Vitamins and Minerals: Recommended Daily Allowance Can Make You Healthier

Vitamins and minerals. Two words that go together like milk and cookies. We also hear that you need to get your recommended daily allowances of vitamins and minerals and we hear a lot of generic information about such things as the B vitamins, Vitamin C, magnesium and zinc. But what do these things really do to help us out? Why is taking certain vitamins and minerals so important?

Each year more studies are conclude that indicate that vitamins and minerals are key to maintaining good health and fighting off disease. Of course, it can still be overwhelming to try to understand which of those many vitamins and minerals you should focus on if you are concerned about a specific health problem. This article is not intended to focus on every single vitamin and mineral known to man, nor every single health problem that vitamins and minerals can help control. Hopefully, you will read this and find something that is of specific use to you, but more importantly it is hoped that you will use this modest article as a jumping off point to give you the incentive to track down the wealth of information on how increasing your daily intake of vitamins and minerals can help you ward off health problems ranging from colds to cancer.

Studies conducted on the effects of Vitamin C on patients with breathing disorders such as asthma and bronchitis found that the most effective lungs belonged to those who consumed the most Vitamin C per day. Just how much more effective are these lungs of the citrus eaters? The difference in lung capacity between those who drank just 10 ounces of orange juice a day compared to those on the lowest end of the Vitamin C consumption scale is comparable to the difference in lung functioning between a nonsmoker and a pack a day smoker.