Importance of Vitamin C

Vitamin C is really important to your family health if you want to boost your immune system especially now that Influenza A (H1N1) is threatening everybody's health, better eat vitamin C-rich foods everyday. Vitamin C reduces blood pressure, has the ability to reduce the severity of colds and could protect you against cataract and certain cancers too.

Red and green bell peppers, strawberries, citrus fruits, raw tomatoes, cantaloupe and broccoli are food that are rich in vitamin C. Garlic contains vitamin C too. On a book about health benefit of garlic, a professor of School Tropical Medicine from Calcutta, India revealed that vitamin C act like insulin in the body, it helps metabolize carbohydrates. Not only that, several researchers showed that vitamin C serves as great therapeutic measure in case of ulcers. Wow… what a revelation, right?

Vitamin E Health Benefits

Some health benefits of Vitamin E are protection against toxins such as air pollution, premenstrual syndrome, eye disorders such as cataracts, neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes. It also acts as an inflammatory as well as a metabolism booster. Health benefits of Vitamin E come from its antioxidant properties. Antioxidants remove free radicals — the unstable compounds that damage the cell structure.
Immunity levels improve when Vitamin E is
consumed. Another important benefit of Vitamin E is that it reduces cholesterol and the risk of developing cancer. Vitamin E thins the blood and prevents the blood platelets from clumping. High levels of Vitamin E reduce the risk of sunstroke and coronary artery disorder or heart disease. Another widely known health benefit of vitamin E is in skin care and hair care. Vitamin E is not a single compound, but a family of molecules composed of tocopherols and tocotrienols
(fat-soluble alcohols). This is how Vitamin E occurs in nature. When using supplementing, use a full-spectrum natural Vitamin E. Full-spectrum consists of the 4 tocopherols and the 4 tocotrienols. The list of specific benefits of vitamin E is endless.
More health benefits are: Brain Function
• maintains brain function and mental cognition in old age
• may help to prevent or slow down the progression of Alzheimer's
• prevention and treatment of migraines
• prevention and treatment of multiple sclerosis,
strokes and Parkinson's Cancer
• reduces the risk of prostate and bladder cancer
• inhibits the growth of cancer cells Circulatory System
• helps prevent varicose veins
• lowers blood pressure
• prevention and treatment of angina
• helps prevent anemia
• supports normal blood clotting
• protects against leg cramps Immune System
• strengthens your immune system
• repairs damaged tissues and scars
• prevention and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis Vision Concerns
• prevention and treatment of cataracts and macular degeneration

More Benefits of Vitamin E Vitamin E may be useful in the prevention and treatment of the following:
• arthritis and other inflammatory diseases
• asthma
• diabetes
• epilepsy
• gout
• infertility
• vaginitis
• menopause
• oral cancers
• peptic ulcers
• premenstrual syndrome
• psoriasis

Patience test

A little boy went to an ice cream shop & asked:

How much a large cup costs?

Waiter: Rs.15

The boy started counting how much he had in his pocket.

Then he asked: How much a small cup cost?

Waiter: Rs.12

The boy asked for a small cup. He had it, paid bill & left.

When the waiter came to pick the empty cup, he wept to see that the boy had left
Rs. 3 as tip for him.

MORAL: Try to give something to everyone out of whatever little u have.