Pharmacy and Health Information

Vitamins and minerals are needed to replace cells that die. Pregnant women, of course requires more calories because her requires additional calories for growing infants and other enhancements in the system of balance pregnancy, eg placental, and blood plasma cells. Caloric needs of pregnant women is 300-340 grams in the first trimester and up to 450 grams in the second trimester. The number of calories is also adjusted by the addition of maternal weight.

Read the rest of this entry »

Do you know, the need for vitamin A in the body for each age different and vary in number and adjusted by age. For ages 0-6 months about 350 Retinol Equivalent (RE) to later grow bigger 400-500 (RE). As for pregnant and lactating mothers need for vitamin A amounted to about 800 RE. But most people do not really consider it important intake of vitamins in the body. “Justeat, as long as full,” it often happens in society. Whereas deficiency of vitamin A in the body is dangerous.

Read the rest of this entry »

What is calcium? Calcium is a mineral needed in the human body. In normal humans, the calcium content is 1.5% -2.2% of body weight (total about 700-1400 grams). Approximately 99% of calcium present in hard tissues of the bones and teeth. 1% of calcium present in blood, and soft tissue. Without this 1% calcium, muscle contraction will have the disorder, it would be difficult to freeze the blood, impaired nerve transmission, and so on.

Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamins are complex compounds of a substance that was needed by our body that serves for helping the setting or the activities of the body. Vitamin E includes a group of fat-soluble vitamins, so we often encounter vitamin E in the form of fat.

Read the rest of this entry »

Skin aging are grouped into intrinsic (natural aging process) and extrinsic (environmentally influenced). Intrinsic processes are caused by genes / heredity, the process is on-going and is characterized by slowing the production of collagen, skin rejuvenation process, and declining production of natural oils in the fat under the skin so the skin grew dry, possibly accompanied by itching. This process generally starts at age >20 years old.

Read the rest of this entry »