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Vitamin & Mineral Guide (for men) |
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3 Carotenoid Antioxidants
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| 1. Lycopene |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
2.3 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Stimulates the immune system, protects the skin from UV damage and checks cholesterol
- Beneficial in various type of cancers
- Prevents age related macular degeneration
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| 2. Lutein |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
2.2 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Prevents degeneration of eyes and skin by sunlight UV rays
- Helps combat arthritis and OA aches, ward off the effects of bad cholesterol
- Reduces the risk of developing colon cancer
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| 3. Betacarotene |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
2.9 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Immune booster
- Reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men
- Prevents night blindness and other eye problems
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7 Antioxidants
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| 1. Vitamin A |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
2997 I.U. |
| Primary Functions |
- Improves immunity
- Ensures healthy eyes, soft and supple skin, stronger bones and teeth
- Prevents urinary stones, muscular weakness, acne and certain forms of cancer
- Helps in the repair and replacement of old tissues
- Delays ageing
- Lowers cholesterol
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| 2. Vitamin C |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
90 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Protects the skin from UV damage
- Provides resistance to infection
- Promotes iron absorption from food, maintains healthy collagen and controls blood cholesterol
- Increases sperm counts esp. in smokers
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| 3. Vitamin E |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
15 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Improves skin conditions and the appearance of scars
- Protects the body’s membrane
- Maintains healthy blood vessels and helps the body in thinning blood
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| 4. Selenium |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
55 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Maintains healthy hair, skin and eyes
- Promotes normal liver functions
- Increases male potency
- Reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer
- Improves mental fatigue and anxiety
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| 5. Manganese |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
2.3 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Ensures healthy bone structure
- Maintains nervous system
- Involved in absorption of calcium
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| 6. Chromium |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
35 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Maintain proper blood sugar and cholesterol levels
- Effective anti-depressant
- Regulates hunger
- Helps protect DNA and RNA
- Boosts the immune system
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| 7. Zinc |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
11 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Strengthens the immune system, improves stress levels
- Prevents and shortens the duration of cold
- Reduces the appearance of acne
- Provides antimicrobial action in the GI tract
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7 B-complex Factors
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| 1. Vitamin B1 |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
1.2 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Involved in the energy production
- Helps develop myelin sheaths
- Ensures proper digestion, and cardiac function
- Prevents cataracts, Alzheimer’s disease
- Restores deficiencies caused by alcoholism
- Improves appetite, and memory
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| 2. Vitamin B2 |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
1.1 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Helps in the production of energy, RBC, absorption of minerals and repair of tissues
- Regulates thyroid activity
- Prevents acne and ensures healthy eyes
- Protects the nervous system
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| 3. Vitamin B3 |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
16 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Promotes healthy appetite, good nerves and a glowing skin
- Reduces the bad cholesterol
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| 4. Vitamin B5 |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
5 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Stress Buster and immune strengthener
- Regulates the cholesterol and controls the BP
- Keeps the skin healthy
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| 5. Vitamin B6 |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
1.3 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Refurbishes the immune system
- Maintains healthy skin and functioning of nervous system
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| 6. Folic Acid |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
400 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Builds and repairs skin cells and muscle tissues
- Improves the working of heart
- Reduces the occurrence of cancer
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| 7. Vitamin B12 |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
2.4 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Maintains a strong nervous system
- Reduces fatigue and weakness
- Checks cholesterol levels
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3 Important Vitamins
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| 1. Biotin |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
30 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Provides energy to the body
- Maintains healthy skin, hair and muscle tissues
- Reduces the risk of diabetes
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| 2. Vitamin K |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
120 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Regulates blood clotting
- Maintains strong bones in elderly
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| 3. Vitamin D |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
200 IU |
| Primary Functions |
- Helps to absorb calcium, which is essential for the bones
- Regulates and maintains Ca and P balance thereby reducing the chance of fractures
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6 Macro Minerals
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| 1. Iron |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
8 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Provides strength to the immune system
- Reduces anaemia
- Vital element for muscle health and brain function
- Builds concentration amongst the students and professional people to carry out their work efficiently
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| 2. Calcium |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
1100 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Builds and maintains healthy bones and teeth
- Controls excitability of nerves and muscles, conduction of nerve impulses, contraction of heart and other muscles, blood cholesterol levels
- Assists in absorption of Vitamin B12
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| 3. Potassium |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
4.7 gm |
| Primary Functions |
- Maintains normal balance of water within body cells
- Activates the enzymes associated with energy production
- Ensures proper functioning of cells
- Helps in nerve impulse transmission
- Stimulates the normal movements of the intestinal tract
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| 4. Copper |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
900 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Reduces bone density loss, bad cholesterol
- Component of melanin, which imparts coloration to skin, hair, and eyes
- Brain stimulant
- Increases energy production
- Ensures better wound healing
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| 5. Magnesium |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
420 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Aids in the absorption of calcium
- Strengthens bone and teeth
- Helps maintain proper muscle function
- Stabilizes the rhythm of the heart and helps prevent abnormal blood clotting
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| 6. Phosphorus |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
700 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Provides strong bones and teeth
- Facilitates effective digestion in human body
- Remove minor health problems like weakness, numbness, fatigue
- Important for brain function
- Activates vitamin B complex
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5 Micro Minerals
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| 1. Iodine |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
150 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Ensures proper functioning of thyroid glands
- Ensures optimum utilization of calories
- Keeps healthy and shiny skin, teeth and hair
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| 2. Silicon |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
40 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Assists calcium for the growth and maintenance of joints and bones
- Restores the natural glow of the skin, improves the quality of nails, hair and brightens the eyes
- Decreases plaque formation
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| 3. Boron |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
1.11 mg |
| Primary Functions |
- Enhances brain function, eye-hand coordination, short memory and concentration, testosterone levels in males
- Strengthens the bones in unison with calcium
- Reduces lipid accumulation in arteries
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| 4. Molybdenum |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
45 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Prevents dental caries and anaemia (by enabling the body to use iron)
- Maintains normal sexual function in male
- Improves all-round health, keeping the body and mind in good shape
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| 5. Vanadium |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
9 mcg |
| Primary Functions |
- Normalizes glucose levels
- Enhances athletes performance
- Lowers blood pressure
- Helps promote bone health
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3 Essential Amino acids
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| 1. L-Lysine |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
1.8 gm |
| Primary Functions |
- Essential building block for all protein, needed for proper growth and bone development
- Helps the body absorb and conserve calcium
- Enhances the production of collagen
- Helps to build muscle protein and repair tissues, in persons recovering from surgery or injury
- Prevents herpes sores caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV)
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| 2. L-Arginine |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
4.2 gm |
| Primary Functions |
- Enhances immunity, helps to loose weight and increases sperm count
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| 3. L-Methionine |
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| Reference Dietary Intake |
0.60 gm |
| Primary Functions |
- Improves tone and pliability of skin, nails and hair
- Prevents liver diseases, premature ejaculation and chronic depression
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