For any one health need there can be multiple vitamins and minerals that scientists and health professionals have determined may be beneficial, so it could be likely that any one supplement will not be your sole solution. If you are supplementing to ward off a poor health condition, one or more Nutrilite™ vitamin and mineral supplements may be best for you. Likewise, if you are supplementing to sustain sound health, one or more Nutrilite™ vitamin and mineral supplements may be best for you.
We have looked to the prestigious Harvard Medical School and one of their published works which they based largely on guidelines from the Institute of Medicine. From Harvard’s publishing we built a list of health benefits and health conditions coupled with their relevant vitamins and minerals.
We leaned heavily on a June 9, 2009 Harvard Health Publishing that was updated in 2018 and we took Harvard’s list that was arranged in a vitamin and mineral list (along with their paragraphs of each nutrient’s health benefits and related health condition benefits) and we arranged a list by health benefit and health condition so you can easily determine the vitamins and minerals Harvard Medical School points out as advantageous for your body’s health benefit need or your body’s health condition nutrient need.
The list of health benefits and health conditions below can give you an understanding of the vitamins and minerals that may be relevant to supplementation you can look further into. You could use this information as a preliminary deduction to attain your own list of what Nutrilite™ vitamins and minerals to take a look at in your decision process of determining what supplements you may want to consume to sustain your health or to assist in your body’s process of recovering from health challenges.
Health Benefits – List of Body Systems, Parts or Performance and the Related Vitamins & Minerals
Amino Acids (Homocysteines): Vitamin B6, B9, B12, Iron, Manganese, Sulfur
Antioxidants: Vitamin A, C, E, Selenium, Zinc
Appetite: Vitamin B6
Blood & Hemoglobin: Vitamin B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, C, D, K, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium
Blood Pressure: Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium
Body Chemical Reactions: Iron, Magnesium
Body Fluid Balance: Chloride, Potassium, Sodium (Chloride can be sourced from sea and celtic salts)
Body Nutrient Delivery: Phosphorus
Body Oxygen Transport: Iron
Body Temperature: Iodine
Bones: Vitamin A, D, Biotin, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium
Brain (Cognitive): Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, Choline
Cells: Vitamin B9, B12, C, E, Iron, Phosphorus, Selenium, Zinc
Cholesterol: Manganese
Collagen: Vitamin C, Iron
Colon: Vitamin B9
Digestion (Stomach Acid): Chloride (Chloride can be sourced from sea and celtic salts)
DNA: Vitamin B12, Phosphorus
Energy: Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B5, Biotin, Chromium, Phosphorus
Enzymes: Calcium, Molybdenum, Zinc
Fatty Acids: Vitamin B12, Biotin
Glucose & Insulin: Biotin, Chromium
Growth: Vitamin A, B12, Iodine
Hair: Vitamin B1, B2, Biotin, Sulfur
Heart: Vitamin B6, B9, B12, Potassium
Hormones: Vitamin B5, Calcium, Iodine, Iron, Selenium
Immune System: Vitamin A, B6, C, Copper, Zinc
Lipids (fats): Vitamin B5, E, Phosphorus
Liver: Zinc
Lungs: Vitamin A
Metabolism: Choline, Copper, Manganese
Mood: Vitamin B6
Muscles: Vitamin B1, Calcium, Iodine, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium
Nails: Sulfur
Nerves: Vitamin B1, B5, B6, B12, C, Choline, Calcium, Iodine, Iron, Molybdenum, Potassium, Sodium (Nerves & Neurological & Neurotransmitters)
Pregnancy: Vitamin B9
Prostate: Vitamin A
Protein Utilization: Vitamin K, Sulfur, Zinc
Relaxation: Calcium
Reproduction: Iodine
RNA: Phosphorus
Skin: Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, Sulfur
Sleep: Vitamin B6
Smell: Zinc
Spine: Vitamin B9, D
Taste: Zinc
Teeth: Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus
Thyroid: Iodine, Selenium
Vision: Vitamin A
Wound Healing: Vitamin C, Zinc
Health Conditions – List of Health Challenges and the Related Vitamins & Minerals
Alzheimer’s: Vitamin E
Breast Cancer: Vitamin B9, C
Cancer: Vitamin A, C, B9
Cataracts: Vitamin A, C
Congenital Thyroid Disorder: Iodine
Fractures: Vitamin D, K
Goiter: Iodine
Infant Death: Molybdenum
Macular Degeneration: Zinc
Foods That Support Health Benefits And Health Conditions
You can go to Harvard’s published list to look at the foods they list that also support good health benefits and assist the body when encountering health conditions. You will notice, all of the foods they list are “real” foods that either grow from the earth, are reproduced naturally from animals, fish, fowl etc. or are made from them through natural methods (such as cheese, milk, butter, etc.).
The below list correlates common vitamins and their naturally occurring, organic compound names.
Vitamin A – Retinoids and Carotene
Vitamin B1 – Thiamin
Vitamin B2 – Riboflavin
Vitamin B3 – Niacin
Vitamin B6 – Pyridoxine
Vitamin B9 – Folic Acid
Vitamin B12 – Cobalamin
Vitamin C – Ascorbic Acid
Vitamin D – Calciferol
Vitamin E – Alpha-Tocopherol
Vitamin K – Phylloquinone, Menadione
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