Vitamins & Supplements

We all need iron. It’s an essential mineral which plays a key role in transporting life-giving oxygen around the body, among other important functions. However, many people experience low iron levels. In fact, it’s the most common nutritional deficiency in the world. 1 Learn all about iron and how you can get enough of it here. What is iron and why do we need it? Iron makes up a key...

Are you getting enough Vitamin D every day? In fact, thinking about it, how much is ‘enough?’ Before we delve deeper into the ins and outs of Vitamin D, let’s just spend a minute or two focusing on what it is, the main sources of Vitamin...

If you’re vegan or vegetarian, then you may find that you need to top up your intake of certain vitamins and minerals to make sure you are still benefiting from a healthy, balanced diet. Vital vitamins and supplements for non-meat eaters: Vitamin B12 plays a...

The discovery of the structure of vitamin B12 was considered so important to human health that it earned the chemist Dorothy Hodgkin a Nobel Prize in 1964.1 What is vitamin B12 and what does it do? Our understanding of vitamin B12 may have changed over...

There are a group of vitamins which are vital to the body – known as essential vitamins. The body can’t function properly without them. The body can’t make essential vitamins by itself, so we must get them through our diet. However, even with the best...

The echinacea plant, also known as American coneflower, or purple coneflower, is a wild flowering herb known for its medicinal properties based on traditional use.1 Echinacea is native to North America and is recognisable by its daisy-like flowers, usually purple, around a spiny, cone-like centre....

Ahhh…Vitamin C….what’s not to love about it? There are many Vitamin C benefits, far too many to mention right here, but that’s no reason why we can’t spend the next few minutes (and paragraphs) talking you through some of the main benefits. If you happen...

How much do you know about Vitamin C? Perhaps you know it can be found in oranges. Or that it’s one of the vitamins people tend to dose up on when they feel they’ve got a cold coming on. There’s a lot to know about...

Your joints and bones are full of collagen, so could collagen containing supplements help keep them in good condition? If so, what are the best collagen supplements for joints and bones? What is collagen, and where is it found? Collagen is the most abundant protein...

Find out all about acidophilus, including what it does, the benefits to taking it and how much you might need Written by Charlotte Haigh on December 5, 2018 Reviewed by Dr Sarah Schenker on December 18, 2018 Overview What is acidophilus and what does it...

In the past, poverty and a lack of understanding of basic nutrition meant that many people developed severe vitamin deficiencies which caused significant health problems, even death. One such health problem was scurvy – a severe vitamin C deficiency caused by getting no vitamin C...

Most people can get the vitamins they need from a healthy and varied diet. However, there are a few reasons why someone might become deficient in a vitamin or mineral. Illness, medication or an ultra-busy lifestyle are common reasons why people run low on certain...