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It seems like there’s lots of information in the media nowadays about how we have developed poor eating habits. Many people suggest that taking vitamin supplements is a good idea to prevent the development of various health conditions. So let’s take a look at some of the main reasons vitamin supplements are recommended, so that you can decide if supplementing your diet is something you need to consider.

Firstly, our lifestyle generally is bad for us. Habits like smoking and drinking can be changed, but even the air we breathe can contain toxins that affect our health. The problem is that by the time we realize our bad habits are damaging our health, it’s too late to do a lot about it. Vitamin supplements can only do so much repair work! Still, Vitamin C can have a positive counter-effect to habits like smoking and drinking too much alcohol. However this is only a short-term fix – the best way to improve your health and lifestyle is to make changes, not rely on taking a supplement.

Women also have specific health needs that can benefit from taking a vitamin supplement. These include osteoporosis and birth defects. A few months before you plan to get pregnant, it’s a good idea to start taking a folic acid supplement (one of the B vitamins). It has been proven in multiple studies that lack of folic acid can be responsible for birth defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly. You should continue the supplement through the early trimesters. Calcium, too, is recommended for women, as it helps to build strong bones and teeth. Once women get older, the risk of osteoporosis increases dramatically. Factors such as hormonal changes, not enough calcium or lack of exercise help to contribute. By take a calcium supplement in the younger years, this risk is reduced.

Your arteries can also benefit from a vitamin E supplement. Many studies have shown that vitamin E protects against cardiovascular problems, including heart attacks. Studies have shown that taking vitamin E on an ongoing basis can improve your cardiovascular risk profile by up to 40%. How it works isn’t quite so clear, but it’s believed the improvement comes because vitamin E helps to lower blood pressure and prevent clogging of the arteries.

Vitamin E may also be beneficial in preventing certain types of cancer. This is also true of Vitamin A. Studies have shown a reduction in skin cancer thanks to vitamin supplements, as well as a lowered risk of oral cancer. One Finnish study even came to the conclusion that people with the lowest levels of vitamin E in their bodies were 50% more likely to develop cancer of any type. Which suggests that taking a vitamin E supplement could well lower your risk of developing cancer.

Finally, vitamin supplements can be of great benefit when you’re dieting and trying to lose weight. The problem with dieting is that we tend to become over focused on calories, and forget about eating a good balance of foods to provide vitamins and minerals. Taken to the extreme, such as anorexia, it’s far too easy to become vitamin deficient. Many teenagers, in particular, also suffer from vitamin deficiencies because they eat mostly junk food, instead of a healthy, balanced diet. This deficiency can affect the immune system, with the result that the sufferer gets ill far more easily. The best solution is to change your eating habits and introduce more good foods to provide the right nutrition, but in the meantime, vitamin supplements can be helpful to prevent vitamin deficiencies.

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Author: Tim Gorman
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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The special ingredient is called CoQ10. BUT not the ordinary CoQ10 that you are no doubt familiar with! It is a special type of CoQ10 called Ubiqui(nol) from Kaneka in Japan who were the original developers of CoQ10.

The type of CoQ10 found in most supplements which has been around for years is called Ubiqui(none) – oxidized CoQ10. But, if you are over 40 years of age you need to take very large doses to get the potential benefits and even then the results cannot be guaranteed. This is because your body has to convert the Ubiquinone to Ubiquinol for it to ‘work its magic’ and if you are over 40 the ‘conversion’ is not very effective…as a result you do not get the full benefits of CoQ10.

But, by using the ‘reduced’ form of CoQ10 (Ubiquinol) your blood levels of CoQ10 will stay higher for longer. And that’s what really counts. You want your ejection fraction to increase – that’s the percentage of blood that’s pumped with each heartbeat. Imagine your heart pumping with two to three times the power you had before!

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Cigarettes in Ontario are banned from all public places and even some private places. Cigarettes are sold but hidden behind metal curtains or doors so the public can not be seduced into buying them by visual exposure. Children under 19 years of age are not permitted by law to buy or smoke them.

Yet… children can freely walk into any corner store and buy an overdose of Caffeine “Energy Drinks” with ease. If a child smokes a cigarette, or even a pack of cigarettes it won’t kill him, but a six pack of Energy Drinks just might. How, why do we allow such a thing?

Taking too high a dose can lead to anxiety, headaches, sleeplessness and the jitters. And stopping once you’ve gotten used to it can actually cause withdrawal symptoms that can lead to those same headaches, muscle pain, irritability and even temporary depression. As if adolescence weren’t hard enough.

But the real danger comes when the drinks are mixed with alcohol at parties.

The combination of a stimulant (caffeine) with a depressant (alcohol) can be a recipe for trouble. Despite their liquid form, the energy drinks can actually lead to dehydration, a danger in places that may already be hot and enclosed.

Health Canada actually has four reported cases of teens either mixing the substances with booze or simply taking too many of them in a row. Among the consequences:

• Electrolyte disturbances
• Nausea and vomiting
• Heart irregularities.

Red Bull remains the only so-called energy drink labeled as a health product in Canada. But there are others on the market and they all have similar effects.

Source City TV

See the report from Health Canada

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Traditional sports drinks such as Gatorade and Powerade include water, salt, and sugars in proportions that help the body absorb fluids and salts lost in sweat and in the breath while exercising. The sugars not only help the body take in the water, but also provide fuel for muscles that need sugars to keep performing well during long walks, runs, or bikes. A small amount of salt helps protect the body from hyponatremia, (also known as water intoxication), which can happen if you drink a large amount of water without any salt.

Energy drinks are formulated to deliver caffeine and other stimulants, such as guarana or ginseng, to give the drinker a rush of energy. They are not designed to replace lost fluids during exercise. Some come in small cans that deliver a large amount of caffeine in a small amount of fluid. Many are carbonated, which can lead exercisers to experience burping, nausea and a bloated feeling.

Rollins notes that if you have already had a cup or two of coffee in the morning, adding a can of energy drink can put you over the amount of caffeine most dieticians think is a reasonable limit for the day. “You are losing body fluids through perspiration when walking. Caffeine compounds dehydration further,” said Rollins.

Source About.com

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Super-caffeinated energy drinks, with names like Red Bull, Monster,
Full Throttle and Amp, have surged in popularity in the past decade.
About a third of 12- to 24-year-olds say they regularly down energy
drinks, which account for more than $3 billion in annual sales in the
United States.

The trend has been the source of growing concern among health
researchers and school officials. Around the country, the drinks have
been linked with reports of nausea, abnormal heart rhythms and
emergency room visits.

In Colorado Springs, several high school students last year became ill
after drinking Spike Shooter, a high caffeine drink, prompting the
principal to ban the beverages. In March, four middle school students
in Broward County, Fla., went to the emergency room with heart
palpitations and sweating after drinking the energy beverage Redline.
In Tigard, Ore., teachers this month sent parents e-mail alerting them
that students who brought energy drinks to school were “literally
drunk on a caffeine buzz or falling off a caffeine crash.”

New research suggests the drinks are associated with a health issue
far more worrisome than the jittery effects of caffeine — risk
taking.

Source derkeiler.com

Shall I continue, or do you parents get the picture? Urge your corner store “not to carry” these products or at very least not to sell them to your children. They are harmful no matter what age you are. Certainly in the case of children and teens, they may be lethal. Who’s responsible for your children? You or the clerk at the corner store? Talk to your kids and let them know that these drinks can hurt them, more than cigarettes.

Here is one more that will push you over the edge… The American Journal of Medicine

Energy drink consumption has been anecdotally linked with sudden cardiac death and, more recently, myocardial infarction. As myocardial infarction is strongly associated with both platelet and endothelial dysfunction, we tested the hypothesis that energy drink consumption alters platelet and endothelial function.

Dr Whiting on The Dangers of Energy Drinks