Dangers Of Vitamins
Daily Danger of Nutritional Supplementation
Did you know that nutritional supplements (vitamins, minerals, amino acids) can hurt you 4 ways:
1) Taking the wrong dosage can throw your body out of balance nutritionally
2) Interactions with medications can cause life-threatening risks
3) Many nutrients are found to be balanced naturally in nature, but when isolated can cause problems
4) Too much supplementation can cause
Nutrient Hype
Having worked as a Nutritionist and in nutrition marketing we know that most vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients (including herbs) are impulse buys. Maybe you’ve even done one of the following:
You read an article about Vitamin C - and buy a bottle
You read about Shark Cartilage - and buy a bottle
You saw an ad for Focus Factor or some nutritional on TV - and you buy a bottle
The problem with this approach includes:
- Single nutrients cost more so you’re paying more for each bottle
- Results are hit-or-miss
- You never really know whether it is working or not
- You have bottles of outdated supplements in your cabinet
How To Figure Out What Your Unique Body Needs
It would be great and affordable if a “One-Size’Fits-All” supplement worked (remember Flinstone Vitamins? or One-A-Day Vitamins?). But your unique body has unique nutritional needs. And while a questionairre is helpful the only way to really know your body is by biochemical testing.
A New Affordable Common Sense Approach
Fortunately some of the top Testing Labs are planning to not only offer affordable testing via in-home tests coupled with affordable customized nutrition matching your bodies chemistry. So whereas a person might spend $300-400 for testing, prices are expected to run $80-100
Some of the top tests recommended for your nutrition needs include:
1) Oxidative Stress or Anti-Oxidant Levels (In-home Urine test). Your ability to handle challenges to your body’s anti-oxidant system (ie levels of Vit A, Vit E, Vit C, selenium, CoQ10, etc.),
2) Detoxification Ability - Liver stress (In-home Urine test) the level of critical nutrients you currently have available necessary for removing toxic substances (i.e., sulfur, B vitamins, magnesium)
3) Immune stress (In-home Urine test)your ability to provide specific nutrients to your immune, nervous and cardio-vascular systems (numerous minerals, enzymes and vitamins).
(Many of these tests are being offered together in order to make it one affordable $80 test)
Customized Nutrition And Your Bio-Chemistry
One Lab offers the three panels above, including a full report for $80. Health Practitioners and Doctors pay $300 for those same panels. (You do need to commit to a least one month of supplements for $45/month). They come in individual “daily†packs and will contain 4-8 capsules, made fresh, with up to 55 high quality ingredients, depending on your unique needs.
It’s recommended that you re-evaluate your need for the supplements after 9-12 months. This program is particularly important for those of you that don’t have a perfect diet yet, don’t eat enough dark leafy greens and fresh fruit, or regularly consume nutrient-depleting substances such as coffee, alcohol, tobacco and other recreational drugs. Prescription drugs are also notorious nutrient-depletors.
The Future of Nutrition
With this integration of testing and customization will come benefits to consumers:
1) No guesswork
2) Better health by getting the right nutrition to balance the body
3) The ease of a few capsules instead of many bottles 4) Freshly made formulas 5) Saving money by removing the overhead cost of Practitioners, TV infomercials and Health Food Stores.
In the end what might cost $800 (and $150 a month) now becomes $110 and $45 a month for better nutrition, from the experts, customized to your body.
It’s the power of nutrition matched to your specific needs to create better health
Mark Richardson is an author, and former Health Practitioner, who researches and writes about cutting edge health products. To find out how to get this test for free email Mark at healthideal@hotmail.com He also offers a free 10 minute consultation on nutrition.
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