‘Vitamins as a shield anticancer’

Vitamins and Minerals Against Cancer (II)

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

vitamins and minerals against cancerVitamins as a Shield Anticancer

Unlike carbohydrates, fats and proteins, vitamins are not an energy source, but serve as chemical models for enzymes related to metabolic function, cell production, tissue repair and other vital processes.

Vitamin C, and precursor of vitamin A as beta-carotene, are antioxidants, so they are considered as protectors of the oxidation of cells, and thus of degenerative diseases such as cancer.

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid has been widely documented. Today is known as stress vitamin because of its association with all processes related to metabolic stress. As an antioxidant shield your needs are greater than the rest of the vitamins, which in just a few milligrams fulfill these functions. (more…)

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