Consumer Info - Vitamins & Minerals
(ChiaCorp, december 14, 2007)
Our body needs a continuous supply of both vitamins and minerals to work properly:
Vitamin A plays an important role in daytime and nighttime vision, works in complexion elasticity, helps to prevent aging skin stains and favours the development of strong bones and healthy hair, teeth and gums.
Niacin is a vitamin B that helps to prevent depression and stress, improves remarkably the nervous system and contributes to skin beauty.
Calcium prevents osteoporosis or softens its effects, and that both women at menopausic age and athletes need large quantities, being fundamental in bones and teeth constitution.
Phosphorus is basic for nervous system nurturing, improving the brain activity such as the memory. It is important for bone health too.
Iron is the key component of hemoglobin, which is responsible for transporting oxygen to the whole body, inside the red blood cells.
Potassium avoids cramps, specially in sportsmen, improves muscular activity and helps to keep blood pressure stable.
Magnesium is one of the essential minerals, great psicophysic energizer, central in sportsmen´s diets, and besides it helps in the absorption of potassium and calcium, and in depression affections, muscular weaknesses and blood pressure.
Cinc promotes a healthy inmunologic system, acutness in taste and smell, governs the contractability of the muscles and it is important for the prostatic gland and reproductive organs.
Copper is a mediator in the formation of cartilage and red blood cells, and protects skin from ultraviolet rays. It also has antioxidant activity.
Sodium excess makes the liquid preserved and increases blood pressure damaging people who suffer from this disease.
Chia seed contents all these vitamins and minerals, but it is low in sodium.
