JourneyLite guidance, explanations, and practical resources about vitamins/minerals/micronutrients.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Function: Involved in iron metabolism, connective tissue synthesis and energy production. Helps in many physiological processes such as regulation of gene expression, brain…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Function: Helps the immune system to fight off viruses and stay healthy. It is used to make DNA and protein. It is…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="74759" img_size="medium" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_3d"][vc_column_text] Potassium Function: Promotes growth, maintains water balance, and helps regulate muscular activity. Deficiency: Rare Toxicity: Rarely occurs, except in…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="74759" img_size="medium" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_3d"][vc_column_text] Calcium Function: Builds bone and teeth, needed for muscle contraction/relaxation, blood clotting, and normal heart rhythm. Deficiency: Decreased growth,…
Read article[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="74759" img_size="medium" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_3d"][vc_column_text] Iron Function: Carrier of oxygen and helps prevent anemia. Deficiency: Anemia, fatigue, sore mouth/tongue, and weight loss. Toxicity: Severe…
Read article[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="74749" img_size="medium" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_3d"][vc_column_text] Vitamin B-9 (Folic Acid) Function: Part of blood cells, necessary for cell division, and important in increasing the number…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine) Function: Needed for protein metabolism, supports energy-producing systems in the body, and affects hormones. Deficiency: The symptoms of Vitamin B-6…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Niacin (Vitamin B-3) Function: Needed to produce energy in the body, for healthy skin, nerves, and digestive tract. Deficiency: Niacin deficiency is called…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vitamin K Function: Aids in blood clotting. Deficiency: Vitamin K deficiency is unlikely except in newborn infants who cannot synthesize it. Toxicity: The…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vitamin E Function: Helps to form normal blood cells and muscle cells. Deficiency: Vitamin E deficiency is associated with diseases where fat absorption…
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