vitamins — Vitaliv AS

Too much of a good thing: can you overdose on food supplements and vitamins?

More than $120 billion is spent on vitamins and various kinds of biologically active food supplements every year (2019 Global Supplement Report). According to the study “Trends in Dietary Supplement Use Among US Adults From 1999-2012”, in the USA alone more than half of adults take some form of weight loss or health improvement supplements.…

Vitamins (whose name by no coincidence comes from the Latin word ‘vita,’ which means life) are not created by your body but are literally required for survival. These organic compounds are necessary for the synthesis of hormones and essential enzymes. Practically, most of our bodily systems are not able to function without them. At first…

You can be in love with summer and dislike autumn and winter. Or, it can be the opposite, and you may be impatiently waiting for the moment when the heat goes down, the colors become softer, and nature becomes more romantic. But whatever season you prefer, the fans of summer and winter are similarly defenseless…

Nutraceuticals are constantly evolving while scientists are creating new functional supplements and vitamin complexes. And, like any other progressive industry, it has its trends and novelties. Let’s take a closer look at the most popular nutritional supplements that have shaken the healthy lifestyle world. Collagen Collagen is deemed to be a stuffing material for your…

Antioxidant means antioxygen. Our life is full of paradoxes: we cannot live without oxygen. But it is the oxygen that launches the oxidation processes, which leads to destroying cells and finally to aging and death. How Did the Standoff Begin? People have early detected that air has a destructive effect. At first, no one has…

If you open the ingredient list or label of any “healthy” product or beauty product (especially with the brightly advertised anti-aging effect) you are sure to come across some antioxidants. Let’s sort out what they really are, and whether they really can do something about aging. Oxygen: friend or a foe? As is known, human…