What they do - Where you can find them:
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is fat soluble. It requires fats as well as minerals to be properly absorbed by your digestive tract.
It can be stored in your body and need not be replenished every day.
What It Can Do For You:
Counteract night blindness, weak eyesight, and aid in the treatment of many eye disorders.
Build resistance to respiratory infections.
Shorten the duration of diseases.
Keep outer layers of your tissues and organs healthy.
Promote growth, strong bones, healthy skin, hair, teeth, and gums.
Help the removal of age spots.
Help treat acne, impetigo, boils, carbuncles, and open ulcers when applied externally.
Aid in the treatment of emphysema and hyperthyroidism.
Where You Can Find It: Liver, oily fish, milk and dairy products, eggs, spinach, broccoli, plus yellow and orange foods, such as carrots, sweet potato, peaches and apricots.
B Vitamins (B-Complex= B1, B2, B3, B6, B12)
All the Vitamin B-Complex are water soluble. Any excess is excreted and not stored in the body. It must be replaced daily.
What It Can Do For You:
Promotes energy from food.
Promotes growth.
Maintenance of a healthy nervous system.
Production of healthy blood cells.
Improves mental attitude.
Promotes healthy skin, hair, nails.
Improves concentration, memory and balance.
Where You Can Find It: Meat, fish, dairy products, eggs, wholegrains, beans and lentils, nuts, seeds and vegetables.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is water soluble. Any excess is secreted and not stored in the body. It must be replaced daily.
What It Can Do For You:
Supports the immune system.
Promotes healing of wounds and burns.
Accelerates healing after surgery.
Helps in decreasing blood cholesterol.
Aid in treatment and prevention of the common cold.
Prevent scurvy.
Enhances absorption of iron from the diet.
Where You Can Find It: Fruit (especially kiwi fruit, blackcurrants, strawberries, citrus fruits) yellow and red peppers, brussel sprouts, leafy vegetables, tomatoes, cauliflower, potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Vitamin D
Fat soluble. Is stored in the body. Acquired through sunlight or diet.
What It Can Do For You:
Vital for healthy bones and teeth, as it helps the body absorb and use calcium.
Taken with Vitamins A and C it can aid in preventing colds.
Help with the treatment of conjunctivitis.
Aids in assimilating Vitamin A.
Helps prevent osteoporosis.
Where You Can Find It:
Oily fish (sardines, herring, salmon, tuna, fish liver oils) meat, eggs, milk and dairy products, and sunlight on the skin.
Vitamin E
Fat soluble and stored in the liver, fatty tissues, heart, muscles, testes, uterus, blood, adrenal and pituitary glands.
What It Can Do For You:
Supports the immune system.
Protects from infection.
Needed for health blood vessels.
Prevent and dissolve blood clots.
Alleviate fatigue.
Keeping you looking younger by retarding cellular aging due to oxidation.
Supply oxygen to the body to give you more endurance.
Protect your lungs against air pollution by working with Vitamin A.
Prevent thick scar formation externally (when applied topically - it can be absorbed through the skin) and internally.
Accelerate healing of burns.
Where You Can Find It:
Wheatgerm, nuts and seeds and their oils, wholemeal bread, avocado, spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts, leafy greens soya beans, vegetable oils,
wholegrain cereals, and eggs.
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