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The amount of vitamins you need depends on your age, health and lifestyle. For example, the RDA (recommended daily allowance) for children is often lower than that for adults. Older people, those with specific medical conditions, pregnant women, and people on special diets may need to increase their intake of certain vitamins and minerals.

The Department of Health recommends taking supplements in respect of only three vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin D and folic acid.

1. Pregnant women

Women who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant are advised to take 400 micrograms of folic acid per day up to the twelfth week of pregnancy. This is over and above the 200 micrograms assumed to be obtained from their diet. Remember, it is best to avoid taking any vitamin A supplements during pregnancy, as this may damage the development of your baby. For the same reason, liver, which is rich in vitamin A, should also be avoided.

2. Children

Children between the age of 6 months and 5 years may need vitamins A, C and D. Supplements may not be needed if your child is a good eater and has a varied diet. Ask your health visitor or GP for further advice.

Children whose bodies are continuously covered due to their cultural dress are at potential risk of rickets caused by a lack of vitamin D that we get from sunlight.

3. Women

Women have special nutritional needs that may not be met by their diets. In today's world of fast food and meals on the go, it is important that women assess their nutritional status and make up for any deficiencies by taking either a multi-vitamin or the vitamins that they are lacking.

Quality vitamins for women should perform important functions such as slowing the aging process.

It is one of the important function to having the vitamins in women's body. The amount of vitamins are depends on the age older people, those with specific medical conditions, pregnant women, and people on special diets may need to increase their intake of certain vitamins and minerals.

Information you have shared here is really nice and useful for women. Quality vitamins women should play important roles, such as slowing the ageing process. Vitamins is based on the age of the elderly, who have specific diseases, pregnant women, people and special diets may be necessary to increase their intake of certain vitamins and minerals.

Thank you for your information, very useful, how about the young girls? what vitamines shoud this group take?

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thanks for your sharing,Vitamins is important for women

Vitamin's are Very Important for Every one.There are some Different Does for Every one.as per said by sharencaster.It's level is Different in The Every Situation.As per the Situation We have to take the Vitamin.

As quoted by Dietary Guidelines for Americans, from the Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture:
•eat a variety of foods
•maintain healthy weight
•choose a diet low in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol
•choose a diet with plenty of vegetables, fruits, and grain products
•use sugar and salt/sodium only in moderation
•if you drink alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation