Cranberries in the nature
The cranberry fruit is a plant native in North-America. It has dark red berries through the whole winter. Its pink or purple flowers bloom form late spring to the end of summer and produce fruit in autumn. The cranberry is in the same plant family as red cranberry and blueberry.
The cranberry was consumed for its distinctive scent, refreshing taste much sooner than thought to have a beneficial effect. Presumably in 1621 the Pilgrims consumed it first for thanksgiving feast, but the cranberry sauce became national tradition just after the Civil War. General Ulysses S. Grant thought cranberry sauce is an important part of Thanksgiving. During the battle of Petersburg, in 1864 he ordered cranberries to the troops of the Union. The soldiers liked the previously unknown fruit and its consumption became a habit for them. The settlers has not known about the high C-vitamin content of the cranberry, but it became popular among British sailors, because who consumed those did not develop scurvy. From the beginning of the 21st century the use of cranberries is increasingly common and has become very popular in recent years. The berry of cranberries is consumed raw, dried, as jams, ground info flour and as sauce.
Grapefruit seed extract
The grapefruit is a hybrid, an accidental cross between sweet orange and pomelo. Its flesh is varying between white or pink and red. In the nature the grapefruit has a high vitamin C level and other vitamins and bioflavonoids. It tastes somewhat sour and tart. The extract is from the fruit’s seed and flesh.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is probably the most known vitamin and belongs to the group of water-soluble vitamins. Vitamin C is present only in very small amount in foods of animal origin, green plants and fruit cover the bulk of the demand. First it was isolated by Albert Szent-Györgyi in clean condition from adrenal glands in 1928, after that from lemon juice and paprika. He was awarded with the 1937 Nobel Prize in Medicine for this discovery. Vitamin C assists to the normal energy-producing metabolic processes, to the maintenance of the normal psychological function, to the normal operation of the nervous and the immune systems. It also assists to the normal formation of collagen, because of this it maintains the normal state of the skin, blood vessels, cartilage, ossature, teeth and gums. It helps reduce tiredness and fatigue, contributes to regenerate the reduced form of vitamin E and increase t he absorption of iron. It contributes to the protection of the cells against oxidative stress, and to the normal function of the immune system during or after intense exercise.
Vitamin E
It is a fat-soluble vitamin, which is stored up in the liver, in the adipose tissues, in the heart, in the muscles, in the blood, in the adrenal glands and in the hypophysis. It assists to the protection of the cells against oxidative stress.
Vitamin K2
It is a fat-soluble vitamin. Vitamin K2 can be found in natural form mainly in fermented food such as cheese and in foods of animal origin such as fois gras, chicken liver. Vitamin K plays a role in the normal blood clotting and the maintenance of the normal ossature.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D belongs to the group of fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin D3 is produced from the dehydrocholesterol produced by the liver by the action of sunlight in the skin. Vitamin D assists to the maintenance of the normal calcium level in the blood, of the normal absorption and utilization of calcium and phosphor. (Phosphor is involved in the maintenance of the normal ossature.) It plays a role in the cell division, assists to the maintenance of the healthy function of muscles, of normal ossature and teeth and to the normal function of the immune system.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin to be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract fat and minerals are needed. It occurs in two forms first is the A-pre-vitamin, the other one is A-pro-vitamin that is known as carotene. Vitamin A assist to the maintenance of the normal state of mucous membranes and skin. It is involved in the normal metabolism of iron, it plays a role in cell differentiation. It contributes to the maintenance of normal vision and the normal function of immune system.
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B2 plays a role in the normal energy-producing metabolic processes. It assists to the maintenance of normal vision, of the normal state of the red blood cells, the skin and the mucous membranes. It helps reduce tiredness and fatigue, it assists to the maintenance of normal metabolism of iron and it contributes to the protection of the cells against oxidative stress.
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 assists to the maintenance of normal psychological function, to the normal function of the nervous system, to reduce tiredness and fatigue. It plays a role in the normal energy-producing metabolic processes, in the normal protein, glycogen and cysteine metabolism. Vitamin B6 assists to the normal function of the immune system, to the regulation of hormonal activity, to the normal formation of red blood cells and to the normal homocysteine metabolism.
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 assists to the normal function of the nervous system, to the maintenance of the normal psychological function and to reduce tiredness and fatigue. It plays a role in the normal energy-producing metabolic processes and in the cell division. Vitamin B12 contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the normal formation of red blood cells and to the normal homocysteine metabolism.
Vitamin B9
Vitamin B9 also known as folic acid is a water-soluble vitamin, which is not one but many similarly-built chemical compound known as pterindine.The discovery of the folic acid would not have occured if not for the experiment of Lucy Wills MD on anaemic people with yeast in the 1930s. The main natural sources: leafy vegetables (brussels sprout, broccoli, lettuce, spinach), bean, liver, yeast, groundnut and walnut.
Vitamin B7
Vitamin B7 assists to the normal function of the nervous system, to the maintenance of the normal psychological function and to the maintenance of the normal state of the skin, the hair and the mucous membranes. It plays a role in the normal energy-producing metabolic processes and in the normal metabolism of the macronutrients.
