Vitamins, Salts, Organic sodium, and Proteins

Significant food sources for Vitamins, Salts, Organic sodium, and Proteins!

Vitamin

Vitamin deficiencies can create or aggravate existing chronic health conditions.Here we provide a list of foods that are significant sources for vitamins.

A (retinol)

Supports vision, skin, bone and tooth growth, immunity and reproduction. Significant food sources are mango, broccoli, butternut squash, carrots, tomato juice, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin.

Chemical Name ~ all-trans-Retinol, Retinals, and alternative provitamin A-functioning Carotenoids, including all-trans-beta-carotene.

Food Source ~ from animal origin as Vitamin A / all-trans-Retinol: Fish in general, liver and dairy products; ~ from plant origin as provitamin A / all-trans-beta-carotene: orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach;

Solubility ~ Fat

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Night blindness, hyperkeratosis, and keratomalacia

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Hypervitaminosis A

B1 (thiamin)

Supports energy metabolism and nerve function. Significant food sources: spinach, green peas, tomato juice, watermelon, sunflower seeds, and soy milk.

Chemical Name ~ Thiamine

Food Source ~ Pork, oatmeal, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs: ~ Sunflower seeds, asparagus, lettuce, mushrooms, black beans, navy beans, lentils, spinach, peas, pinto beans, lima beans, eggplant, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, tuna, whole wheat, soybeans

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Drowsiness and muscle relaxation: include burning feet, weakness in extremities, rapid heart rate, swelling, anorexia, nausea, fatigue, and gastrointestinal problems.

B2 (riboflavin)

Supports energy metabolism, normal vision and skin health. Significant food sources are spinach, broccoli, and mushrooms.

Chemical Name ~ Riboflavin

Food Source ~ Dairy products, bananas, green beans, asparagus Dairy products, bananas, green beans, asparagus

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Ariboflavinosis, glossitis, angular stomatitis

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ UnKnown

B3 (niacin)

Supports energy metabolism, skin health, nervous system and digestive system. Significant food sources can be found in spinach, potatoes, and tomato juice.

Chemical Name ~ Niacin, Niacinamide, Nicotinamide riboside

Food Source ~ Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables, mushrooms, tree nuts

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Pellagra

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Liver damage

B5 (Pantothenic Acid)

Supports energy metabolism. It is also widespread in foods.

Chemical Name ~ Pantothenic acid

Food Source ~ Meat, broccoli, avocados

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Paresthesia

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Diarrhea; possibly nausea and heartburn

B6 (pyridoxine)

Amino acid and fatty acid metabolism, red blood cell production. Significant food sources are bananas, watermelon, tomato juice, broccoli, spinach, acorn squash, potatoes, and white rice.

Chemical Name ~ Pyridoxine, Pyridoxamine, Pyridoxal

Food Source ~ Meat, vegetables, tree nuts, bananas

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Anemia, Peripheral neuropathy

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Impairment of proprioception, nerve damage

B7 (Biotin)

Energy metabolism, fat synthesis, amino acid metabolism, glycogen synthesis. It is widespread in foods.

Chemical Name ~ Biotin

Food Source ~ Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts, leafy green vegetables

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Dermatitis, enteritis

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ UnKnown

B9 (Folate)

Supports DNA synthesis and new cell formation. Significant food sources are tomato juice, green beans, broccoli, spinach, asparagus, okra, black-eyed peas, lentils, navy, pinto and garbanzo beans.

Chemical Name ~ Folates, Folic acid

Food Source ~ Leafy vegetables, pasta, bread, cereal, liver

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Megaloblastic anemia and deficiency during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ May mask symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency

B12

is used in new cell synthesis, helps break down fatty acids and amino acids, supports nerve cell maintenance. It is synthesis in the body.

Chemical Name ~ Cyanocobalamin, Hydroxocobalamin, Methylcobalamin, Adenosylcobalamin

Food Source ~ Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Pernicious anemia

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ No Proven results

C (ascorbic acid)

Collagen synthesis, amino acid metabolism, helps iron absorption, immunity, antioxidant. Significant food sources are spinach, broccoli, red bell peppers, snow peas, tomato juice, kiwi, mango, orange, grapefruit juice, and strawberries.

Chemical Name ~ Ascorbic acid

Food Source ~ Many fruits and vegetables, liver

Solubility ~ Water

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Scurvy

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ UnKnown

D

Promotes bone mineralization, it is self-synthesis via sunlight.

Chemical Name ~ Cholecalciferol (D3), Ergocalciferol (D2)

Food Source ~ Lichen, eggs, liver, certain fish species such as sardines, certain mushroom species such as shiitake

Solubility ~ Fat

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Rickets and osteomalacia

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Hypervitaminosis D

E

is an antioxidant, and is used for regulation of oxidation reactions. It supports cell membrane stabilization. Significant food sources are polyunsaturated plant oils (soybean, corn and canola oils), wheat germ, sunflower seeds, tofu, avocado, and sweet potatoes.

Chemical Name ~ Tocopherols, Tocotrienols

Food Source ~ Many fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and seed oils

Solubility ~ Fat

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Deficiency is very rare; mild hemolytic anemia in newborn infants

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Possible increased incidence of congestive heart failure.

K

Synthesis of blood-clotting proteins, regulates blood calcium and can be found in brussels sprouts, leafy green vegetables, spinach, broccoli, and cabbage.

Chemical Name ~ Phylloquinone, Menaquinones

Food Source ~ Leafy green vegetables such as spinach; egg yolks; liver

Solubility ~ Fat

Fight Deficiency disease ~ Bleeding diathesis

Symptoms of overdose syndrome ~ Decreased anticoagulation effect of warfarin

Warfarin, "sold under the brand name Coumadin among others, is a medication that is used as an anticoagulant (blood thinner). It is commonly used to treat blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and to prevent stroke in people who have atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease or artificial heart valves. Less commonly it is used following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and orthopedic surgery. It is generally taken by mouth but may also be used by injection into a vein." ~ Wikipedia

Note: Anti-vitamins

"Anti-vitamins are chemical compounds that inhibit the absorption or actions of vitamins. For example, avidin is a protein in raw egg whites that inhibits the absorption of biotin; it is deactivated by cooking. Pyrithiamine, a synthetic compound, has a molecular structure similar to thiamine, vitamin B1, and inhibits the enzymes that use thiamine." ~ Wikipedia

 

Organic sodium - Salt

The human body cannot absorb minerals that are not plant based

Humans cannot do what plants do. Through a proccess called photosynthesis, plants bind inorganic minerals to a protein molecule. This process transforms the inorganic minerals into a form that we can use. We cannot absorb minerals directly from the soil, we need plants to proccess sodium into a form our bodies can use.

The sodium in our everyday salt shaker is inorganic, (dead mineral) sodium. In this form, it is irritating and toxic to the body. The human body can only use sodium that has been chelated (attached) to a protein molecule. Thus, plant based minerals are referred to as organic.

When sodium chloride is ingested, the body quickly removed it; yet when organic sodium is ingested, the body retained it. Sodium chloride tends to cause the body to lose calcium, while organic sodium caused a decrease in calcium loss.

We know that the body needs sodium. Sodium, in fact, is one of the foundational elements of the body. But we can't use any rock based sources of sodium, we must get it from plants.

 

Here's a list of the plants rich in sodium.

• Artichokes

• Avocados

• Beets

• Broccoli

• Cabbage

• Carrots

• Casaba Melons

• Celery

• Papaya

• Plantain

• Spinach

Humans were intended by nature to derive their minerals by eating plants as opposed to rocks and dirt!

Inorganic minerals basically consist of soil & clays. They have an electromagnetic charge that is positive. The minerals from organic sources, plant derived minerals, have an electro-magnetic charge that is negative. The electromagnetic charge, positive or negative, is a major factor that affects our ability to digest the mineral.

It is plants and their unique chemistry that are responsible for the conversion of a mineral's electromagnetic charge from positive (found in rocks and clays), to negative (found in all plants). A plant's root hairs are the sites of absorption of nutrients from soil and water. Minerals are absorbed by plants in their free positively-charged independent ionic state. Because of the chemical processes in the plant during photosynthesis which involve chlorophyll, the positive electromagnetic charges on the minerals are changed to negative.

Plant derived minerals that have not been destroyed by heat or altered by man-made chemicals are enzymatically active or living minerals, from a medical standpoint. We could not live on soil or rock because it is not alive or enzymatically active.

When Your Body Wants Something It Will Tell You. When we are confronted with a lack of sodium in the body, we should replenish it by using natural foods that are high in sodium content. Because, once sodium becomes depleted to a certain point, the body will use its calcium reserves to neutralize the body's acids. This will compound small health problems which can develop into more serious health problems. Sodium helps us to have elasticity, limberness, and youthfulness; it impart softness, flexibility, and activity in our tissues.

 

Celery Juice

Organic sodium, which is abundant in celery juice, has received a bad name because of the average American's habitual overuse of inorganic sodium chloride - table salt.

Unlike inorganic sodium chloride, organic sodium found in celery juice is naturally blended with many other useful minerals. It is essential to the proper functioning of all major body systems. Organic sodium is the element in the blood that makes it salty. Because of its slightly salty taste, celery juice is an excellent component of any vegetable juice combination.

Celery juice is especially effective for nervous conditions because it produces a calming effect. For weight reduction diets, it curbs the desire for sweets.

 

Contributions of Sodium and Chloride to NaCl-Induced Hypertension

"Similarly, a limited number of clinical observations also indicate that blood pressure is not increased in humans by high dietary sodium intakes in the absence of chloride. In 1929, Berghoff et al reported that blood pressure increased in 7 hypertensive individuals on a high NaCl intake, but not on a high sodium bicarbonate intake. This observation was subsequently confirmed. Similarly, other investigators have also observed that in contrast to the increase of blood pressure induced by a high NaCl intake in hypertensive patients, blood pressure is not increased by a high sodium intake provided as sodium phosphate or sodium citrate. Further suggesting a modulating effect of dietary chloride on blood pressure, in hypertensive and normotensive subjects, substitution of dietary NaCl with equimolar sodium bicarbonate leads to a reduction of blood pressure."

http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/45/5/849.full

Theodore A. Kotchen
Author Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.

 

The Need for Protein

All soybean products, such as tofu and soymilk, are complete proteins. They contain the essential amino acids plus several other nutrients. Available in health food stores, tofu, soy oil, soy flour, soy-based meat substitutes, soy cheese, and many other soy products are healthful ways to complement the meatless diet.

 

To make a complete protein, combine beans with any one of the following:

• Brown rice
• Seeds
• Corn
• Wheat
• Nuts

 

Or combine brown rice with any one of the following:

• Beans
• Seeds
• Nuts
• Wheat

 

Protien is necessary for good health! However, they don't have to come from animal flesh.

Proteins are the primary component of numerous body tissues. They are the main component of muscle tissue. Protein helps muscle development, increases strength, and improves athletic performance. Proteins also make up the outer layers of hair, nails and skin. So proteins are needed by all of us, what ever our age.

The most important function of protein is to build up, keep up, and replace the tissues in your body. Your muscles, your organs, and some of your hormones are made up mostly of protein. Protein also makes antibodies and hemoglobin (responsible for delivering oxygen to your blood cells).

Proteins are made up of sequences of amino acids. There are 20 different amino acids. Our body is able to produce 14 of the 20 amino acids. We have to get the remaining amino acids from the foods we eat. The amino acids that our body is able to produce are called Non-Essential Amino Acids. The amino acids that our body is unable to produce are called Essential Amino Acids.

High protein diets can be dangerous if not done properly. Some researchers believe that high protein diets do more harm than good. In some cases, excess protein can increase the risk of ill health. For instance, it can worsen the symptoms of liver and kidney disease. High-protein diets also produce rapid weight loss by stimulating the loss of fluids from the body.

Although meat is a "complete-protein" and some consider it food, they have a high fat content-and the use of antibiotics and other chemicals in the raising of poultry and cattle-most of those foods should not be eaten. Also, When protein is consumed, the body breaks it down into amino acids, the building blocks of all proteins. The body, then has to rebuild proteins that are useful to humans.

If a shortage of amino acids becomes chronic, which can occur if the diet is deficient in essential amino acids, the building of protein in the body stops, and the body suffers.

Although it is important to consume the full range of amino acids, both essential and nonessential, it is not necessary to get them from meat, fish, poultry.

A dietary strategy called mutual supplementation enables you to combine partial-protein foods to make complementary protein-proteins that supply adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids. For instance, although beans and brown rice are both quite rich in protein, each lacks one or more of the necessary amino acids. However, when you combine beans and brown rice with each other, or when you combine either one with any of a number of protein-rich foods, you form a complete protein that is a high-quality substitute for meat.

Don't Eat the Meat!

Soy Protein - The benefits of soy are respected worldwide.

In the major soy-consuming countries (where soy is a part of the daily diet) such as Japan and China, the rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) is lower. Soy (as a legume) is a plant protein, rich in soluble and insoluble fiber. The word soybean means "greater bean". Soy has a healthier mixture of fats than animal protein. It is low in saturated fat, (8% omega-3 fatty acids and 25% monounsaturated fatty acids). Soy is also phytochemical rich in isoflavones. Isoflavones are natural plant hormones and are natural antioxidants. The chemical structure of isoflavones is very similar to that of estrogen.

Soy contains many types of isoflavones, but the most beneficial are genistein. The highest amounts of isoflavones can be found in soy nuts and tempeh. Isoflavones are fairly stable. Under normal cooking conditions, isoflavones are not destroyed.

Soy nuts are made from whole soya beans. They soaked in water and then baked until crisp and brown. Soy nuts are similar in texture and flavour to peanuts. Soy nuts can be found in different flavours, such as salt or paprika.

Soy nuts are easily made at home. You take the dry soy beans and soak for three hours in enough water to cover the beans. Drain and spread the soy nuts in one layer on a well-oiled cookie sheet. Roast at 350°F (190°C), stirring often, until well-browned. Soy nuts are a delicious, crunchy treat by themselves, however, they can also be tossed in salads and snack mixes.

When you're on the go and looking for a quick, healthy snack, a nutrition bar can be a good option. However, choosing one that's healthy and suits your goals can be quite confusing. There are so many different brands and types of bars on the market -- meal replacement/diet bars, energy bars, protein bars. The different types of bars all contain varying levels of protein, carbohydrates, fat, and sugar, depending on their intended goal.

The Smart Choice for Delicious Nutrition as a snack or meal replacement is the Soy snacks.

The impact of soy

Consumers have shown a particular interest in soy food products. The consumption of soy products have increased 14% per year the past five years. Soy products require a thermal treatment which can affect their nutritional properties. However, this high thermal treatment is necessary for the inactivation of trypsin inhibitor, an antinutritional factor and lipoxygenase, an enzyme responsible for undesirable flavor change. By using less severe thermal conditions, soy product characteristics can be improved. A promising technology "High hydrostatic pressure processing" (HHPP) has appeared that may improve quality while retaining the nutritional value of soy food products while keeping them safe.

Menopausal Health

Millions of women have taken hormone replacement therapy, or HRT. HRT is a combination of estrogen and progestin to ease menopausal symptoms. However, current HRT regimens have become controversial and marred by misinterpretation of over-interpretation and overgeneralization of the facts about soy. Soy products have made an impact for those who have begun looking for alternative ways to promote good health among postmenopausal women.

Soy protein has Potential Impact on Thrombotic Mechanisms in Atherosclerosis, Cholesterol Reduction and Heart Disease Prevention. Research studies have shown that soy protein is an effective cholesterol-lowering agent. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a health claim for soy protein in October of 1999.

 

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