john spencer ellis
john spencer ellis
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-25
Eating a nutritionally-balanced diet is good advice for children as well as adults. In fact, teaching children to make the right food choices is one of the best tools you can arm them with. Unfortuna...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-25
As harmless as they might seem, much controversy surrounds the issue of vitamin supplementation. Generally speaking, taking a daily multivitamin supplement is safe and effective. In fact, doing so ...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-25
Most people do not even realize that vitamins are different, but they are. Besides the obvious letter difference, vitamins can be classified as either Fat Soluble or Water Soluble. Whether the vitami...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-28
Vitamin B2, also known as Riboflavin or Vitamin G, is a member of the B-complex family. Small amounts of this water soluble vitamin are in practically every type of plant and animal tissue. Vitamin B...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-28
Vitamin B1, a water-soluble vitamin also known as Thiamin, is an important part of the family of B-complex vitamins. The primary role this vitamin plays inside the body is in the conversion process o...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-28
Vitamin A, a fat-soluble vitamin, is crucial for the development and maintenance of strong bones and teeth, to maintain clear vision and to maintain healthy skin. Working together, Vitamin A and caro...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-28
Vitamin K is another of the fat soluble vitamins that actually has three forms: phytomenadione, menaquinane and menadione. These three similar compounds are commonly referred to as quinines. Vitamin ...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-28
As a member of the B-complex family of vitamins, Vitamin H is probably better known by its other names, Biotin and Vitamin B7. Vitamin H is a water soluble vitamin which means that the body passes wh...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-28
The fat soluble Vitamin E is actually a combination of chemical compounds that include alpha-tocopherol. All tissues in the body contain Vitamin E, but the largest quantities are located in the pitui...
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by John Spencer Ellis - 2008-07-28
Vitamin D, sometimes called Cholecalciferol, is the only vitamin that the body is capable of producing on its own. The only catch is that the body must be exposed to sunlight before it can produce th...