Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble vitamin found in a variety of fruits and vegetables that is easily destroyed when exposed to air, heat and light.
Functions: Essential for growth and maintenance of all cells and tissues; promotes the absorption of iron in the intestines; and acts as a water-soluble ...
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Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin not recognized as an essential nutrient until the 1960s, about 40 years after its discovery.
Function: Prevents potentially harmful oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the body, which would lead to cell damage; important in protecting red blood cell membranes from oxidation.
Deficiency: Vitamin E ...
Written by pinoyusana on July 9th, 2011
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin usually formed in the body by intestinal bacteria but also available from some plant and animal sources.
Function: Essential in the formation of prothrombin, a substance necessary for proper clotting of blood, and at least five other blood-clotting factors.
Sources: All green leafy vegetables (including lettuce, ...
Written by pinoyusana on July 3rd, 2011
Vitamin A (retinoid) is a fat-soluble vitamin found mainly in animal foods in the vitamin form and in plant foods primarily as carotenes, substances that are formed into vitamin A chiefly in the small intestine.
Function: Essential for growth and for keeping skin and other tissues healthy; helps eyes to adapt ...
Written by pinoyusana on May 25th, 2011
Alpha Lipoic Acid is an anti-oxidants but unlike other anti-oxidants it is soluble in either fat or water. Alpha Lipoic Acid is naturally made in our body but can also be found in small amounts in some foods such as spinach and brocolli.
Alpha Lipoic Acid can lessen your blood sugar ...
Written by pinoyusana on March 28th, 2011
If you are new to a multilevel marketing, here are the definitions of terms you may want to take not with. Please note that these terms are being used at USANA.
Autoship : A convenient way to receive your products every four weeks at a discounted price.
Business Development System (BDS) ...
Written by pinoyusana on March 16th, 2011
There's too much of news already about the radiation leaked in Japan after the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. In fact, there's been a sudden need of Iodine which according to a lot experts will helps in protecting if you're exposed on a nuclear radiation.
Why Do You Need IODINE ...
Written by pinoyusana on March 2nd, 2011
USANA was recently named the No. 1 Rated Overall Merchant Based on Customer Satisfaction and the No.1 Rated Direct Sales Merchant Based on Customer Satisfaction in the 2011 ConsumerLab.com Survey of Vitamin and Supplement Users. ConsumerLab.com, LLC is a leading provider of independent test results and information.
"We worked tirelessly to ...
Written by pinoyusana on February 19th, 2011
You need vitamins to make enzymes and hormones—important substances your body uses to make all the many chemical reactions you need to live. You must get your vitamins from your food or from supplements—you can't make them in your body.
But what exactly is an Enzymes and Hormones?
Enzymes are chemical compounds ...
Written by pinoyusana on January 25th, 2011
USANA products were Named Best of the Best.
USANA once again earned the highest distinction possible - the NutriSearch Gold Medal of Achievement™ - in the latest Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements.
Now in its 4th edition, Lyle MacWilliam’s Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements compares over 1,500 nutritional products ...
