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Reasons for Adding Vitamins to One's
Daily Diet
by Jeannette Pollock
Many people take multivitamins in order to add vitamins to their daily diet.
Nutritionist Ann Shaw would not encourage anyone to abandon that practice. She
has said that "there’s probably no danger" in reliance on pills for adding
vitamins to the diet. Still, Shaw tells only a few of her patients to start
taking vitamins, when they have not yet developed that habit. The following
paragraphs examine the special needs of those particular patients.
Pregnant
women and nursing mothers need to add vitamins to their daily diet. Pregnant
women can not rely on their diet alone to insure the daily presence of the
vitamins needed by their growing fetus. Nursing mothers want to be certain
that their milk provides their baby with the full spectrum of necessary
vitamins.
People at risk of a heart attack, especially smokers, benefit from adding
vitamins to their daily diet. Smoking sends tars and other smoke residues into
the body’s circulatory system. As those substances pass through the veins and
arteries, they can damage the lining of those blood vessels. Then it becomes
easier for cholesterol to cause a narrowing of the vessel passageways.
In order to prevent such a build-up, the smoker should limit the amount of
fat in his or her diet. Limitations in the diet always introduce the chance
for an inadequate consumption of certain vitamins. That explains why smokers
are encouraged to take extra vitamins.
People with a reduced appetite need to take added vitamins. A person with a
chronic disease that interferes with the body’s appetite or the body’s use of
nutrients benefits greatly from taking added vitamins. A person who takes
medications that affect the appetite or the digestive process receives an
added insurance of health by adding vitamins to his or her daily diet. Jeanette Pollock is a freelance author and website owner of
vitamin-supplement-hq.com. Visit Jeanette's site to learn more about
vitamin supplements. Article Source:
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