Vicki's Blog / Visual Purpole
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Nov 21, 2013
Top 4 Ways to Understand Electrolytes
Read more →Nutritionists generally use the term electrolyte to describe nutrients like sodium, potassium, and chloride. The most familiar electrolyte is the one found on every dinner table, plain old table salt. Electrolytes are the essential salts our body needs for optimum function of our cells and organs. Here are the top 4 ways to understand electrolytes: 1. Electrolytes are important and it’s important that once your body becomes depleted of these nutrients that you instantly replenish them. Electrolytes create the electrical charges our bodies need to regulate muscular contractions, normal heart beats, and overall nerve function. 2. People usually tend to...
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May 17, 2013
Vitamin A is important for night vision
Read more →Vitamin A is a water soluble vitamin and therefore it needs to be replenished everyday in order to maintain its amount in the body. Vitamin A is very important for night vision. There is a dye that is formed when a person enters a dark room or poorly lit room which is known as “visual purple”. This chemical present in the eye needs Vitamin A in order to be formed. Those who are deficient suffer from “night blindness” that is a person is unable to see at night. Vitamin A also plays a role as an antioxidant which helps in...
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