Sentences with phrase «vitamins as insurance policies»

«We use vitamins as insurance policies against whatever else we might (or might not) be eating, as if by atoning for our other nutritional sins, vitamins can save us from ourselves,» Catherine Price, a science reporter, wrote in the book «Vitamania.»

It is also recommended that women who are trying to conceive or who are breastfeeding take prenatal vitamins as an insurance policy against the irregular diet.

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«Vitamin and mineral supplements are a good idea and can be used as an insurance policy.

Indeed, many doctors today recommend taking this trio of B vitamins as an inexpensive heart disease «insurance policy.»

With more than 90 % of Americans getting less than the average requirement of important vitamins, such as vitamin D, from food sources alone, a nutrition «insurance policy» such as this one is a smart move.

B6 and folate levels can be adequate in non-junk food vegan diets that emphasize grains and vegetables though the ability to convert B6 to the active form of pyridoxal -5-phosphate — found readymade primarily in animal products — may be compromised, While taking this trio of B vitamins as a heart disease «insurance policy» remains important, the Nutrition article suggested high - quality protein — animal protein — rich in the sulfur containing amino acids methionine and cysteine is also needed.