Daily requirement of vitamin

The body cannot produce vitamin itself. For that very important vitamin for the body needs each day. As good and less expensive than any pill or vitamin supplements that you consume, does not mean you no longer need to require healthy food intake.

"Vitamins just serve as an additional and not a replacement for healthy foods," says Jeffrey Blumberg, a researcher from Tufts University, Boston, United States, such as VIVAnews quote from Real Simple.

Know Your Vitamin Needs Every Day, your body would need vitamin supplements every day. Tuesday, February 16th, 2010, 07:28 WIBIrina Damayanti, Mutia Nugraheni

VIVAnews - The body cannot produce vitamin itself. For that very important vitamin for the body needs each day. As good and less expensive than any pill or vitamin supplements that you consume, does not mean you no longer need to require healthy food intake.

"Vitamins just serve as an additional and not a replacement for healthy foods," says Jeffrey Blumberg, a researcher from Tufts University, Boston, United States, such as VIVAnews quote from Real Simple.

Without actually taking supplements you can get vitamins through the foods you eat every day. Know the needs and sources of vitamins that are needed so that your body does not always depend on the supplements.

- Vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 Functions of these two is to maintain blood circulation, immune and nervous systems to function properly. Lack of vitamin B6 and B12 can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. Body's need for vitamin B6 is 1.3 milligrams and 2.4 microgram to B12. To meet the needs of both these vitamins, you can eat peanuts, wheat, bananas, chicken, or fish.

- Vitamin C Vitamin C serves as an antidote to free radicals antioxidants, keeping the immune system and increases good cholesterol (HDL) in the body. Requirement of vitamin C per day is between 75 milligrams to 200 milligrams. If you choose vitamin C supplements should not be more than that number. Oranges, broccoli, spinach and strawberries are some foods that contain a lot of vitamin C.

- D Vitamin Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and lower cancer risk. Vitamin D deficiency can cause osteoporosis. Vitamin D requirement depending on age. Children ages 4 to 8 years need 800 milligrams (mg) of calcium per day. Teenagers aged 11 to 18 years need 1300 mg of calcium per day. For adult women, pregnant and lactating women, ages 19 to 50 years old need 1000 mg of calcium per day. While women over the age of 50 years old need 1200 mg per day. To meet the requirement of vitamin D from sunshine, you could bask in the morning between the hours of 6 to 7 am. You can also get vitamin D by mengounsumsi sea fish such as tuna and salmon.

- Vitamin E functions as vitamin E, vitamin C, ie, as an antioxidant. In addition, vitamin E is also very good for eye health, and prevents Alzheimer's disease. Doses of vitamin E for adults are 22.5 or 15 milligrams per day. You can get vitamin E with m