Thursday, January 3, 2008

Vitamins And Reproductive Health

Vitamins, minerals and other nutrients are essential to the development and performance of the human reproductive system. Nutrition also plays a role in the development and maturation of the reproductive system through childhood and adolescence, and can affect the endocrine system, which regulates the hormones that rule the functions of the reproductive system. Nutrition can affect fertility and fetal development, as well. Striving each day to consume the standard recommended daily intake levels of the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that the body needs is an important part of the good health and proper functioning of the reproductive system.
The nutrients that a child consumes while growing up can affect the developing reproductive system. Zinc, for examp View the rest of this article


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