What nutritional supplements are good for health

Today, even a full balanced diet does not guarantee the provision of all the substances necessary for a healthy lifestyle.

The food you eat can completely satisfy your hunger. But the feeling of satiety does not indicate the satisfaction of the need for all the vitamins and trace elements necessary for the body. Periodically, it must be fed with food and biologically active additives.



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Safety of food additives

1. Fish oil
   Fish oil is considered an absolutely safe and useful food additive. It contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids – omega-3. As well as important fatty acids: eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic. All these substances are not produced by the body, but are extremely necessary for it. He usually gets them from food, but often not in proper quantities. Therefore, the supplement is just in order.
   
   The use of this supplement helps to accelerate fat burning, reduce blood cholesterol, strengthen the cardiovascular system, increase muscle endurance, improve brain function. Often, fish oil is also prescribed to pregnant women, as it is involved in the development of the visual organs, nervous system and brain of the fetus.
   
   
   
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2. Pure vitamin D or D3 2000-5000 ME
   This vitamin is synthesized by the body from the form of cholesterol under the influence of ultraviolet radiation. But in order for it to form in the proper amount, you need to be under direct sunlight for 10-15 minutes three times a week. Those who do not have the opportunity to sunbathe so often, it is not superfluous to take vitamin D as a supplement. This vitamin accumulates in the liver, promotes calcium homeostasis and the absorption of phosphorus, building materials of teeth and bones.
   
   It supports immunity, protects against infections, plays the role of a neuroprotector, prevents Alzheimer's disease. It is the lack of vitamin D caused by the development of rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults.
   
   
   
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3. Magnesium
   There are now magnesium citrate, magnesium gluconate and magnesium lactate on the market as food additives. This component affects a number of important functions of the body: maintaining blood pressure and blood sugar at the proper level, generating protein, bone tissue and DNA, regulating calcium levels, normalizing sleep. Magnesium is involved in the transformation of food into energy, the formation of strong bones, teeth, muscles, regulation of body temperature, insulin secretion. Also in the absorption of potassium, calcium and vitamin C.
   
   People with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia suffer from magnesium deficiency. With its lack, the nervous system, energy reserves are depleted, melatonin is poorly produced. Even mood depends on magnesium, this element is actively involved in the synthesis of serotonin, the hormone of happiness.
   
   
   
   
   
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4. Multivitamins and minerals
   Multivitamin complexes have a general healing effect. Most often, a person lacks vitamins A and E. In this case, it will be useful even to accept the cheap and harmless Aeivit available in each pharmacy. The diet of the average person is inharmonious and imbalanced. Taking vitamin-mineral complexes is a quick and easy way to compensate for this.
   
   With a lack of vitamins and minerals, which an adult should ideally receive with food, there is a deterioration in health: from general weakness to problems with hair, skin, teeth.
   
   
   
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5. Probiotics
   These are additives that contain live microcultures necessary for the normal functioning of the intestinal microflora. The gastrointestinal tract is inhabited by various bacteria: pathogenic and beneficial. When pathogenic flora reproduces faster than useful, it suppresses the latter. Disorder of digestive functions, stool, ulcerative colitis, decreased immunity begins. The reason may be an inadequate diet, long-term use of antibiotics.
   
   
   
   
   
   It is important to maintain the balance of intestinal microflora, since the process of processing and assimilation of food, isolation and synthesis of vitamins depends on it. That's what probiotics are for.
   
   
   
   
   
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Application of food additives It will definitely be useful if you follow the admission instructions. It is advisable to take tests before choosing a food supplement, consult a doctor to understand what exactly the body lacks now.

Production of food additives These are completely legal and do not raise any questions. Not to be confused with harmful E-components that are added to foods to increase their shelf life or enhance flavor. They're all sold without a prescription.

Read more about how to take vitamins and supplements in our separate article. Follow the link.