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Vitamin D for Babies Vitamin D is important for babies to ensure healthy growth and development. Babies who do not receive enough vitamin D become at risk of developing rickets, a disease that affects the way bones grow and develop. Once rare, this disease has re-emerged in children in recent years causing concern. Giving your baby a daily vitamin D supplement will help ensure that your baby is receiving the recommended intake. In this article you can find: What is vitamin D? Do all babies need to be given a vitamin D supplement? What are the other benefits of vitamin...

Does Vitamin B Reduce Tiredness? Vitamin B refers to a group of eight B vitamins, vitamin B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6 (pyridoxine), B7 (biotin), B9 (folate), and B12 (cobalamin). B vitamins are present in a variety of foods, making it easy to meet the recommended daily intake through diet alone. However, some individuals are more susceptible to deficiency. While the symptoms of vitamin B deficiency vary depending on which B vitamin, you’re deficient in, tiredness and fatigue is a common symptom across all B vitamin deficiencies.   In this article you can find: What are...

Are you getting everything your body needs when following a plant based diet? Supplement advice for vegans   Guest Blog contributed by Yazmin Craig BSc ANutr    Veganism is a fast growing movement that is hitting the food world by storm. With good planning and educating yourself on what makes a healthy, balanced vegan diet you can get all the nutrients the body needs by eating this way. However, blindly cutting out animal produce and following a vegan diet can easily result in nutritional deficiencies. This is where it’s important to know how supplementation can help. Below are some of...

Confused? You’re not alone. Too much information on what to do and what not to do during this time is overwhelming but when you break through the noise it is pretty simple. It is important to consume a healthy balanced diet during pregnancy in order to get the vitamins and minerals you and your baby require. It is also important to take certain supplements while you are pregnant, especially in your first trimester as this is a very important time for your baby’s development and taking certain supplements will reduce the risk of problems at this stage. Below are supplements...