As a woman in your early 30s, you have specific nutritional needs because you are still in your peak reproductive years but are also at an age where preventing the signs of aging and healthy aging are becoming important. You need to maintain a healthy immune system, healthy hormone balance and an optimum energy level. All of this can be helped by making sure you are getting the right vitamins.
Antioxidants
Antioxidants help you fight the aging process. As a women in your 30s you are starting to think about the effects of aging on your skin, your reproductive capacity and your energy levels. According to Women's Health Magazine, antioxidants hold the key to unlocking your anti-aging capacities. Antioxidants include vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, glutathione and the vast host of bioflavonoids like resveratrol and quercetin.
B-Complex
B-complex vitamins are especially important for you if you are thinking about having children, but they are also important to maintain healthy energy levels. According to Vitamins-Nutrition, B-complex includes thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, B6, folic acid, B12, biotin and pantothenic acid. These vitamins are absolutely necessary for your healthy reproductive function and for baby's healthy development. Even if you are not considering having children, these B vitamins are necessary for healthy estrogen processing, mood and energy levels.
Vitamin D
Research has discovered so much recently about the value of vitamin D that it is essential for women of every age. Vitamin D is the vitamin that your skin makes when it is exposed to sunshine, and it has been shown to help protect us from cancer and also from bone loss. Women to Women claims that vitamin D is especially important for women in their 30s because it is a key time to build and maintain healthy bones to help prevent osteoporosis in the future.
Calcium
Calcium is vital for women to protect themselves from osteoporosis, and your 30s is a good time to start thinking about it. Women to Women suggests taking both vitamin D and calcium together to maintain strong, healthy bones. Women to Women also reports, "A recent study by scientists at the University of Massachusetts found that a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D can help control some symptoms of PMS, such as tearfulness, anxiety, and irritability." Many women in their 30s are effected by PMS symptoms so this research makes calcium and vitamin D doubly important.
References
- Menopause Solutions: Here is a leading source of the best vitamins for women that provide the most complete daily nutrients for optimum health...
- Womens Health Mag: Antioxidants = Anti-Aging
- Vitamins-Nutrition: Vitamin B: The Energy Vitamin
- Women To Women: Is Vitamin D Deficiency Casting A Cloud Over Your Health?
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