Super nutrients!
Our daily diet provides us with essential nutritional elements to keep our body healthy and in good working order. These elements fall into two categories:
Macronutrients:
Nutrients that supply energy to our organism.
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids (including fatty acids)
- Proteins (including amino acids)
- Fibres (soluble and insoluble)
Micronutrients
Nutrients with no energy value, whose absorption in small quantities is necessary for effective enzyme functioning in our body’s cells.
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Trace minerals
- Phytonutrients
Labels on food packages contain nutrition facts tables for the foods we eat on a daily basis. These tables provide us with information on macronutrients and certain micronutrients. To find out more about these components, read our article: Zooming in on Labels.
Researchers know quite a bit about the role of vitamins, minerals and trace minerals. The positive effects of phytonutrients, for their part, have only been discovered in recent years. These compounds are regularly the subject of studies and scientific articles.
But what are phytonutrients?
- They are nutrients derived from plants having nutritional value.
- They are concentrated in the tegument (outer envelope) of numerous vegetables, fruits and grains.
- They are responsible for colour (red, orange, blue, etc.), odour and flavour.
- They are neither vitamins nor minerals.
- They are pigments – or the biologically active components of colorants.
- Among other things, they are recognized antioxidants, neutralizing the damaging effects of free radicals in our organism.
A.Vogel’s line of daily supplements is designed to meet the specific nutritional needs of our bodies. Formulated from active blends of plants, spices, minerals and phytonutrients, they are 100% natural and bioavailable.*
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The following is a list of some of the phytonutrients
found in the food we eat: | | Flavonoids | Berries, herbs, vegetables | | Isoflavones | Barley, flaxseed, soy | | Isothiocyanates | Cruciferous vegetables (broccoli)
| | Monoterpenes | Citrus fruit (zest), essential oils
| | Organosulfur compounds | Chives, garlic, onions | |
Saponins | Beans, cereals, aromatic herbs | | Capsaicinoids | Pepper, chili peppers, chilies
| | Phytosterols | Vegetable oils
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*Bioavailable: that which is easily absorbed and utilized by the body.
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