Folic acid helps reduce the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida.
The most important time to take it is from a few months before you conceive until the end of your first trimester (12 weeks).
During this period, it’s important that you are eating a healthy balanced diet as well as taking a folic acid supplement. You can also include folate-rich foods in your diet such as green vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, beans, and peas; and fruits such as oranges.
Berocca – Packed with Vitamins and Minerals Berocca is a high dose formulation of B and C vitamins plus other essential minerals. These key nutrients work in synergy to help you to perform at your best and get the most out of the day ahead. Berocca is free from artificial stimulants, so offers a healthy […]
This refreshing orange flavoured fizzy drink helps deliver the well-known benefits of this vitamin including its role in cell and tissue integrity. This product contains aspartame, which is a source of phenylalanine and should not be consumed by people with phenylketonuria. Do not take while you are undergoing a prescribed course of medical treatment without […]
Antioxidants help to protect the body against the highly reactive chemicals called ‘free radicals’ that can damage cells. Free radicals can be formed when we breathe in pollution from the air, such as smoke, gases and tiny particles of poisonous heavy metals, like lead contained in petrol fumes. This particular combination of vitamins is proven […]
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Vitamin D is a prohormone, which is the precursor to a hormone. In its raw form (sun exposure, foods, supplements), Vitamin D is inert and has to go through a series of complex biochemical reactions before your body can use it. These reactions produce calcitriol, which is the form of Vitamin D that is used by your body (D2 and D3).
Vitamin D is one of the only vitamins that your body can produce by itself. What is the catalyst that gets your D production going? Good old fashioned sunshine! It’s the ultraviolet-B radiation (UVB) that enables vitamin D production to occur in the skin.
Cod liver oil is a popular supplement with older people, as it has been found to keep joints healthy and supple, and these are important benefits if you want to keep your body feeling young and active. Cod liver oil is also a rich source of EPA (eicosapentoenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaeonic acid) It has […]