| Have you ever waltzed into your friendly
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| | and hair.
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| neighborhood Nutrition Store or
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| | Vitamin C extends life by enabling
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| frantically surfed the worldwide web
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| | protein cells to hold together.
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| searching for that elusive miracle pill,
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| | And we haven't even begun to scratch the
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| deluding yourself into believing that
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| | surface.
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| maybe, just maybe, it would somehow
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| | Minerals are critical
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| magically transform your so-called body
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| | Minerals are also critical to maintaining
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| into the next Brad Pitt or Angelina
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| | good health. Approximately 75% of the
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| Jolie? Or perhaps you want pecks like
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| | people living in the Western World are
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| Arnold. Or the energy to leap tall
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| | not ingesting the right amount of
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| buildings in a single bound. Or heck,
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| | Magnesium, approximately 68% are not
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| maybe you'd simply settle for enough
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| | ingesting enough Calcium, approximately
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| energy to pry your sleepy little self out
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| | 58% are not ingesting enough Iron, and
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| of that comfy bed as your annoying alarm
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| | approximately 40% are not ingesting
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| clock goes berserk Monday morning, like a
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| | enough Zinc.
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| runaway freight train on steroids. If so,
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| | Make sure your minerals are chelated -
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| then you've probably encountered a severe
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| | here's why:
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| mega-dose of chronic overwhelm. Yikes! We
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| | Most minerals found in synthetic
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| are continually bombarded with a
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| | supplements are cheap and not what we
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| never-ending avalanche of pills and
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| | would recommend for the body. They are
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| potions. Plus, you'd almost need the bank
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| | not chelated minerals and therefore it is
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| account of Bill Gates or Donald Trump to
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| | extremely difficult for the body to
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| afford the buffed-up body you'd "really"
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| | absorb and utilize these minerals after
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| like to have. Meanwhile, Madison Avenue
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| | ingesting them. Many times they cause
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| persistently insists that you won't be
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| | problems with the digestive tract and
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| able to live with yourself until you
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| | other systems of the body.
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| finally succumb to today's latest
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| | What you might not know is that a
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| nutritional fad.
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| | chelated mineral acts differently within
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| So what's the solution?
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| | the body. A chelated mineral is a mineral
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| If you've read this far, you are probably
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| | that is bonded with amino acids or
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| convinced that supplementing your diet
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| | malates naturally found within the food
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| with vitamins is critically important.
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| | in a stable form. Since 95% of amino
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| You probably already know how depleted
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| | acids are absorbed through the intestinal
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| our topsoil is. Chances are, you're also
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| | tract, it makes it very easy for high
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| cognoscente of the highly processed state
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| | quality chelated minerals to be absorbed
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| of the foodless foods we consume on a
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| | and utilized by the body.
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| regular basis. Taber's Medical Dictionary
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| | Don't forget to take your Probiotics!
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| concludes that vitamins are indispensable
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| | You may be asking, "Probi - what - ics"?
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| for the maintenance of good health.
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| | The term "probiotics" simply means "pro
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| Likewise, The Journal of American Medical
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| | life." Their role in maintaining good
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| Association concluded that everyone
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| | health is tremendous. In the scientific
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| should take a multi-vitamin everyday.
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| | community, they are known as "friendly
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| So it's not a question of whether or not
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| | bacteria." Probiotics aid the digestive
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| we should take vitamins. Rather, the
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| | system and strengthen the immune system.
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| question we ought to be asking is, "With
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| | Bottom line, probiotics have such a wide
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| so many brands of vitamins on the market,
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| | range of positive roles that nearly
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| which one is the smartest choice?"
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| | everybody could improve their health by
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| Great question.
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| | supplementing their diet with probiotics.
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| However, before we can even begin to
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| | The importance of Enzymes
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| answer that question, we have to answer a
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| | Like probiotics, enzymes also aid
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| series of other sub-questions, such as:
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| | digestion. Proper digestion of food
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| 1. Are cheap, synthetic vitamins just as
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| | should be your body's top priority. Why?
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| good as all-natural vitamins?
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| | Because all other bodily functions,
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| 2. Which vitamins and minerals do my body
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| | including the immune system, energy
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| need?
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| | production and even brain functions, are
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| 3. What dosage should I take?
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| | all put on pause until the body digests
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| Let's narrow the playing field by
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| | its food. When digestion is functioning
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| addressing those questions one at a time.
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| | properly, food is broken down and
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| Are cheap, synthetic vitamins just as
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| | nutrients are made available by the body
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| good as all-natural vitamins?
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| | itself for repair, metabolism, and
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| First, let's compare synthetic vitamins
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| | healing without undue stress. Many
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| with all-natural vitamins. I just
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| | negative factors wreck havoc on our
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| completed an article entitled "Vitamin
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| | digestive systems: the way our foods are
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| Wars: Natural VS Synthetic." Putting
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| | grown and processed, toxins in the
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| everything into a nutshell, synthetic
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| | environment - even undue stress and
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| vitamins simply cannot measure up to
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| | anger. As a result, up to 70 million
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| nature's finest. Over 3,800 different
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| | Americans experience a whole range of
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| compounds have been identified in foods
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| | digestive disorders such as bloating,
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| as having nutritional significance.
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| | gas, and stomach cramps.
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| However, in a laboratory, twenty
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| | What dosage should I take?
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| nutrients are about all that modern
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| | Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA)
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| science can reproduce and put into a
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| | RDA's are based on scientific research
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| vitamin product.
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| | and are set at levels to provide for 98%
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| But even more of a concern than the
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| | of all healthy persons living in the US.
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| ineffectiveness of these synthetic
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| | There is a cushion built in so that if
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| vitamins is the harm that they can cause.
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| | you get 67% of the RDA for a nutrient,
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| One of many examples is a recent study on
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| | you should be getting a minimum amount as
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| Vitamin C as synthetic ascorbic acid. It
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| | an average person. Remember that the
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| was found to thicken the walls of the
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| | RDA's are based on preventing deficiency
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| arteries.
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| | symptoms specific to each vitamin and
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| On the other hand, all-natural vitamins
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| | mineral. So when choosing a
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| made from whole-food sources have many
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| | multi-vitamin, check to see if a daily
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| positive benefits that synthetic vitamins
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| | serving contains 100% of the RDA,
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| just can't duplicate in a lab. Whole-food
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| | providing, of course, that a daily value
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| vitamins derive their nutrients directly
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| | has been established.
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| from fruits and vegetables. Unlike
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| | So in summary, there are five Steps to
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| synthetic vitamins, whole-food vitamins
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| | Choosing a Great Vitamin:
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| do not rob precious nutrients from the
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| | 1. Choose a multi-vitamin made from the
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| body. Rather, they supply the individual
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| | highest grade of Whole-Food sources. Do
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| cells with the nutrients they need to
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| | NOT choose a multi-vitamin that contains
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| flourish. For greatest gains in terms of
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| | a concoction of synthetic ingredients
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| health, take only whole food vitamins.
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| | that you can't even pronounce.
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| When evaluating a vitamin supplement,
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| | 2. Choose minerals that are chelated.
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| simply read the label. Rather than
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| | 3. Choose a multi-vitamin containing
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| multi-syllable, unpronounceable chemical
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| | Probiotics.
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| names, you should find the names of foods
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| | 4. Choose a multi-vitamin containing
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| listed as the vitamin sources. What a
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| | Enzymes derived from vegetables.
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| concept! This is your way of knowing that
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| | 5. Choose a multi-vitamin containing 100%
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| you are getting the best possible
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| | of the Recommended Daily Allowances
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| absorption and retention of your
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| | whenever established.
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| vitamins.
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| | Keeping the above criteria in mind
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| Which vitamins and minerals do my body
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| | dramatically narrows the playing field.
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| need?
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| | It's also a good idea to select a product
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| The short answer is, there are many
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| | that gives you a money-back guarantee.
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| benefits to all vitamins and minerals.
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| | Quality multi-vitamins are not as cheap
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| Vitamin A is important for our vision,
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| | as synthetics, but they are affordable.
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| while preventing cancer and promoting
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| | I hope this information has educated you
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| wellness of bones, eyes, hair, mucous
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| | and will help you make smart choices.
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| linings, membranes, nails, skin and
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| | Remember - you only get one body in this
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| teeth.
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| | life. Treat it well and stay healthy!
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| Vitamin B2 promotes healthy skin, nails,
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