This article aims to clear any doubts and questions you may have about this subject and we will do our best to do so.
Vitamin A
Etting Enough Of The 13 Essential Vitamins Your Body Needs To Stay Healthy?
Here’s what each vitamin does—and how to achieve the recommended daily intake through a healthy diet. 1 / 14
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How Much Do You Know About The 13 Essential Vitamins Your Body Needs?
The other nine vitamins are water-soluble and therefore must be replenished regularly because they are removed from the body in your urine. Vitamin B12 is the only water-soluble vitamin that is stored in the liver. The best way to get enough of the 13 essential vitamins is to eat a balanced diet from a variety of foods.
(This MIND Diet meal plan is a great place to start.).
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1. Vitamin D
Living in wintery locations with little sunlight, working an office 9 to 5 life, and applying sunscreen (which blocks vitamin D synthesis) makes getting vitamin D hard.
Older adults should get 800 IU.
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All vitamins are considered essential — yet, even though your body requires them, it can’t produce them by itself in adequate quantities. All told, there are 13 essential vitamins.
At Prestige Physicians in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, internists Dr. Kira Fenton and Dr. Cristina Savu strive to provide the best holistic care for our patients. To help you understand how important vitamins are to good health, our team has put together this guide to the 13 vitamins your body needs.