Here are some basic things we know for sure about vitamins and minerals:
Vitamins and minerals have no calories.
All vitamins and minerals can be found in foods.
If your diet has too little of a vitamin or mineral over a long period of time, you will develop a deficiency.
Vitamins in the News
The hottest vitamins these days are the antioxidants (E, C, and A, along with the mineral selenium) and the "sunshine" vitamin, also known as vitamin D.
Interesting Facts about Nutrition....
Good nutrition is much more than something to fill your stomach -- what you eat can affect your health, energy, and well-being in so many ways.
The most important feature of a good diet is variety. We all know variety is the spice of life.
Gas chromatography (GC) is a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition. GC include testing the purity of a particular substance, or separating the different components of a mixture