In this day and age you can get vitamins anywhere.  Any corner store is going to carry a cheap name brand or you can spend quite a chunk of change on some options.  How do we pick in choose between all of these options.  Are there some that are better for us?

Well, first and foremost the biggest difference in most vitamins is how they are made and what they are made with.  Our bodies are not built to digest synthetic non-food material and a lot of companies are making vitamins that are chemically and synthetically made.  So here people are taking vitamins trying to keep or make themselves more healthy and they aren’t even able to digest and put those vitamins to any use.  These synthetically made vitamins are actually stressors on our bodies because we are trying to digest and break down something that we aren’t built to.  So the first thing to look for are plant based whole food vitamins.  Vitamins made only from foods or our natural products from our environment, nothing synthetic or chemically made.  This way our bodies will actually digest what we are looking to enhance them with.

I know another big difference is the measurement of how much of each nutrient the vitamins contain.  Just remember that more isn’t necessarily better.  It goes back to again the plant/food based vitamins or the synthetically made ones.  If you choose a synthetically made vitamin then it can contain a very high amount of nutrients but because your body isn’t able to digest them you really aren’t doing yourself a favor.  It is much better to have a low amount of those nutrients that your body can acutally put to use and not stress itself over trying to digest.

So when buying your vitamins do a little research, read the lables, see what they are made of, if there are any additives.  It’s important!  Why spend the money on things with good intentions  when they can’t be put to use.

Vitamin D: is essential in the absorption of calcium in to our bodies. It helps our teeth and bones to grow and stay strong. Vitamin D is also known as the “sunshine vitamin.” Some exposure to the sun will trigger the body to process this vitamin. 10 to 15 minutes of sunshine a week is all you need!

Check out our Healthy Food List Below:

Halibut (3 ounces, 160 calories)
130 percent daily value
Mackerel (3.5 ounces, 180 calories)
90 percent daily value
Salmon (3.5 ounces, 185 calories)
90 percent daily value
Canned sardines (1.75 ounces, 100 calories)
70 percent daily value
Oysters (6, 112 calories)
67 percent daily value
Shrimp (4 ounces, 112 calories)
40 percent daily value
Vitamin D-fortified milk, reduced fat (1 cup, 125 calories)
25 percent daily value
Cod (4 ounces, 120 calories)
16 percent daily value
Vitamin D-fortified cereal (1 cup, 105 calories)
10-30 percent daily value
Egg (70 calories) 
6 percent daily value

Original Source: Men’s Health

Check out tomorrow’s Healthy Food List for Folate

To read part 1 of this series on Vitamin A click here
part 2 of this series on Vitamin B1 click here
part 3 of this series on Vitamin B6 click here
part 4 of this series on Vitamin B12 click here

Vitamin B12: is an essential vitamin that plays a big role in proper blood cell formation and helps to maintain a healthy nervous system. It also helps in processing proteins.

Vitamin B12 is naturally found in many animal products, but is not normally found in plant foods. Most children and adults do get the right amount of Vitamin B12 in their regular daily diet.

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Check out our healthy food list below:
Clams (3 ounces, 126 calories)
1404 percent daily value
Duck liver (3 ounces, 114 calories)
756 percent daily value
Oysters (6, 250 calories)
720 percent daily value
Calf liver (4 ounces, 187 calories)
690 percent daily value
Rainbow trout (3 ounces, 130 calories)
90 percent daily value
Top sirloin (3 ounces, 160 calories)
25 percent daily value
Skim yogurt (1 cup, 137 calories)
25 percent daily value
Milk (1 cup, 121 calories)
14 percent daily value
Lean cured ham (3 ounces, 130 calories)
10 percent daily value
Hard-boiled egg (80 calories)
10 percent daily value
Chicken breast (140 calories)
6 percent daily value

Original Source: Men’s Health

Check out tomorrows healthy food list for Vitamin D

To read part 1 of this series on Vitamin A click here

part 2 of this series on VItamin B1 click here

part 3 of this series on VItamin B6 click here

Vitamin B6: is an essential vitamin helping to regulate hormones, increase energy production, maintains a healthy nervous system, lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, assists in the growth of the body & aids in carbohydrate, fat and protein synthesis.

Adults need about 1.3 mg of vitamin B6 a day. This vitamin is found in a variety of foods and most likely you are getting enough of it, unless you have a very poor diet. A deficiency of vitamin B6 is not very common, it is mostly seen in elderly people and alcoholics.

Do you have a healthy diet?

Check out our healthy food list below:

Banana (108 calories)
34 percent daily value

Roasted chicken breast (4 ounces, 223 calories)
32 percent daily value
Roasted turkey (4 ounces, 214 calories)
27 percent daily value
Cooked cod (4 ounces, 119 calories)
26 percent daily value
Baked potato (1 medium, 133 calories)
21 percent daily value
Avocado (1 cup, 235 calories)
20 percent daily value
Garlic (1 ounce, 42 calories)
17 percent daily value
Raw red pepper (1 cup, 24 calories)
11 percent daily value
Watermelon (1 cup, 48 calories)
11 percent daily value
Cooked cauliflower (1 cup, 28 calories)
10 percent daily value

When you start an intense training program like P90X, you may want to give supplements some consideration. If, however, you already supplement your fitness program, you definitely want to take a look at the supplements BeachBody offers for programs like P90X and any other intense workout programs. Fueling your body correctly when undergoing any kind of physical transformation is crucial and can make a big difference in your results.

The first and possibly the most important P90X supplement is the P90X Recovery Formula. This drink mix is designed to replenish your body after a strenuous workout like P90X. After the P90X workouts, you are tired, your energy sources have been depleted and your muscles have been pur through the wringer. What your body needs is an optimum formula of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and antioxidants to repair it and get you back in gear.

Another must-have in the list of P90X supplements is the P90X Peak Health Formula. This is a complete multi-vitamin designed to ensure your diet is filled with all of the necessary vitamins and minerals. We can’t eat perfectly and even on days when we feel like we do, we are likely missing key vitamins and minerals. These perfectly formulated vitamin packs give your body the daily nutrition it needs.

P90X Slimming Formula is the fat loss aid wonder in the group of P90X supplements. In the quest for fat loss, some of us need a jump start. This formula includes Pyruvate and Green Tea Extract to help kick your metabolism into gear and get you started burning fat.

P90X Protein Powders are another necessary P90X supplement. These make great meal replacements or snacks and help your muscles repair and build. Muscle growth improves metabolism and P90X definitely encourages muscle growth. You can speed that process with a high quality protein shake like the ones here made specifically for P90X.

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Whether you are just starting out with the P90X fitness system or if you have been doing it a while, you may recognize by now the importance of a great diet while challenging your body at this level. When you become more in tune with your body you begin to notice your workouts might not be so productive after a splurge of pizza and beer or even after a day without sufficient water. Because of this, P90X vitamins are a great addition to your diet.

Our diets may not always be perfect. Even if we eat healthy, high quality foods, we probably aren’t getting the recommended allowances of many vitamins and minerals. A multivitamin like the P90X vitamin, P90X Peak Health Formula, is a necessary addition to any eating plan.

The right fuel for your body at all times is important. When undertaking a program like P90X, however, it is vital. Many people don’t recognize how their body reacts to less than wholesome food until they begin a tough fitness routine like P90X. Once you begin this program, though, you become in tune with how your body feels during and following workouts and how what you eat can affect this. P90X vitamins help to regulate the nutrients you ingest to ensure your body has the proper fuel for the job.

P90X vitamins, Peak Health Formula, come in a convenient daily package. Within each package is a formula of vitamins that will have your body functioning on high. With 100% of the recommended allowances of many vitamins and minerals, the P90X vitamins will be a welcome addition to your training program.

P90X vitamins can help improve cardiovascular function and memory; they provide support to your immune system and give you extra energy. The Peak Health Formula also contains anti-oxidants for anti-aging benefits and anti-stress support. Stronger hair and nails is also possible with the P90X vitamins.

Searching for a vitamin that gives you everything you need shouldn’t be such a challenge. With the P90X vitamins, you get the perfect combination of vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants already combined and conveniently packaged in daily portions.

The P90X fitness series is a serious workout program. If you are going to take your body this seriously, you need to fuel it correctly. Supplementing your diet with the P90X vitamins, Peak Health Formula, is the perfect solution.

Our bodies require certain vitamins and minerals to perform optimally. Because we aren’t perfect sometimes we must supplement our diet with those vitamins and minerals in a pill form. Of course, ideally we would eat the optimum number of vegetables, fruits, grains, and proteins to get our vitamins from food sources. However, we all know our diets are far from perfect. Finding the best multivitamin to supplement your diet just got easier.
 
If you have ever shopped for supplements you know how confusing it can get. Trying to decide which bottles are the best for you can give you a headache. You may be leery to just buy one multivitamin because you know they only contain the basics. You want the best multivitamin that can do everything from aid your immune health and improve your cardiovascular function to help with brain function and memory support. Because of the variety of your needs, the best multivitamin for you may be a packet of vitamins specially formulated and combined to meet all of the needs you demand.
 
P90X Peak Health Formula does just that. By combining 6 capsules to give you an exceptional supplement to your good diet, P90X Health Formula provides you with the best high-end multivitamin. By giving you the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants you may be missing in your food sources, P90X Peak Health Formula provides:

• Benefits for skin, hair, and nails
• Anti-aging benefits
• Cardiovascular benefits
• Anti-stress benefits
• Memory and nerve support
• Energy support
• Immune benefits
• High potentcy antioxidants

When shopping for the best multivitamin, don’t try to build it alone. The capsules included in each daily packet of P90X Peak Health Formula have been combined for you in a way to cover all of your vitamin needs in an already planned supplement.

Eat your vegetables! It may have been a while since you heard that piece of age old advice, but it is just as relevant in your adulthood. Many of us grown-ups still retain a resistance to vegetables. Finding new and simple ways to incorporate them in your diet can be a challenge, but one that is worth it for the rewards. The benefits of eating vegetables are two-fold. First, you are filling your body with vitamins and minerals not always available in other foods. Also, if you are filling up on veggies, you are less likely to fill up on empty calories. Knowing which vitamins and nutrients are in vegetables and what they do for your health, can help you reconsider your rocky relationship.Vitamin A: Found in asparagus, broccoli, carrots, peas, and kale, vitamin A helps promote healthy skin and eyesight and aids in bone growth and tooth development.
 
Thiamine (Vitamin B1): B1 is great for your heart, and other muscles. It also helps your body convert carbs into energy. B1 is found in avocados and peas.

Niacin (Vitamin B3): Aids in converting food into energy and helps keep your digestive system healthy. You can get good levels of B3 in artichokes, broccoli, peas, green peppers, mushrooms, potatos, carrots, and peas.

Vitamin C: A powerful antioxidant that helps you body absorb iron and encourages a healthy immune system, Vitamin C is found in vegetable like tomatoes, spinach, sweet potatoes, kale, squash, carrots, cucumbers, and broccoli.

Vitamin D: Found in mushrooms, Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium and magnesium.

Vitamin K: Vitamin K helps your body absorb proteins and regulate calcium in the blood. Vegetables like asparagus, broccoli, kale, and spinach are good sources of this important vitamin.

True, you can pop a pill and get your vitamins in one easy second. While a multivitamin is easier than eating your vegetables, vegetable consumption can aid in weight loss and a healthy lifestyle unlike a multivitamin can. By slowly increasing your daily vegetable servings you can decrease high calorie substitutions while giving your body the vitamins it needs to function properly.