Is Your Daily Supplement This Complete?
Nearly everyone would agree that eating a diet rich in whole foods is the best way to get your vitamins and maintain health. If you disagree with this statement then you should probably stop reading now and go get yourself some processed food and look elsewhere on the internet.
However, so many of us (myself included) have very busy lifestyles and the standard American diet can leave us lacking many of the improtant nutrients that our bodies require to function at its best. So what do most of us do? We take a daily multi-vitamin supplement. Most of us are unsure why we do it but we do it because it gives us some assurance that we should do something positive for our health. We surely know that we do enough harmful things.
So many of the people I come in contact with take a multi-vitamin and they buy whatever is on sale at one of the big chain superstores not exactly knowing if it is good for them or it is what is required. It is usually the cheapest and has great marketing or a fancey package. Hopefully this article will shed some light and educate you on making a better informed choice.
The average consumer does not understand what is on the label or how the ingredients interact with the body. For example, many consumers buy a breakfast cereal fortified with whatever. These have no real nutritive value as they have been processed an refined to increase shelf life. They contain hydrogenated oils, sugar, and vitamin isolates.
Research now suggests that single vitamins, taken out of the food complex, may not be as effective in promoting health as eating the whole food. Each whole food ingredient offers its nutrients, plus synergystic cofactors, to provide you with the strongest, natural, and most well-balanced suppplement. For example one ingredient may be dl-alpha tocopherol acetate, This is not a food ingredient. It is an isolated component of the vitamin E complex. If you were to take a supplement with just dl-alpha tocopherol, you would be missing at least five other importnat nutrients as well as hundreds of other nutrients that occur within the whole vitamin E complex. These nutrients are only available by cnsuming natural, whole food forms of vitamin E, such as wheat germ oil, pea vine, green leafy vegetables, nuts, and sunflower seeds.
To be effective, more is not always better. A small amount of a vitamin in whole food form is far more important to the human body than a large dose of an isolated vitamin. This is because the isolated form is just a fraction of the whole and is missing important nutrients that the body needs.
So what is my suggestion? Get a multi-vitamin that contains nutrients from many whole food sources. One that contains synergistic nutrients, phytonutrients and glandular nutrients to support and stimulate natural cell and tissue repair. Make sure the manufacture use quality ingredients that are tested for peak nutrient value, certified organic organic sources and are have good manufacturing processes. Are the supplements easily digestible? Will they breakdown and be absorbed before they reach the end of their journey? Many are so hard you need a hammer to break them.
My choice to my clients are physician grade whole food supplements that are certified organic, tested and retested for quality, easily digestable and they work. They are not overpriced costing less than $15.00 per month.
If you would like more information or to purchase better nutritional products or you would like to schedule a consultation on how supplements can help improve your quality of life please contact us:
Sunrsie Chiropractic Health and Wellness Center
39210 State Street, Suite 120
Fremont, CA 94538
510-796-7000
