 Active Lifestyle | The key to building a healthy active lifestyle is to get the balance right from the start. Having a variety of foods is the best way to ensure that you and your family receive the recommended dietary intakes of nutrients including vitamins and minerals. Meeting the daily targets especially of important growth nutrients like calcium, iron, zinc, A, C and B group vitamins ensure optimal development.
Let's take a closer look at B vitamins as an example of how they can help you and your family be the best you can be. |
| B group vitamins play a very important role in many aspects of metabolism, especially energy production for the body. As B vitamins are water soluble, they are usually not stored in the body and are required everyday.
B1 Thiamine - Plays a crucial part in converting sugar and carbohydrate into energy as well as being important for growth and normal function of nervous system and heart. B2 Riboflavin - Is important for converting carbohydrate as well as protein and fat into energy. It is essential for growth and contributes to the normal structure of mucous membranes such as surface of tongue, mouth, eyes and intestines. It also helps the body convert B6 into its active form so your body can use it. B3 Niacin - Is also essential for releasing energy from food and normal function of nervous system. Like riboflavin, it is necessary for normal function and structure of skin and mucous membrane. Folate - Is required for formation of red blood cells. It is essential for growth as it helps to produce DNA, the body's master plan for cell reproduction. As such, during pregnancy, folate is one of the most important nutrients for foetal growth and development. |
