Multivitamin

Introduction Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids which is responsible for improving the intestinal absorption of inorganic ions such as calcium, zinc, iron, and magnesium, phosphate. Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) are most vital compounds in the human being. Vitamin D is not actually a vitamin, but a steroid hormone formed in the body when the skin is exposed to sunbeams, mainly ultraviolet B light (UVB) rays22. The compound vitamin D has been found in…

Side effects vary from severe reactions being lactic acidosis and mild reactions consisting of flu-like symptoms. • Bactrim: combination drug containing sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. They are an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections • Multivitamin: a combination of many different vitamins that are usually found in foods and other natural sources and are used as a supplement to the regular diet • Iron: ferrous sulfate, a type of iron normally acquired from the foods we ingest that…

Description of Disease Transposition of the great arteries is a life threatening congenital heart defect. In transposition of the great arteries, the two main arteries, the aorta and the pulmonary artery, are reversed. These arteries are responsible for carrying blood away from the heart through the left or right ventricle depending on whether the blood has been oxygenized or not. In a normal heart, there is a constant blood flow pattern in which blood is cycled from the body to the heart, the…

“After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I 'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting,” says Miranda Lambert (Miranda Lambert Quotes, n.d.). The well-known country singer couldn’t be anymore right. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is more effective than turning to dietary supplements that can harm the human body. People in need of losing weight should choose eating healthily and increased activity over supplemental (loose-weight-quick) diets when…

The Lifestyle Analysis Project has helped analyze the diet and exercise that I follow and highlighted the areas of nutrition I need to work on to maintain my personal heath. When I calculated my energy balance I found that I am in “energy equilibrium”, meaning that I take in enough calories, in accordance with exercising to burn off calories, to maintain my current body weight. However, my energy balance was 499 kcals, and after 500 kcals in excess one begins to gain weight. Since I am on the…

Image via Flickr by betsyjons Your hair is one of the first things other people notice about you. They might take in its color and assume that you are fun-loving, intelligent, or feisty. They’ll notice its length and cut and may decide if you are conservative or more on the liberal side. Fair or not, people come to conclusions based on your appearance. The one conclusion you don’t want them to come to is that you neglect proper hair care because you have split ends. Unfortunately, split ends…

Pediatric Developmental Paper Introduction It is important to understand all aspects of life, including the development of children. Children are a continuously growing and developing population. As a pediatric nurse, a developmental understanding of each patient is vital to productive care. An assessment provides an overall idea of the patient’s illness, prognosis, and pertinent information concerning the teaching needs of the patient. The purpose of the developmental paper is to better…

vegetables and 14% on beverages to accommodate their 1920’s styled kitchen. What is apparent in this case is that money allows them to buy healthier options opposed to other people within Westernized countries. The family buys things such as soda water, multivitamin orange juice, apples, healthier beers, wines and other food products that may be out of reach for the typical family. It is a fact that healthier foods are priced higher than regular foods, and due to the uneven pricing, healthy…

A protruding belly or excess stomach fat is a source of great distress. When it comes to weight loss, the stomach is the one body part which gets the most attention. People try everything to get rid of stomach fat. The Body Operates in Paradoxes People have to understand that the body works in paradoxical ways. When you emphasize your efforts on a particular body part, it usually gets worse. Take the example of spot training. This is a real favourite among dieters who strive for a flatter…

Aging is a state of mind, its what you make of it that determines how you feel about aging. During our younger years we never address the fact that we are all aging. For most people the idea of aging is frightening. Everyone ages at different rates and times depending on the person and experiences in their lives. Tons of research has been done on the idea of different types of aging: chronological age vs. functional age. Chronological age is the number of years a person has lived while…