Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Types Of Different Supplements In The Market

By Margaret Gonzalez


Use of supplements has become daily activity among many people, especially athletes and other people in need of various nutrients. They supply important body nutrients. Pharmacies and health centers sell and provide these products to cater the various needs of their patients. They are packed in affordable packages so that they can reach many people in need.

Amino acid is one type of supplement used today by many people, particularly athletes. It provides extra energy to muscles to improve body performance of people in fitness and physical activities. The amino acids facilitate quicker muscle building to increase the ability of an athlete to recover in between workouts. This reduces fatigue, body soreness and boosts body energy.

Amino acids also helps in boosting the immune system. They facilitate provision of T-Cells, immune system cells that help creation of co enzymes and enzymes related to the immune system. Iron is another important nutrient that can be supplied, especially to people with low iron levels. Lack of enough iron causes fatigue and body weakness since it is responsible in facilitating proper oxygen to every body part.

Iron helps body manufacture hemoglobin that carry red blood cells, which carry oxygen. Supplementation of iron helps in proper body oxygen circulation. Its supplementation is important among patients with menorrhagia, women that bleed heavily during monthly periods. Supplying them with extra iron everyday can help maintain high iron levels even after their monthly periods, and taking extra amount of this nutrient will help stabilize iron levels.

Biotin is an example of a B-complex vitamin and its function is important to body and its organs. Although it can be extracted from foods that we eat, extra amounts to those that have insufficient is important. It ensures that intestinal and nervous systems are working properly so that the skin can be healthy. It extracts energy from foods such as sugar and fats. It then distributes to the body to ensure muscles are strong as well as other body organs such as skin and hair.

Supplementation of calcium is also common whereby it helps in giving strong bones. Calcium also prevents heart diseases, obesity and some cancers. The function of this nutrient is to transport messages to the cells to trigger metabolism of enzymes and hormones. It reduces chances of suffering from hypertension and high blood pressure. Maintaining the right weight is facilitated by calcium and also prevents certain cancers. Aged people are mostly known to use this type of supplement since their bones are weak and develop cancer easily.

Supplements cater different nutrient needs for different people; hence help improve life by boosting body processes. In addition, they cut down cost of visiting doctors for treatment due to different diseases. It is important for people to purchase from sellers with good reputation and can advice the best product for a certain problem. Expiry date should be checked before opening any package or container of tablets.




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