Group B vitamins: property, benefits, deficiency symptoms, needs and the richest foods

Have you ever wondered how important are the B vitamins to our health, how many there are and what are their functions? We often hear talk of vitamin B12, but what good is and where it is? Let's find out in this...

Vitamin C: properties, health benefits, deficiency symptoms, needs and the richest foods

His real name is Ascorbic acid, but we know it as Vitamin C: This is a water soluble vitamin, which the body uses for various functions (antioxidant, synthesize collagen strengthen bones, cartilage, muscles and blood vessels and also it helps the 'iron...

Vitamin D: properties, health benefits, deficiency symptoms, needs and the richest foods

We all know the benefits of vitamin D, or that is good for bones and we all know that the sun plays a certain role. But beyond this? What else do we know about vitamin D? What is it and where is...

Vitamin E: properties, health benefits, deficiency symptoms, needs and the richest foods

Vitamin E, known as tocopherol less that would be one of the main compounds, is an essential vitamin for humans. E 'was discovered in 1922 by Herbert Evans, after vitamin D, the first experiments were conducted in laboratory rats. In 1936 he...

Vitamin F: properties, health benefits, deficiency symptoms, needs and the richest foods

It is referred to as "vitamin F" a complex of essential fatty acids comprising:      linoleic acid      alpha-linolenic acid      arachidonic acid At first glance, perhaps it will seem foreign to this vitamin F but it is actually better known as...

Vitamin K: properties, health benefits, deficiency symptoms, needs and the richest foods

Vitamin K, whose real name is Koagulation vitamin was discovered in 1935 by Henrik Dam, but the mechanism of its operation was discovered only in 1974. Since then it is also known as vitamin patch, because its main role is to coagulate...

Palm oil: is bad for health and the environment? It is carcinogenic?

You may have heard of palm oil, basically what is known is that is bad for health, but that is all too often in snack foods, in bakery products and confectionery. But this oil palm where it comes from? What is its...

The meat is bad for health? It is carcinogenic?

Hands up who has not heard these days the alarming cries of the mass media, about the fact that meat is bad for health and excessive consumption can cause cancer? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we discovered the hot water. It could have...

REISHI MUSHROOM: Property, benefits and contraindications

The Ganoderma lucidum or Reishi is a species of commensal fungus that grows wild on the oaks and the chestnut trees. Why so much it attracts attention? It is now many years that the fungus Ganoderma lucidum has been studied because of...

Green Tea: properties, health benefits, uses and contraindications

Green tea has long been well known in the West, is mainly consumed for its beneficial properties, so as to be considered a true natural cure. The typical Eastern drink, has its historical roots in a legend: one day the Emperor Shen...