Guide To Supplementing a Healthy Life
You may consider yourself to be basically healthy. You may have gone along without any really life-threatening problems. But, maybe you don't have the vitality you once had. Maybe there's a level of wellness to which you could go, but don't know how to get there... You may be enjoying good health, but what about better or even the best health?
One way to feel better, have more energy, better health and possibly overcome the effects of disease and chronic conditions may be with nutritional supplements. And the best way to begin is by establishing a daily habit. It's a good opportunity to begin with a multi-vitamin for both women and men and it's a habit which can benefit our children as well.
Early Medicine
From earliest times, food has been linked to wellness, and it was known certain foods were medicinal.
During the 1700s, the English sailors who brought limes rich in Vitamin C with them on long voyages did so to prevent scurvy.
As the science of nutrition grew, the vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and carbohydrates that were essential to well being were identified.
Without an understanding and an awareness of nutrition, in the midst of plenty, in terms of food choices, it is easy to be nutritionally deficient impacting both physical and mental health.
Stress, convenience eating, pollution and even physical activity can rob the body of nutrients it needs to maintain good health. So, that balanced diet that you strive for'remember the chapter on basic food groups in the seventh grade? Just isn't enough for today's well-being.
What does it take to keep a body in balance?
Today, vitamins, minerals and amino acids are recognized as necessary to sustain a healthy body. Because today's lifestyles with added stress, poorer 'real nutrition', nutrition that contains the optimum levels of nutrients to keep physical, mental and ' yes even spiritual involvement at maximum levels, are often lacking.
Dietary supplements can restore proper nutrition.
Supplements are just that: They supplement diet. They are those vitamins, minerals, amino acids and essential fatty acids, enzymes and fiber that provide nutrition or in the case of those that may be treating some illness'for therapeutic uses, when they are missing.
Under the best circumstances, vitamins and minerals are found in our natural diet, but today's food processing and refining, as well as use of coffee and alcohol can rob foods of their natural vitamins.
The best path to maximum health is to educate yourself on the value of supplements and the kinds of enhancement to life, as well as prevention of illness, which the supplement habit can lead to. Now is the time to start this basic health habit and make it part of your family's daily life towards health and wellness.
Vitamins are compounds that the body requires to grow and function. A, B-1, B-2, B-3, B5, B-6, B-12, Biotin, C, D, E, Folic Acid (part of the B complex vitamins).
Minerals are inorganic compounds and metals that work in much the same way as vitamins helping the body processes. Major minerals are Calcium, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, Magnesium and Sulfur. Trace elements (minor minerals) include Copper, Manganese, Boron, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Selenium and Zinc.
With the exception of Vitamin D, nutrients cannot be produced by the body and come from food and supplements.
Health benefits have long been associated with vitamins. For example, Vitamin E slows the aging process; is thought to improve fertility and helps skin heal; Vitamin B5 reduces stress and is essential for the conversion of carbohydrates into energy'making it useful if you are constantly fighting fatigue.
Minerals also play an important role. Calcium, which has been in the news a great deal, is absolutely essential for strong bones and teeth as well as being a requirement for the release of neurotransmitters in the brain. Osteoporosis which targets older women can be reduced with the use of Calcium.
A group of vitamins known as antioxidants inhibit changes by reacting with free radicals before they can cause damage. Free radicals have been implicated in cancer and heart disease. Antioxidants, Vitamins C, E and Beta Carotene and minerals Zinc and Selenium are known to have an anti-aging effect.
As much as balanced diet and a regimen of nutritional supplements can do for you'too much of some vitamins can be toxic. It is important to become acquainted with USRDA for each vitamin and the best combination of supplements in the correct amounts for maximum effectiveness as well as avoiding toxic levels of the supplements. Always check with your physician.
Material presented in Nubian Health Product News is for informational purposes only. Call or visit a physician or pharmacist, before starting a supplemental regimen or for any health problem.
This information is provided by Nubian Health Products a company dedicated to promoting better Health and Wellness by Communicating, Educating and Preventing health problems.
One way to feel better, have more energy, better health and possibly overcome the effects of disease and chronic conditions may be with nutritional supplements. And the best way to begin is by establishing a daily habit. It's a good opportunity to begin with a multi-vitamin for both women and men and it's a habit which can benefit our children as well.
Early Medicine
From earliest times, food has been linked to wellness, and it was known certain foods were medicinal.
During the 1700s, the English sailors who brought limes rich in Vitamin C with them on long voyages did so to prevent scurvy.
As the science of nutrition grew, the vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and carbohydrates that were essential to well being were identified.
Without an understanding and an awareness of nutrition, in the midst of plenty, in terms of food choices, it is easy to be nutritionally deficient impacting both physical and mental health.
Stress, convenience eating, pollution and even physical activity can rob the body of nutrients it needs to maintain good health. So, that balanced diet that you strive for'remember the chapter on basic food groups in the seventh grade? Just isn't enough for today's well-being.
What does it take to keep a body in balance?
Today, vitamins, minerals and amino acids are recognized as necessary to sustain a healthy body. Because today's lifestyles with added stress, poorer 'real nutrition', nutrition that contains the optimum levels of nutrients to keep physical, mental and ' yes even spiritual involvement at maximum levels, are often lacking.
Dietary supplements can restore proper nutrition.
Supplements are just that: They supplement diet. They are those vitamins, minerals, amino acids and essential fatty acids, enzymes and fiber that provide nutrition or in the case of those that may be treating some illness'for therapeutic uses, when they are missing.
Under the best circumstances, vitamins and minerals are found in our natural diet, but today's food processing and refining, as well as use of coffee and alcohol can rob foods of their natural vitamins.
The best path to maximum health is to educate yourself on the value of supplements and the kinds of enhancement to life, as well as prevention of illness, which the supplement habit can lead to. Now is the time to start this basic health habit and make it part of your family's daily life towards health and wellness.
Vitamins are compounds that the body requires to grow and function. A, B-1, B-2, B-3, B5, B-6, B-12, Biotin, C, D, E, Folic Acid (part of the B complex vitamins).
Minerals are inorganic compounds and metals that work in much the same way as vitamins helping the body processes. Major minerals are Calcium, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, Magnesium and Sulfur. Trace elements (minor minerals) include Copper, Manganese, Boron, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Selenium and Zinc.
With the exception of Vitamin D, nutrients cannot be produced by the body and come from food and supplements.
Health benefits have long been associated with vitamins. For example, Vitamin E slows the aging process; is thought to improve fertility and helps skin heal; Vitamin B5 reduces stress and is essential for the conversion of carbohydrates into energy'making it useful if you are constantly fighting fatigue.
Minerals also play an important role. Calcium, which has been in the news a great deal, is absolutely essential for strong bones and teeth as well as being a requirement for the release of neurotransmitters in the brain. Osteoporosis which targets older women can be reduced with the use of Calcium.
A group of vitamins known as antioxidants inhibit changes by reacting with free radicals before they can cause damage. Free radicals have been implicated in cancer and heart disease. Antioxidants, Vitamins C, E and Beta Carotene and minerals Zinc and Selenium are known to have an anti-aging effect.
As much as balanced diet and a regimen of nutritional supplements can do for you'too much of some vitamins can be toxic. It is important to become acquainted with USRDA for each vitamin and the best combination of supplements in the correct amounts for maximum effectiveness as well as avoiding toxic levels of the supplements. Always check with your physician.
Material presented in Nubian Health Product News is for informational purposes only. Call or visit a physician or pharmacist, before starting a supplemental regimen or for any health problem.
This information is provided by Nubian Health Products a company dedicated to promoting better Health and Wellness by Communicating, Educating and Preventing health problems.