2. Fish Oil/Omega 3/DHA
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
Fish oil supplements help enhance cardiovascular health and that using fish oil supplements may help improve "good cholesterol" -- HDL cholesterol.
-Aida in treatment of heart diseases, high cholesterol, depression, anxiety, low immunity, cancer and others.
-It helps in weight loss, pregnancy, fertility and skin care.
-Fish Oil from deep, cold ocean-water fish is generally high quality.
-Fish Oil provides omega-3s, an ingredient lacking and not widely distributed in most diets, such as vegetable oils and animal meats.
3. COQ 10
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
COQ 10 is produced by the body but as people fat older the body is not able to produce as much of this nutrient, when supplementation may become necessary. Its main function is to convert food into energy.
-It decreases blood pressure slightly in those with high blood pressure.
-It slows dementia and reduces angina and symptoms associated with heart failure.
-Coenzyme Q10 is an essential biomolecule that functions in the production of biochemical energy.
-It is an essential electron and proton carrier and has properties that stabilize membranes.
4. Glucosamine
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
Glucosamine is a nutritional supplement that can stimulate specific components of in cartilage to thrive and reproduce. Glycosamine Glycans(GAG) acts as a nutrient base for the growth of your cartilage.
-It is a natural treatment that can help alleviate the pain that usually accompanies joint conditions.
-It aids in treatment of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
Although Glucosamine Sulfate has the word sulfa, as it is root, it is not related to sulfa drug, and people allergic to sulfa drug can safely take in this supplement.
5. Vitamin C
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
Vitamin C is vital for the formation and maintenance of connective tissue, amino acid metabolism and protection from chemicals.
-Lowering risk for certain cancers.
-Improving Cholesterol.
-Increasing White Blood Cell Counters and Autoimmune responses.
Animals that produce vitamin C may produce several hundreds times the recommended dosage with no ill effects.
6. Calcium
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
Calcium form and maintain healthy teeth and bones.
-Calcium helps keep the weight off.
-Calcium protects your heart.
-Calcium improves premenstrual moods.
Not all calcium supplements are effective. The effectiveness of calcium supplements depends on the amount of elementary calcium they provide. Calcium carbonate and coral calcium supplements contain the highest percentage of elementary calcium.
7. Vitamin B Complex
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
B Vitamin do not exactly give energy themselves rather, it help in use and access of energy. The body also needs the B vitamin to help produce new red blood cells.
-It is essential for correct digestion, production of Hydrochloric Acid and assists in the breakdown of facts, proteins and carbohydrates.
-It help convert the carbohydrates in food consumed into glucose.
Vitamin B complex is a group of diverse water-soluble nutritional vitamins that are dispersed through the system.
8. Echanicea
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
Echinacea is well known for its abilities to boost the immune system and to help fight infections.
Taking Echinacea while suffering from a cold or flu can help decrease the duration of the symptoms by up to two days compared to other treatments.
-Some species are used in herbal medicines and some are cultivated in gardens simply for the way they look a pretty flower with spiky pretals.
-There are some species in the genus which have yellow coloured flowers.
9. Melatonin
What it does?
Health Benefits
Interesting Facts
Melatonin send chemical messages to various parts of the body and tells the different organs or tissues to produce more hormones or carry out certain tasks. Without melatonin other hormonal activity in the body would be interrupted.
-It helps protect from infection inflammation and act as immune enhances because the immune system works less efficiently during the aging process.
-It also helps us to reduce high blood pressure.
-Melatonin is releases only at night by the pineal gland, which is located in an area behind the eyes.
-Children and healthy young adults have higher levels of melatonin.