We Discuss Meet Your Daily Vitamin Requirement

By Jean Helmet

How do you meet your daily vitamin requirement?

Question: What kind of vitamins do you need to take daily? How much of these vitamins should you take?

Answer: although all human bodies require the same types of vitamins, the amount that is specific to an individual and the amount that is needed to sustain perfect health varies from one person to another. It also depends on who you are. Men, women, and children all have different levels they must achieve to meet their daily vitamin guidelines.

Here are some of the vitamins vital to your every day health:

Vitamin D is a unique vitamin that your body requires and is easy to get, since the most abundant source of Vitamin D is all around you. Vitamin D is produced when your skin is exposed to sunlight. This vitamin plays an important role in the calcium metabolism rate. So, you should always get moderate and adequate sunlight. Vitamin D deficiency results in restlessness, weak feelings in your body, and worse, rickets. However, that does not mean you need to get this vitamin from a supplement.

Vitamin A is another important vitamin on the list. Vitamin A is fat-soluble, but it is so delicate that it is destroyed when exposed to heat, light, or air. This vitamin aids in maintaining your vision and helps strengthen your immune system. Vitamin A deficiency can result in night blindness and dry and rough skin.

Vitamin C is the next vitamin on our list. This nutrient is vital in aiding your body heal wounds faster and build new tissues. Vitamin C deficiency can result in scurvy, joint pains, irritability, and shortness of breath, and other symptoms.

The Vitamin B-Complex consists of vitamins B1, B2, niacin, B6, B12, folic acid, pantothenic acid, and biotin. These vitamins help to assist your metabolic processes. The following daily amounts have to be met in order to keep your body healthy and intact.

Vitamin A - 5000IU for the adult male
4000IU for the adult female.

Vitamin C - 60mg for the adult male
60mg for the adult female
70mg for pregnant women

Vitamin D - 200IU for the adult male
200IU for the adult female
400IU for pregnant women, children, and adolescents

Vitamin B Complex
B1 - 1.5mg for the adult male
1.1mg for the adult female

B2 - 1.7mg for the adult male
1.3mg for the adult female
1.6mg for pregnant women

Niacin - 19mg for the adult male
15mg for the adult female
17mg for pregnant women

B6 - 2mg for the adult male
1.6mg for the adult female
2.2mg for pregnant women

B12 - 2mcg for the adult male
3mcg for the adult female
2.2mcg for pregnant women

Folic acid - 200mcg for the adult male
180mcg for the adult female

Pantothenic acid - estimated between 4mg to 7mg for all

Biotin - estimated between 30mcg to 100mcg for all

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