Vitamins are essential for an optimal body functioning. Our body can produce only vitamin D, all others must be obtained from foods.

Lack of vitamins can cause a range of metabolic diseases and other disorders.

A vitamin deficiency could cause body problems due to fatigue and the difficulty to get a weight loss.

We must control our daily foods in order to get more vitamins and minerals. To avoid vitamin deficiency we must listen to some tips:

The food we eat should always be fresh, prepared for that day;

Vegetables and fruits should be cleaned immediately before use.

We need to eat more fruits and raw vegetables, if we cook them, their vitamins and nutrients will be lost;

Vegetables should be cleaned with stainless steel knives.

Frozen products have more vitamins than canned products;

Try to eat fruits and vegetables peel, you don't need to pure it, only when it is necessary;

Not eat too warm food;

Grilled products retains more vitamins;

The water in which vegetables are boiled retain contain more vitamins and you can use it to prepare a soup.

We must use little water to cook vegetables, vegetables shouldn't be kept in water after they are cleaned. Also, when we prepare its, we should add little water and use its own juice;

Too long storage, oxidation in air, boiling and cooking in various foods and cakes may cause great losses of vitamins from vegetables and fruits. Vitamins disappeared from our diet because of the multitude of refined and canned foods, prepared industrially.