Harvard: Vegetarians, Elderly Need Enough Vitamin B12

    US : Vegans (people who do not eat any meat, dairy, or eggs) are more prone to developing a B12 deficiency, as most reliable sources are from animal-derived product. However, consuming eggs and dairy products meet less than half the adult recommended dietary allowance of 2.4 mcg of B12, a report by the Harvard Health Letter.

    Also, up to 30 percent of percent of people ages 50 and over suffer from atrophic gastritis, a thinning of the stomach lining, which reduces the amount of B12 absorbed by the small intestine. Certain other digestive conditions and surgeries also can interfere with B12 absorption.

Fruit Juice

     Fruit juice is a drink that is good for health of all ages and sexes. Drinking fruit juice, especially freshly squeezed from fruits, will fully get wholesomeness from vitamins. However, due to the hurriedly living style of city people, it makes several people turn to ready-to-drink fruit juice. Now, it comes to decision making – how to select the best fruit juices laid down in the markets. Here are some choosing guidelines when purchasing fruit juices.

Drinking Vegetable and Fruit Juices Help Prevent Alzheimer

    A medical expert who had studied the elderly people with alzheimer disease for 30 years suggested that drinking fruit and vegetable juices regularly may prevent alzheimer disease. Medical Doctor Amy Borenstein and the faculty of South Florida University had studied 1,800 American Japanese elders who drank fruit and vegetable juices daily for 30 days. The result showed that their memory capability could function four times better than that of those who drank less fruit and vegetable juices or did not drink them at all.  

   Meanwhile, Mr. Mark Saker, a researcher of Wisconsin University, and his team observed people whose parents were alzheimer and found one of the facts that might help predict who could become alzheimer was the amount of alcohol consumption. It was found that persons who drank a medium amount would have a less chance of getting this disease than those who drank heavily or did not drink at all.

Banana and Innovative Banana Products

     We all know Thai bananas well. But it is a question whether the advantages of bananas are learned. Presently, European people pay more attention to banana consumption; and the quantity of bananas eaten is larger than that of apples as it may be said that “A banana a day keeps the doctor away” instead of “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. Banana contains carbohydrate, fructose, glucose, and fructo-oligosaccharide, vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, A and E, and very high potassium. As a consequence, banana is a rich source of minerals and vitamins which are extremely useful to a body.

       The grape seed and the grape peel contain high amount of felvonoid, called proanthocyananidin, when congregated in the form of oligomeric proanthocyanidin, or abbreviated as “OPC”, which is found in the barks of pine tree and lemon, grape seed, cranberry, orange peel, and tea. The substance extracted from grape seeds, “OPC”, has an anti-reaction to free radical better than that of vitamins C and E 50 and 20 times, respectively. It is used for curing the abnormality of vessels and capillaries, varicose veins, inflexibility of capillaries, the final stage of diabetes, and the deterioration of retina. In addition, OPC can protect and strengthen the strength of connective issue which forms the structure of skin, increase the flexibility of skin, and delay the ageing skin.