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0:00vitamins are also a necessary part of
0:03our daily intake of nutrition and our
0:06vitamins are considered organic
0:08substances they are essential for normal
0:11growth and maintenance
0:13essential for resistance to infection
0:15and they are absorbed within the
0:18digestive tract
0:20with vitamins we have fat soluble as
0:23well as water soluble
0:25your fat soluble vitamins a d e and K
0:29are stored your body will use what it
0:32can it's going to store the rest for a
0:34later time where there's a deficiency
0:36and it's able to pull from there
0:39water soluble a little different there
0:42though they're your B components
0:45and they are not stored those need to be
0:48replaced
0:52in minerals minerals are considered
0:54natural or inorganic
0:57they also have a role in building and
1:00maintaining tissues carrying out life
1:02functions and they are absorbed in the
1:05intestines
1:07two terms we have is Major and Trace and
1:10a major is going to be something that's
1:12needed in large quantities whereas a
1:15trace needed in small quantities
1:18vitamins and minerals combined you have
1:21your vitamin K
1:22vitamin K typically found in our green
1:25leafy vegetables think kale
1:27it has its effects
1:30and one of them is that it does cause
1:32clotting factors of the blood if there's
1:34an over consumption
1:37however there is Vitamin K is necessary
1:40for proper bone growth
1:44vitamin A AIDS and night vision and skin
1:48Health found in vegetables colors green
1:50yellow and orange
1:54and vitamin C is an antioxidant AIDS an
1:57absorption of iron and vitamin C is
2:00typically found in our citrus fruits so
2:03our lemons our oranges vitamin D builds
2:06bone and teeth health
2:09we can also absorb vitamin D from the
2:13day-to-day Sunshine that we receive
2:17vitamin E antioxidant and skin health is
2:21where its benefits are and you're going
2:23to find your vitamin E in certain oils
2:26seeds vegetables
2:30and we have iron we know Iron is an
2:33essential part of red blood cell
2:35formation so a proper amount of iron
2:38intake is going to be necessary typical
2:41day-to-day iron can be found in meats
2:43and egg yolks
2:47and with all of these vitamins and
2:49minerals if anyone does have a
2:51deficiency the good thing is we do have
2:53supplements so iron is no exception
2:55there are iron supplements
2:57moving on to water water is going to be
3:00an important component to a day-to-day
3:03diet notice here that the human body
3:06consists of 50 to 80 percent water which
3:08accounts for 65 percent of body weight
3:14drinking too little or drinking too much
3:16water does have its effects so drinking
3:19too little can cause dehydration fatigue
3:22weakness loss of balance exhaustion
3:26where is drinking too much we do have a
3:29term for that and that can cause low
3:32blood sodium levels nausea headache and
3:36fatigue the function of a proper balance
3:39of water intake is going to maintain
3:41your fluid balance lubricate moving
3:44Parts dissolve chemicals and nutrients
3:46flush out waste
3:49and assist with regulating the body's
3:52natural temperature
3:54so we know that a typical intake of
3:56water is eight to ten glasses per day
3:59typically we like to see our patients do
4:02this in the water form however any type
4:04of clear liquid and that level of
4:07consumption would be suffice