy metabolism, maintenance of all tissues, including nerve tissue. Aids in the production of hormones and the formation of red blood cells.
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VITAMIN B-12
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Key for blood formation and a healthy nervous system.
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VITAMIN C
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Aids in healthy cell development. Serves as an anti-oxidant.
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VITAMIN D
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Enhances calcium absorption and helpd to build bone mass. Helps maintain blood levels of calcium and phosphorus.
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VITAMIN E
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Essential for normal growth and development. As an anti-oxidant, helps protect tissues (cells) against damage caused by free radicals.
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Minerals
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CALCIUM
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Essential for the development and maintenance of strong bones and teeth. As part of a healthy diet for young women, reduces risk of osteoporosis later in life. Helps maintain muscle contraction, nerve transmission and blood clotting.
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CHROMIUM
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Helps regulate glucose metabolism.
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COPPER
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Essential to the structure and function of the nervous system, heart and blood vessels, red blood cells and hormones.
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IRON
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Needed for the red blood cell formation and oxygen delivery to tissues and the brain.
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SELENIUM
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Necessary for normal growth and development. Essential component of a key anti-oxidant enzyme.
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ZINC
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Essential part of more than 100 enzymes involved in digestion, metabolism, reproduction, taste and immune function. Helps maintain healthy skin and hair.
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Phytochemicals
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LUTEIN
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An anti-oxidant related to beta carotene that helps protect cells from free-radical damage.
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LYCOPENE
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Acts as a key anti-oxidant.
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GARLIC
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Might help lower blood cholesterol levels.
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FISH OILS
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Might lower blood fat levels.
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