You Are What You Eat by Sally F. Jackson

Author:Sally F. Jackson [Eat, You Are What You]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781973633860
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2018-10-25T04:00:00+00:00

Table 15 USDA Food Database/RDA

Studies vary, but almost all the relevant studies show active response above forty micrograms per day.

That is where you should start. Healthy children should get up to two micrograms per day, and healthy adult men and women should get four to five micrograms per day. Those who are looking to improve health should start at fifty micrograms. Pregnant women should start at one hundred micrograms, and those who are over fifty should start at one hundred to four hundred micrograms. There is no toxicity with this vitamin, and response appears to improve at the dose increases, and this does not work without folate.

Organic, whole, and synthetic vitamins should not contain corn or corn by-products, soy or soy by-products, or GMOs. Those elements only contribute to more health problems. Most vitamin B12 supplements are derived from GMO sources, which are not recommended. With vegetables, eat them raw, juice them, or ferment them, and use whole, organic-source vitamins.

All B vitamins work together.

Vitamin B12 supplementation activates the function of folate (folic acid), and sufficient supplementation of folate acts as part of the chain in the breakdown and absorption of vitamin B12; one cannot function without the other. This also appears to be true for the other B vitamin complements. They appear to work together to enhance or activate each other. For example, vitamin B5 is necessary for the formation of neurotransmitters and acts as a carrier protein along with biotin and niacin for the synthesis and utilization of fatty acids in the body as well as the brain. Please refer to tables, charts, and graphs for full B vitamin needs with RDA and integrative medicine.

For patients with vitamin B12 malabsorption problems, the injectable form of B12 can be used at one milligram monthly. Oral or sublingual absorption (under-the-tongue tablets or liquid) is also available in five hundred micrograms and one thousand micrograms. These products should have no corn or soy in their ingredients, and Malabsorption, can be corrected (see chapter 4).

Vitamin A

This vitamin has been ‘lovingly called’ the eye vitamin.

This, is a fat-soluble vitamin that requires sufficient dietary fat (healthy fat) to function. But its implications for health reach further and need more attention. Only whole food vitamins are recommended, and when it comes to vitamin A, this is very important. Please note that the body has its own control mechanisms when it comes to the function and usability of this vitamin.

Plants contain carotenoids, some of which are precursors for vitamin A (alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, and beta-kryptoxanthin). Yellow and orange vegetables contain significant quantities of carotenoids. Green vegetables also contain carotenoids with the pigment masked by the green of chlorophyll.

Eggs and dairy also contain animal-converted carotenoids in the form of retinol. Beta carotene and other carotenoids can be converted in the body to retinol and its related compounds (retinoids). Please refer to tables, charts, and graphs for food chart.

The word retinol refers to the retina (the lining or wall in the back of the eye). Retinol is the main compound necessary for vision.

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