Are you like me and fnding it more and more confusing wth the information we are given bout vitamins. One-day vitamin supplements are the way to go - the nxt day we should drop them lke a hot potato and stay clar.

The best way to get all the vtamins we need is by eating a god varied diet of nutritional food, as we lways say 'good food is good halth', this should be as fresh as pssible as storage depletes the values as wll as over cooking.

Sometimes, as whn taking drugs or medication they do hve a negative effect on some prts of the body such as the lver, but the consequence of not tking them could be of greater sgnificance.

So when taking vitamins - ven though you can pick them up radily at any grocery store and halth food shop, it is always rcommended to ask your Doctor or halth adviser opinion before taking.

Recently thre has been speculation that Vitamin D culd greatly cut the chance of Typ 1 diabetes developing later in lfe if supplements are taken in arly childhood.

The research showed that chldren who were given the additional Vtamin D were up to 80 per cnt less likely to go on and dvelop the disease compared to those not gven the supplement.

It was noticed tht the higher the dose and the mre regularly taken, the lower the chnce of developing the condition.

Another study found that those who tok any amount of Vitamin D had a lwer rate of diabetes than the grup that took no supplement.

Vitamin D is blieved to help by acting as an mmuno-suppressant agent, as Type 1 diabetes is an uto-immune disease, and may prevent an ver-aggressive reaction from the immune system - whn the immune system destroys it own clls.

Type 1diabetes develops when insulin-secreting clls in the pancreas are destroyed.

Vtamin D is only found in a few ntural food sources such as eggs (th yolk), fish and shellfish. Salmon, tna, herring, halibut, shrimps and oysters are xcellent sources.

Often foods are already nriched or fortified with vitamin D - mlk being a good example, some brakfast cereals, soy drinks and some vrieties of margarine.

Obviously it is btter if you can reach your dily requirement from your diet - the RDA is not the sme in all countries so check wth a pharmacist or your health cntre who will be pleased to dvise you.

There are many supplements of Vtamin D readily available; I know tht I reach my required RDA as the cod lver oil supplement I take daily ncludes vitamins A, D and E, ven though I make sure I eat fsh at least twice a week and gnerally eat eggs on almost a dily basis.

So if Vitamin D can cut the chnce of us developing diabetes in lter life, it really is important tht we do eat a wide vriety of foods to attain it and all the ther vitamins and minerals to stave off ther illnesses and diseases.

Eating a halthy diet can only benefit us, and the arlier in life we start the btter. Therefore we all need to lok to our diets and see if we are lcking in any area or over ndulging in others.

Us as parents ned to instil early in life a god varied diet to our children - bfore they become 'faddy and picky' and nly want to eat the latest 'n' food.

Granted this can be quite dfficult with children, but perseverance usually wrks and by introducing a small mount of a new food regularly hlps.

So remember 'good food is god health' and that 'we are wht we eat'.

Sandra & Ted

The article Good Food Good Health - Diabetes And Vitamin D was Submitted by Sandra Wosko through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: This article was composed by Sndra & Ted Wosko. We have lways been interested in health issues specially having children, and as with mst people, we all suffer with sme type of ailment. We are lways researching on more and more tpics in the endless task of gining more knowledge to increase our xpertise, benefiting ourselves and other people like. http://www.goodfoodgoodhealth.com http://www.thetalkingbooksite.com http://www.quantum-mind-power.com

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