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You should pay attention to taking and replenishing vitamins not only when you want to preserve your health or prevent spring fatigue, since vitamins could be considered as the catalysts of the human body.

What happens to nutrients – whether they are burnt or stored – is regulated by complex biochemical processes that are activated by enzymes. And vitamins and minerals are responsible for regulating the functioning of these enzymes. If your diet is lacking in vitamins, it will try to replenish the empty calories, so the result will be overeating.

Vitamin C

It is one of the most important vitamins that is required not only for its antioxidant features, but also for the optimum functioning of the immune system. It is critical to take vitamin C during a diet, especially because we usually start dieting in the beginning of the spring or at the end of winter to be pretty for summer, and by this time the vitamin reserves of the body are depleted and it is difficult to get fresh vegetables and fruit that are rich in vitamins. Sour cabbage could be a good option, since it is rich in vitamin C, but any fresh vegetable or fruit, rosehip are an excellent source, too.

Vitamin A

functions as a catalyst in many metabolic processes, but it is important for the healthy functioning of the eyes and the immune system. It is a key to beautiful, tight skins, since we don’t only want to be slim, but beautiful also.

It can be replenished from animal derived meals, by consuming liver, butter and cheese, and its previtamin – beta-carotene – can be richly found in squash, apricot and carrot.

It is not a vitamin, however, you shouldn’t forget about taking in chromium since it has an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates and sugars, it regulates the blood sugar level and it stabilises the energy balance.

It is indispensable to consume all nutrient types during a diet, otherwise there could be severe deficiencies in the body and together with the lost kilogrammes you might lose your health, too. The timing of the meals will be the most important task in order to achieve all your goals and not to cause disruption in your metabolism, either.