Vitamins? Recommended Uses

Vitamins:

Pantothenic acid:

• Helps with energy metabolism and tissue formation.
• Helps prevent pantothenic acid deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Biotin:

• Helps maintain the health of hair, nails, mucosal membranes and/or skin.
• Helps maintain cognitive functions.
• Helps prevent biotin deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Folate:

• Helps in the formation of red blood cells.
• Helps support the normal early development of the fetus.
• Helps support the normal early development of the fetal brain and spinal cord.
• Helps prevent folate deficiency. For products providing folate doses of at least 400 μg folate per day.
• Helps reduce the risk of neural tube defects when taken daily at least three months before the onset of pregnancy and during early pregnancy.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.³

Niacin/ Niacinamide

• Helps with normal growth and development.
• Helps with energy metabolism and tissue formation.
• Helps prevent niacin deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Riboflavin

• Helps with energy metabolism and tissue formation.
• Helps maintain the health of mucosal membranes.
• Helps maintain normal red blood cells.
• Helps maintain normal iron metabolism.
• Helps prevent riboflavin deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Thiamine

• Aid for energy production.
• Helps with normal growth.
• Helps prevent thiamine deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Vitamin A

• Helps maintain eyesight, skin, membranes and immune functions.
• Helps in the development and maintenance of night vision.
• Helps in the development and maintenance of bones and teeth.
• Helps in the formation of strong bones and teeth.
• Helps maintain normal iron metabolism.
• Helps maintain the health of the skin and/or mucosal membranes.
• Helps prevent vitamin A deficiency.

Vitamin B₆

• Helps with energy metabolism and tissue formation.
• Helps in the formation of red blood cells.
• Helps prevent vitamin B deficiency_6.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Vitamin B₁₂

• Helps in the formation of red blood cells.
• Helps in the normal functioning of the immune system.
• Helps in the metabolism of energy in the body.
• Helps prevent vitamin B deficiency₁₂.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Vitamin C

• Helps in the development and maintenance of bones, cartilage, teeth and/or gums.
• Helps in the formation of connective tissue.
• Promotes wound healing.
• Source of antioxidant/An antioxidant for the maintenance of good health.
• Antioxidant Source/An antioxidant that reduces the side effects of free radicals on normal physiological functions.
• Antioxidant Source/An antioxidant that helps reduce free radicals and lipid oxidation in body tissues.
• Antioxidant Source/An antioxidant that helps to:
  • a) fight /
  • b) protect (the cells) against /
  • c) reduce (the oxidative effects of/oxidative damage caused by/cell damage caused by free radicals.
• Helps in the formation of collagen to maintain the health of bones, cartilage, teeth and /or gums.
• Helps maintain immune functions.
• Helps prevent vitamin C deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Vitamin d

• Helps in the development and maintenance of bones and teeth.
• Helps in the absorption and use of calcium and phosphorus.
• Calcium intake, when accompanied by adequate vitamin D intake, a healthy diet and regular physical activity, can reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
• Helps in the formation of strong bones and teeth.
• Helps maintain immune functions.
• Helps in the process of normal cell division.

• Helps prevent vitamin D deficiency.

Vitamin e

• Deaf antioxidant/An antioxidant for the maintenance of good health.
• Antioxidant Source/A dietary antioxidant that protects lipids in the body’s tissues from oxidation.
• Antioxidant Source/An antioxidant that helps to:
  • a) fight /
  • b) protect (the cells) against /
  • c) reduce (the oxidative effects of/oxidative damage caused by/damage to) free radicals.
• Helps prevent vitamin E deficiency.

Vitamin K₁ / Vitamin K₂

• Helps maintain bones. Helps prevent vitamin K deficiency.

_{Source: Health Canada, Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements Monograph}