Supplementation serves to provide the body with plant components, beneficial bacteria, fibers, trace elements, minerals and / or vitamins to balance the body, which due to the modern lifestyle in which there is a lot of stress and pollution are difficult to guarantee or are missing due to a health problem.
Food supplements are concentrated with nutritious substances intended to supplement regular diet, but you must be careful and aware when choosing the best supplement, because although supplements sometimes do not have contraindications, they may not be indicated in certain cases and, despite be natural, there are doses and periods recommended for their ingestion.
Food supplementation can be used for several purposes, some examples can be:
- Supplementation for hypertrophy - is a supplementation in which proteins, specific amino acids, trace elements and minerals are used to help increase muscle mass and is carried out to help bodybuilders especially. Female supplementation - is a specific supplement for problems that may arise in women, such as premenstrual tension or for specific stages of a woman's life, such as pregnancy, breastfeeding or menopause. The nutrients and substances used can be minerals, vitamins or trace elements. Sports supplementation - this supplementation is very specific and varies according to the sport practiced, requiring individual monitoring. Vitamins, minerals or other important substances can be used to ensure the body's nutrition.
Professional advice and follow-up is always welcome when choosing food supplements to achieve the desired results, without which you end up spending time, expectation and money without achieving results.
What is iron supplementation for?
Iron supplementation is used to fight iron deficiency anemia and can be used:
- Iron supplementation in childhood - because anemia often occurs in children because although iron is present in many foods, most foods in the diet have low bioavailability iron, such as cereals and legumes. Iron supplementation for breastfeeding women - as if the baby is lacking in iron, he may have difficulty in cognitive development, sleep pattern and memory resulting, in the long run, in lower school performance and learning difficulties. Iron supplementation in pregnant women - may be necessary because iron deficiency at this stage of life can increase the chance of mother and baby mortality, as well as the risk of infectious diseases, prematurity, low birth weight, in addition to compromising the development of central nervous system.
Iron supplementation can be accompanied by vitamin C supplementation because this vitamin increases the body's absorption of iron.
What is vitamin A supplementation for?
Vitamin A supplementation serves to improve the visual system, aid in growth and strengthen the immune system, reducing the severity of infections, as well as helping in the faster recovery from diarrhea.
The vitamin A supplementation program is a program of the Ministry of Health that aims to reduce and eradicate nutritional vitamin A deficiency in children aged six to fifty-nine months and postpartum women living in risk regions that in Brazil are the Northeast region, Vale do Jequitinhonha in Minas Gerais and Vale do Ribeira, in São Paulo.
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