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As an employer, you want to encourage a healthy lifestyle among your employees. Nutrition, exercise, balance and protection all play an important role in this. Vitaminstore supports anyone striving for a healthy lifestyle with expert advice. If you’d like to offer this to your employees, the Vitaminstore Healthy Lifestyle Programme is now available for employers. It includes an intake and guidance on making the right choices, including the nutritional supplements that go with them.
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Vitamin D helps maintain strong bones and teeth, supports the function of your muscles and your immune system. But how much do you actually need each day? And when is extra supplementation sensible? In this blog, we’ll guide you through it step by step.
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Berberine: you may have heard of it. It is a bright yellow compound naturally found in several unique plants. But what makes this substance so intriguing? In this blog, we will tell you everything you need to know about berberine. From its origins and mechanism of action to its benefits and safety. This way, you will know exactly whether berberine fits into your health routine.
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There are approximately 50 known nutrients that contribute to the functioning of your body. These nutrients are divided into two categories: proteins, fats, and carbohydrates fall under macronutrients. Vitamins, minerals, and trace elements are micronutrients. All these nutrients contribute to the physiological functions of humans. They support and regulate all processes occurring in the body, such as the building of muscles, bones, cells, organs, and blood. Proteins can even influence hormone balance.
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Synergy (Greek: synergia, cooperation) is a term that describes a process in which the combination of parts produces more than the sum of those parts.
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To answer the question above briefly: no, light therapy does not aid in the production of vitamin D. We explain below how your body actually produces vitamin D and how you can use a daylight lamp.
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Jet lag can do strange things to you: feeling the urge to sleep while the world around you is just waking up. Feeling ravenous at 'inappropriate' times. Or being unable to fall asleep while the streets are quiet and the night has long since fallen. Fortunately, we often experience it for a good reason: a wonderful holiday. But it can be quite annoying.
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What started in an attic room has now, 20 years later, grown into a company with 150 employees. They were ahead of the health trends and managed to put Vitaminstore on the map throughout the Netherlands. Did they have a good crystal ball and see this coming, or were they very lucky?
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Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin and its name comes from the Danish term “Koagulations Vitamin”, given to the nutrient by the Danish researcher Hendrik Dam. Coagulation is another word for blood clotting. At the beginning of the last century, Hendrik Dam discovered that vitamin K has a blood-clotting effect in our bodies. Only fairly recently has scientific research shown that vitamin K is important for much more in the body. It helps maintain strong bones by supporting the absorption of calcium into bone tissue. This particularly concerns the well-absorbed form, vitamin K2.
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Magnesium has been hugely popular for years, and we regularly get asked which forms exist and which are better absorbed—so below we explain how it works.
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We are all familiar with sauerkraut, the fermented white cabbage that frequently features on the winter menu of many Dutch families. Sauerkraut is, of course, very tasty, but did you know it also has health benefits, particularly for our gut flora? “In this article, I will discuss what fermentation is and its benefits,” says Jesse van der Velde.
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It's clear; men and women think, feel, and communicate in genuinely different ways. But what about the physiological needs of our bodies? Is there a difference in nutritional requirements, and should men choose different supplements than women?
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There are various ways to make your life a bit more conscious and healthier, and adopting a vegan lifestyle is one of them. This not only pertains to diet but also to vitamins, minerals, and other health products. Are you planning to lead a healthier life and are interested in veganism? Then read on!
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Have you always been on the lookout for a diet that is both simple to follow and maintain, while also being healthy and delivering spectacular results? Perhaps 'Intermittent Fasting' is just what you need. Category and Product Manager Pepijn Aardewijn wanted to lose weight and delved into the fascinating world of fasting. He has since lost 20 kilograms! Below is his story, findings, and observations about this new diet craze that has flown over from America.
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The human body is composed of various muscle groups. Each person is different, and interestingly, one person can have more muscles than another. On average, a human has 640 muscles. Many of these muscles cannot be consciously controlled. They are known as smooth muscles. These muscles respond to stimuli from the nervous system. Striated muscles are the ones you can consciously control, the muscles of your skeleton. These muscles can be trained through exercise and strength exertion. Broadly speaking, they can be divided into six muscle groups.
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