Vitamins

Are you pregnant? Or is there a chance you might get pregnant? If so, it’s time for you to stock up on folic acid. But how exactly does folic acid for pregnancy help? Making the decision to start trying to conceive is exciting and nerve-wracking in equal measures. And as parents-to-be, the urge to protect and nurture your future child kicks in way before a positive pregnancy test. It’s for...

It’s common to hear folic acid supplements recommended for women, but can boosting this vitamin benefit men too? Did you know folic acid has a vital role in the creation of red blood cells?  And if you don’t have enough folic acid, your body can...

Are you concerned you might be low in folic acid? We discuss the signs of folic acid deficiency and what might be causing it. Folic acid helps your body make red blood cells. These cells carry oxygen around your body. If you don’t have enough...

What is folic acid good for? Find out all about folic acid, including what it does, how much you need, foods rich in folic acid and who might need to supplement their diet in this guide. Overview Folate vs folic acid Folic acid is the...

Fed up of always feeling as though you never quite have enough energy? Do you often find you get more tired as the days go by and as you get closer to the weekend? Or maybe you always get caught out by that afternoon slump?...

Just like adults, babies and children also need their quota of Vitamin D every day to help them to stay healthy. Also known as the sunshine vitamin, Vitamin D is essential for making sure our bones, teeth and muscles are healthy as they develop and...

Oh, Vitamin D, where would we be without you! The ‘sunshine vitamin’ is important to keep our body happy and healthy. From maintaining normal bones to supporting normal function of you immune system , vitamin D is one vitamin we can’t go without. As we’re spending...

Almost everyone has heard of vitamin C and knows how important it is for our health, but do you know why? Hearing about all the brilliant benefits of vitamin C may have you opting for a glass of OJ more often or scouring the beauty...

Are you getting enough Vitamin D every day? In fact, thinking about it, how much is ‘enough?’ Before we delve deeper into the ins and outs of Vitamin D, let’s just spend a minute or two focusing on what it is, the main sources of Vitamin...

If you’re vegan or vegetarian, then you may find that you need to top up your intake of certain vitamins and minerals to make sure you are still benefiting from a healthy, balanced diet. Vital vitamins and supplements for non-meat eaters: Vitamin B12 plays a...

The discovery of the structure of vitamin B12 was considered so important to human health that it earned the chemist Dorothy Hodgkin a Nobel Prize in 1964.1 What is vitamin B12 and what does it do? Our understanding of vitamin B12 may have changed over...

In the past, poverty and a lack of understanding of basic nutrition meant that many people developed severe vitamin deficiencies which caused significant health problems, even death. One such health problem was scurvy – a severe vitamin C deficiency caused by getting no vitamin C...