Essays on Vitamin Supplements

Veganism:

Various Types of Vegans

For many people, there are fine lines with how a vegan can be defined. Different from vegetarians and other people who modify their diets to be more plant-based, veganism has some subcategories. One of the defining markers of veganism based on the literature is that a vegan must abstain from all animal products in his or her livelihood. This would include the exclusion of any animal products that a person can wear, such as skins and furs, and products that were tested on animals. In this way, veganism is driven by ethical concern for animal ...

Abstract

In the current health scenario, the old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ is outdated ("A New Vision of Wellness", 2011). Health costs are increasing day by day, but diseases have become more prevalent than before. Incidences of impaired mental health are on the rise. Isn’t it high time that we stop and take a look at the current medical scenario? People are suffering from chronic diseases like asthma, depression, diabetes, heart disease, pain, and even attention and learning problems. Moreover, the pharmaceutical companies are always introducing newer and better medicines and expensive ones too, but still, there ...

Nutrition

2016-04-05 This paper is devoted to the issue of the vitamin supplements. They are substances that can be added to the diet to enhance the human health and prevention of different diseases. Vitamin supplements are usually produced in the form of vitamin and mineral complexes. The prices of vitamin supplements vary from several dollars per one packaging to some hundred dollars. It depends on the quantity of tablets and their composition, manufacturer and promotion. There are a lot of the vitamin supplements in the US. The most popular are the following: Centrum, Theravit, Vitrum, Perfectil, Berocca and some others. ...