Overview

A vitamin is an organic compound required as a nutrient in tiny amounts by an organism. A compound is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet. Thus, the term is conditional both on the circumstances and the particular organism. For example, ascorbic acid functions as vitamin C for some animals but not others, and vitamins D and K are required in the human diet only in certain circumstances.

Vitamins are classified by their biological and chemical activity, not their structure. Thus, each "vitamin" actually refers to a number of vitamer compounds, which form a set of distinct chemical compounds that show the biological activity of a particular vitamin. Such a set of chemicals are grouped under an alphabetized vitamin "generic descriptor" title, such as "vitamin A," which (for example) includes retinal, retinol, and many carotenoids. Vitamers are often inter-convertible in the body. The term vitamin does not include other essential nutrients such as dietary minerals, essential fatty acids, or essential amino acids, nor does it encompass the large number of other nutrients that promote health but are otherwise required less often.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

We Are Not Meant to Live Alone

John Robbins, the heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream fortune, on the Coast to Coast radio show that one of the surprises of his research into cultures known for their longevity, have highlighted the importance of love and healthy relationships. Loneliness and negative interactions may press the functioning of the body and lead to poor health, Robbins reported. "I believe that ultimately it is the love in our lives, that the underlying and allows our greatest healing and longevity."

I have also heard that the number killer in our society is not cancer or heart disease - it's the loneliness. This is not a surprise for me, as loneliness is often the underlying feeling that so many people try to avoid, with its various dependencies.

people in cultures known for their longevity is not living alone. Before the modern civilization, people do not live alone. Our civilized way of life has led to the loneliness that is endemic in our society.

We are not alone to live. We are called to live in communities with caring people to love and connection, and for the help when we need it. Love, connection and support are crucial for our health and wellbeing.

Without foster family, community or friends to us missing the connection with other, we all need. However, in order to feel connected with others, we must first associated with us.

We all have the feeling of inner connection, the no vote in ourselves and our personal source of spiritual guidance. We need a sense of inner connection, the loving care of ourselves - physically, emotionally and spiritually. But the goal of inner connection is not alone. If we connect with ourselves and with our spiritual guidance, we fill ourselves with love - and we want to share that love with others.

No matter how we are connected internally, we are not yourselves islands. We need others with whom to share our love and our joy. We need others to play with and learn with. And we need others to in times of grief and pain. Without this, we feel lonely.

loneliness is one of the hardest feelings to feel. The feeling itself can be seen as life threatening, because we could have died as a baby when we left alone too long. We can feel lonely in many different situations: when we are alone and do not have, with whom to share the love, if we are with people who are not open to connect with us and if we are with people, and we are not open to connect with them.

The feeling of loneliness can be so painful that you have on the various dependencies to avoid the feeling. Many people do not even know that they can feel lonely because they react so quickly addictively. You grab the food, beverage, drugs, cigarettes, turn off the TV, get busy, or angry, before they know that feeling, and then wonder why they can not stop their addiction. Often people addicted to a dysfunctional relationship and can not leave out of fear of loneliness and isolation. If people are not with themselves and their spiritual guidance, they may have a connection addiction, constantly pulling on others for the connection they so desperately need.

Continuous loneliness and inner loneliness of internal separation, you create a lot of stress in the body, causing disease. Besides the right diet and exercise, one reason certain cultures live long and healthy lives is that they love and connection with others always available to them.

No reduction in the power and importance of the intrinsic relationship and connection. If you want optimal health, you need to complete the action in your own name to find loving and caring people and the inner work required to develop a loving and caring person with himself and with others.

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