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Perhaps none of the vitamins known to science are not overlooked as vitamin U. At the mention of it, many remember something about cabbage ... or about the plague ... or about what it is like it is not a vitamin at all ... And yet, without this substance a person has difficulty.


Vitamin U (or, scientifically, S-metilmetionin) in our body performs several important functions, one of which is dangerous for the methylation of the body joints. In more understandable language, vitamin U helps the protective forces of the body to recognize foreign connection and to get rid of them. Vitamin U is also involved in the synthesis of many useful biologically active substances such as choline (vitamin B4).


Vitamin U was discovered by American scientist Cheney (rank) in the late 40s of last century. In the cabbage juice scientist discovered a substance that cured stomach ulcers. And the name of the substance was given from the Latin word «ulcus», which means "plague." Vitamin U is a derivative of methionine - an essential amino acid, so this substance is considered by many researchers as a crystalline amino acid, vitamin-like substance. Absolutely indispensable for us the substance can not be called vitamin U, but we must remember that the human body is not synthesized.











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However, this vitamin brings us many benefits. Vitamin U promotes healing of various injuries of the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract (all kinds of erosions and ulcers). Metiliruya histamine, vitamin U turns it into an inactive form.This helps to reduce gastric acid secretion, reduce pain and speed recovery.What's interesting - Vitamin U can normalize the acid function of the stomach: a reduced acidity is increased and improved - is reduced. So we can say that Vitamin U - is the main defender of our stomach.


Vitamin U has an antihistamine effect. It reduces the symptoms of food allergies, asthma, hay fever and other troubles. Vitamin U is also contributes to the treatment of skin diseases.


Like choline and methionine, vitamin U has a lipotropic effect, ie the effect on fat metabolism. In particular, it protects the liver from fatty degeneration. As well as beneficial effects on cerebral blood flow and coronary atherosclerosis, as improves cholesterol metabolism. Another useful property of vitamin U is e th ability to detoxify some poisonous substances and toxins.


Vitamin U - a very common substance. If you are preparing salads of cabbage or sour cabbage for the winter, then you are doing a very wise - it was in the cabbage contains the greatest amount of vitamin U. And most importantly - you can drink cabbage juice at least a liter a day for several months, and you are not facing anything but good, because "overeat" this vitamin is quite difficult. Experts recommend drinking cabbage juice in health care for a glass before each meal.





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Proverb, "A healthy body - healthy mind" people do not come up with nothing.Recent studies are increasingly proving that axiom. For example, there were interesting data on the effectiveness of vitamin U in the treatment of endogenous depression (depressed mood), which are not amenable to treatment with psychotropic drugs.


Vitamin U comes into our body mainly from plant foods. In addition to its famed cabbage contains vitamin U in almost all vegetables: parsley, celery, onions, carrots, beets, asparagus, sweet peppers, spinach, turnips, tomatoes. Vitamin U is in green tea, and juice of raw potatoes. Of the products of animal origin vitamin U found in cheese (home) milk, raw egg yolks, and to a lesser extent in the liver.


Vitamin U is sufficiently resistant to heat, but within certain limits, of course. When cooking, say, a cabbage for 10 minutes, lost only about 4% of the vitamin, but it is partially destroyed by a crude fiber, irritating the stomach and intestines.But if you cook cabbage the same hour and a half, no vitamins are not postponed. In the preferred form of this vitamin is stored in the cooked beets - so the salad with it to be frequent guests at your table.


The artificially synthesized vitamin U is a white crystalline powder, sweet taste and odor. It is easily soluble in water (which is why it is almost impossible to poison, as the surplus of just the kidneys, which can not be said about the fat-soluble vitamins), is rapidly degraded in the light. It is used to treat stomach ulcers. However, numerous observations show that synthetic vitamins are not as effective as his natural father. Perhaps the fact that nothing has ever felt better not artificial and more efficient natural, living thing. Therefore, eat a balanced, properly and stay healthy!