The Importance of Vitamins for your Family

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There are several reasons why our families should take vitamins everyday:

First of all, the vitamins in the foods we eat are not sufficient to prevent "long-latency deficiency diseases."

Second, as a result of the processing, the length of time it takes to get to us, and the storage conditions, the nutrients in our foods are not stable.

And third, by taking vitamins everyday we will ensure that our family is getting the nutrients they need for a healthy body and mind.

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* It is known that the inadequate intake of many nutrients is recognized as a contributing factor to several of the major chronic diseases that affect us all. These diseases often take many years to manifest themselves. These "long-latency deficiency diseases" include heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis (bone loss), and also Alzheimer's Disease.

The quick-acting single vitamin nutrient deficiency diseases, such as (scurvy, pellagra. beriberi, goiter, and rickets) were wiped out many years ago. This is when our food started to be fortified with vitamins. But the long-term multiple nutrient deficiencies were not. Scientists are now giving nutrient deficiency much more attention.

And because conventional medical studies don't reveal the links between nutrition and these diseases, some scientists have decided to take this new approach.

There are many new studies that suggest that these processed foods, are low in many of the nutrients we need like B6, B9(folic acid), B12,and this is firmly linked to long-latency deficiency disease.

Scientists agree that the key to understanding these killers like cancer and heart disease is to start thinking of them as nutrient-deficiency diseases.

And since our family is not getting enough nutrients from our food, and their nutrients vitamins may be the answer to preventing long-latency deficiency diseases.

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** The vitamin nutrients in our food is constantly changing. And the food labels can't always be completely accurate.

The nutritional information on labels, tells us the nutrients we would have had at the time the food was packaged, only if the food was grown under ideal conditions. But food growing conditions are never ideal.

Light,heat and water effect the nutrient levels of our food.

For example, lettuce can lose up to 50% of its Vitamin C content for each day it is stored at room temperature after it has been picked.

According to the results published by both the American Medical Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture there is no way to know exactly how much of any one nutrient we are receiving from the food we eat.

Scientists have found that when you eat a carrot you may be receiving anywhere from 20 IU of Vitamin A (0.4% of the RDA) to 6000 IU (120% of the RDA).

Scientists also found that 3 ounces of wheat germ could have anywhere from 3.2 IU of Vitamin E (10.7% of RDA) to 21 IU (70% of the RDA).

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To chemical and food scientists, this is not new information.

The food that we may think is fresh and full of the nutrients shown on the food label, is actually almost devoid of any nutritional value what so ever.

Because there is no way for us to know how long or under what conditions the grower grew his food, or stored his food, or what has been done to the food after labeling.

We may not even know how long we will store it or even how we will prepare it.

Between the farm and dinner table, the vitamin nutrients of our food is disappearing.

The following information has been provided by the Vitamin and Information Service of (Hoffman LaRoche), showing some examples of the percentage of nutrients that are lost during the growing, processing and cooking of our foods.

** Vitamin A may lose up to 60% of its vitamin content due the the changes of oxygen, heat, and light.

** Vitamin B1 will lose up to 80% of its vitamin content from heat, water, and alkaline pH, changes.

** Vitamin B2 up to 39% from water and alkaline ph changes.

** Niacin up to 27% from water changes.

** Vitamin B6 a loss up to 82% from water changes.

** Biotin will lose up to 50% of its vitamin content from oxygen and alkaline pH changes.

** Pantothenate will lose up to 56% of its vitamin content from heat, water, and alkaline pH changes.

** And Vitamin C may lose up to 100% of its nutritional value from changes in oxygen, heat, water and alkaline pH.

** Vitamin D will lose 40% from light and oxygen changes.

** And vitamin E will lose up 60% of its nutritional value from oxygen changes.

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*** As a result of the growing conditions, processing,and the storage of food, it is clear that our families are not getting all the vitamin nutrients that they need for good health. All of us would have to consume large quanities of food to get enough of the vitamin nutrients we need to prevent the diseases that are caused by these deficiencies.

Most scientists agree that none of us are getting the optimum levels of key nutrients we need for a healthy body and mind. By supplementing our diet with vitamins we can fill many of the gaps in our food nutrition. And it is only through vitamin supplementation can we really be sure that our families are getting all the vitamins they need to stay healthy and prevent diseases.

**** Remember, Family-Vitamin-Stores has the finest quality vitamin stores for your entire family.

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