Vitamins for Natural Healing…of the wounds
by Charlene J. Nuble
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Vitamins, minerals and other nutrients aside from keeping the
internal processes of the body healthy, strong and functioning well also
helps to promote the healing of the wounds both on the external and inner
surfaces of the body. The rate at which wounds heal and the quality of the
repair tissues depends greatly upon adequate nutrition. There are several
vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that affect this healing
process.
Vitamin K is essential to the very first step of healing a wound –
stopping the bleeding via the clotting of the blood. Without Vitamin K
healing would not proceed as the blood would not clot therefore there’ll
be an excessive flow of blood from the wound which is clearly not healthy.
Vitamin K partners with the mineral calcium in the production of the
body’s primary clotting agent the thrombin.
One of the most important vitamins involved in the healing of the
wounds is Vitamin C. It is particularly helpful in the growth and
development of new tissues in part because it also supports the health and
function of the body’s many tiny capillaries that are responsible for
taking oxygen and nutrients to the far reaches of the body. Another
contributing factor to its importance lies in the growth and development
of new tissues for wound healing as well as for the maintenance of
existing tissues it has to do its role in collagen production. Collagen is
what makes the scar that holds a wound together and makes up the
connective tissues of the body. Collagen supports the structure of the
skin. Vitamin C however is essential to the production of collagen which
simply means that Vitamin C has a great part in literally holding the
human body together. Zinc is another mineral important to wound healing.
There are more than 300 enzymes in the body that require zinc to help them
in performing their tasks. Many of these enzymes relate directly to the
healing of wounds such as the production of collagen. Zinc plays a role in
the body being able to make use of certain proteins and in cell division.
However, it should be noted that too much zinc can interfere with the
healing of wounds. That is because the body operates on a chemical system
that has a delicate balance which cannot be tampered with and too much
zinc interferes with how the body uses copper and other substances thus
throwing off the balance that is necessary for the best wound healing.
Copper another mineral is also significant to the process of healing
wounds. Copper has many roles in the body including being a component of
numerous enzymes. In terms of healing one of its most important roles is
in the formation of collagen which is essential to the wound healing
process.
The vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that we consume daily are
what support all of the processes of the body and the mind. The healing of
wounds is essential to the body and proper nutrition is what allows the
process of wound healing to operate at its peak performance which simply
means that wounds heal as well and as quickly as they should. Dietary
supplements are an affordable, safe and convenient way to make sure that
your body is able to support the healing process. Have a prescription be
made out to you by your family physician or a licensed dietician for you
to be able to know which kind of dietary supplement will work best for
you.
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