What is folate?
Folate is B vitamin that is water-soluble — it occurs naturally in food. Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate and can be found in supplements and fortified foods.
It gets it’s name from the Latin word “folium,” meaning leaf. Lucy Wills, a researcher, observed 70 years ago that folate as a nutrient is needed to prevent the anemia of pregnancy. Wills discovered that yeast extract could correct anemia and in the late 30s identified and extracted folate from the yeast. Later, folate was extracted from spinach leaves.
Symptoms of vitamin K deficiency
Symptoms of Vitamin K Deficiencies
Vitamin K is an important role to maintain proper bone density and to coaguluate our blood. In pregnant women, it please a very important role in the development of the fetus. This deficiencies list applies to both men and/or women:
Heavy menstrual bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Nosebleeds
Anemia
Gum bleeding
Hemorrhaging
Easy bruising
Osteoporosis
Fractures
Liver Cancer
Calcification of soft tissue
What does Vitamin E do?
Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that’s main job is to protect the cells in your body from damage. They’re supposed to protect your cells from free radicals, which are highly reactive substances resulting from metabolism. Free radicals cause damage to your body’s cells by attacking its membranes, DNA, and proteins. Resulting from this can be serious life-ending health problems such as cancer and heart disease.
Taking vitamin E is particularly critical because it protects your bloods cell, your nervous system, skeletal muscles, and prevents your eye retinas from being damaged by free radicals.
What is folate?
Folate is B vitamin, water soluble, that is naturally found in food. Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate, which is the form found in supplements. Folate’s primary job is to help the body produce and maintain new cells. The vitamin is needed to make both DNA and RNA, required by the body to create cells. It also helps prevent cancer by denying changes to the body’s RNA, prevent amenia, and maintains normal levels of amino acid.
Green, leafy vegetables provide folate, such as spinach and turnip greens. In addition, dried beans, peas, and fruits are all natural source of folate. Below is a chart of other dietary items that include folate:
| Food | Micrograms (μg) | % DV^ |
|---|---|---|
| *Breakfast cereals fortified with 100% of the DV, ¾ cup | 400 | 100 |
| Beef liver, cooked, braised, 3 ounces | 185 | 45 |
| Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature, cooked, boiled, ½ cup | 105 | 25 |
| *Breakfast cereals, fortified with 25% of the DV, ¾ cup | 100 | 25 |
| Spinach, frozen, cooked, boiled, ½ cup | 100 | 25 |
| Great Northern beans, boiled, ½ cup | 90 | 20 |
| Asparagus, boiled, 4 spears | 85 | 20 |
| *Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, cooked, ½ cup | 65 | 15 |
| Vegetarian baked beans, canned, 1 cup | 60 | 15 |
| Spinach, raw, 1 cup | 60 | 15 |
| Green peas, frozen, boiled, ½ cup | 50 | 15 |
| Broccoli, chopped, frozen, cooked, ½ cup | 50 | 15 |
| *Egg noodles, cooked, enriched, ½ cup | 50 | 15 |
| Broccoli, raw, 2 spears (each 5 inches long) | 45 | 10 |
| Avocado, raw, all varieties, sliced, ½ cup sliced | 45 | 10 |
| Peanuts, all types, dry roasted, 1 ounce | 40 | 10 |
| Lettuce, Romaine, shredded, ½ cup | 40 | 10 |
| Wheat germ, crude, 2 Tablespoons | 40 | 10 |
| Tomato Juice, canned, 6 ounces | 35 | 10 |
| Orange juice, chilled, includes concentrate, ¾ cup | 35 | 10 |
| Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, ½ cup | 30 | 8 |
| Orange, all commercial varieties, fresh, 1 small | 30 | 8 |
| *Bread, white, 1 slice | 25 | 6 |
| *Bread, whole wheat, 1 slice | 25 | 6 |
| Egg, whole, raw, fresh, 1 large | 25 | 6 |
| Cantaloupe, raw, ¼ medium | 25 | 6 |
| Papaya, raw, ½ cup cubes | 25 | 6 |
| Banana, raw, 1 medium | 20 |
Benefits of Zinc
Zinc is an essential mineral for our bodies as it strengthens our immune system. Having a strong immune system has highly important as it enables our body to deter and reject diseases.
You can find traces of Zinc in milk, red meat, oyster, spinach, oats, and beans. In addition to forming a stronger immune system, Zync helps detoxify alcohol in the liver, helps our bodies digest food better, and increases the production of protein. It also maintains blood cholesterol levels in the body.
Not meeting the recommended dosage of Zinc can have adverse side affects on your body. This can include a weak ammune system, muscle atrophy, and the development of sex hormones of unusual levels.
Animalpak Review - The Best Bodybuilding Multivitamin?
A simple multivitamin tablet once per day may be OK for the average Joe, but bodybuilders, strength trainers and athletes need more to function at optimum level.
Anyone who’s knows anything about bodybuilding, building muscle and intense training will tell you that diet and nutrition count for more than 70% of your results. If you’re not getting the right nutritional intake you won’t get bigger or stronger. Simple as that. The biggest mistake new lifters make is focusing too much on training without backing it up with a solid nutrition plan.
Can you get all the vitamins, minerals and EFAs from your diet?
Yes you can, but it’s impracticable. The sheer amount and variety of food you’d have to eat would make it almost impossible.
Lack of vitamins can hamper your gains.
If you’re not getting the vitamins and minerals you need, you won’t progress. Nutritional gaps not only affect your performance and size, but they begin to impact the way your other supplements work. For many of today’s supplements to work efficiently, your body needs to be running on all cylinders. Nutritional gaps mean that your supplements may be rendered ineffective. For example, many supplements (e.g., prohormones) rely on enzymes and other substances in your body to “activate” them. Poor nutrition means poor conversion and activation of expensive supplements. Animal Pak is your insurance policy to prevent this from happening.
A solid pack of everything you need to grow…
There is no other product that competes with Animalpak on this level of vitamin and mineral supplementation. Check out what’s in every pack:
Mega-Vitamin/Mineral/Antioxidant Complex
• Zinc
• Chromium
• Magnesium
• All The B Vitamins
• Copper
• Manganese
• Potassium
• Phosphorous
• Vitamins
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin E
• Selenium
• Folic Acid
Key Amino Acid Blend
• Arginine
• Leucine
• Valine
• Isoleucine
• Glutamine
• Methionine
• Lysine
• Histidine
• Threonine
• Phenylalanine
• Tyrosine
• Cysteine
Performance Optimizers
• L-Carnitine
• Pyridoxine Alpha-Ketoglutarate
• Coenzymes A & B
• Para-Aminobenzoic Acid
• Siberian Ginseng (Eleuthero)
• Oriental Ginseng (Panax Ginseng)
• Alpha Lipoic Acid (Thioctic Acid)
• IGF Colostrum
• Phosphatidylcholine
Joint & Bone Support
• Shark Cartilage
• Calcium
• Vitamin D
• Magnesium
EFA Complex
• Linoleic Acid
• Oleic Acid
Digestive Enzymes
• Papain
• Pepsin
• Pancreatin
• Micozyme
What about the price?
Compared to your average multivitamin, they’re expensive. But these products aren’t even in the same league. If you have to buy all the products seperately to get the same nutrient profile you’d be paying much, much more. That’s the way I look at it.
Conclusion:
If you’re serious about your training, I really do recommend that you check out Animalpak. There really is no other product that competes.