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Chromium is a very important nutrient that might be of particular importance to diabetics. This is because this essential nutrient is very important for maintaining normal blood sugar levels. Men should make sure they get 35ug/day until the age of 51 when 30ug/day is sufficient. Women are advised to get 25ug/day until they are 51 [...]

We all know how important calcium is from the time we are born it seems. It’s no secret that calcium is a huge part of the proper development of bones and teeth and because of this, it’s vital that children receive enough calcium because the early years of bone and teeth development are so vital [...]

Folate, also known as folic acid, is beneficial for many things but what it’s most known for is its importance during pregnancy and for fetal development. The fact is that folate is extremely important during fetal formation as it can greatly reduce the risk of problems with the spine and brain, especially during the very [...]

Choline is something that you actually need quite a bit of, but it comes in many forms and from many foods that we eat. Men need 550mg/day of choline while women need 425mg/day. Choline is extremely important because it’s an essential part of cell wall membranes, which means that it can help make every cell [...]

Biotin is another one of those words that we may often hear but don’t really understand. Found on food labels and thought to be a good thing, Biotin certainly pulls its own weight, even if not many know what it does. Biotin helps get energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, and it also helps the [...]

Pantothenic Acid may sound like something extremely foreign but the truth is that it’s in just about every plant or animal food that we eat. So really, just about anything. Because of this, it’s fairly easy for men and women to get 5 mg of the vitamin every day. Pantothenic acid helps turn the food [...]

Vitamin B12 is part of the Vitamin B complex that although is thought to have no side effects. This makes it a much more desirable option as a supplement than the B6 vitamin in the same family. Vitamin B12 helps with much of the same things the B6 vitamin does such as extracting energy from [...]