Discover the Powerful Connection Between Vitamins and Herbs - Multivitamin Breakthroughs Revealed
Vitamins and herbs when combined can be very powerful and produce dramatic health benefits. The hook is that you have to find a high quality supplement that blends vitamins and herbs in the proper manner.
It has also been shown that when more ingredients and substances are blended together in a multivitamin (not just vitamins and herbs), the absorption and health benefits can be further increased.
You should also be aware that when specialty ingredients such as resveratrol are used, the multivitamin tablet has to use enteric coating. This is a special delivery system that protects the nutrients in the tablet from your stomach acid.
You see, many ingredients that have strong health benefits are also very fragile, so they need to be protected from your stomach acid and then released into your intestine where they are absorbed in the best possible manner.
I have to be honest. There are not many multivitamin brands that do all this, so it really pays to do your research and put in a few hours to learn about all this. I did this myself and discovered a multivitamin brand that was light years ahead of the one I used to use.
The health benefits that I experienced were pretty impressive. I noticed improved energy levels, focus, mood, memory, joint function and stomach function. My family and friends also started using the multivitamin I use from Xtend-Life called Total Balance.
What did they say? Well, they told me they were going to continue taking it regularly because they noticed better sleep, more energy and a sense of wellbeing. By doing your research you too can find a multivitamin that fits your body.
Avoid cheap supplements just because they are cheap. These usually contain synthetic vitamins and fillers that have been proven to harm your health in the long run. Many sweeteners, preservatives and chemicals used today are highly toxic.
By Henri K. Junttila
Friday, November 20, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Children's Vitamins
Do You Know What is in Your Children's Vitamins? It is Shocking!
Do you happen to know for sure what is in the childrens vitamins that you give your child? If you knew what many name brand vitamins contain, you would be surprised. There is at least one name brand vitamin (mentioning no names) that contains five items that you will find most perturbing. If you have not read the labels, you will need to right NOW!
Here are some of the items found in childrens vitamins that you should be aware of before giving them to your child:
One of the items is phenylalanine. This often appears on cans of diet soda. The warning: Phenylketonurics - contains phenylalanine is on the side of the can. The term is used to warn people that have a metabolic disorder called PKU. This is to let them know that the diet soda contains aspartame. Aspartame contains phenylalanine.
PKU is a disorder which is inherited from both parents. The disorder is rare but 1 in 15,000 babies are born with PKU. For those who have PKU, if they do not follow a strict diet which has low protein, phenylalanine is not digested properly and it builds up in the blood in an acid called phenylpyruvic acid. When levels of this acid get high enough, the brain can be damaged as well as causing other disorders.
The next thing is the aspartame itself. What is aspartame? It is the artificial sweetener used in diet soda. And there are 92, yes 92, health side effects that have been connected to consuming aspartame. Aspartame poisoning is often misdiagnosed. This is because the symptoms can mock other problems or lab tests do not show them and x-rays do not show them either. From eye problems to irreversible brain damage and suicidal tendencies, aspartame can be deadly. So please read the labels before giving your child anything.
FD&C Red #40 is an ingredient that is also included in children's vitamins. Although, it may go by other names such as Naphthalenesulfonic acid, disodium salt, Allura red AC dye, CI 16035, Curry red and various other names. There have been studies that show that this ingredient can cause hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder and a lower IQ. In April of 2008, the Foods Standard Agency asked that a removal of this and other colors by 2009 however, it is a voluntary removal.
FD&C Blue #2 Lake is another ingredient that may be used in many things that children eat or take. Vitamins are no exception. The colors or dyes can cause eczema and the reaction may only be to one specific dye. However, often vitamins and other products just list 'dyes' as an ingredient. There are children who can have anaphylactic reactions to these types of dyes. The difficulty is pinpointing the specific one that is causing problems because there are no allergy tests for food dyes.
Iron is one ingredient that is the leading cause of death from overdose in children under the age of 6. This is one of the ingredients that are present in vitamins. Iron can be lethal in different amounts for different age groups and weight is a consideration. High iron levels can be responsible for damaging cells in the gastrointestinal tract in turn preventing them from iron regulation. Too much iron will damage the heart and liver cells and can cause organ damage and death.
Reading labels is the best possible thing you can do for your children no matter what you are giving them. Often ingredients are listed under different names as you saw with the FD&C Red #40. How many people would know this? It is best to educate yourself on every aspect of anything you may end up giving your child, especially childrens vitamins because often they will contain some of the very ingredients known to cause problems you are trying to prevent.
By Dianna Yvonne Smith
Do you happen to know for sure what is in the childrens vitamins that you give your child? If you knew what many name brand vitamins contain, you would be surprised. There is at least one name brand vitamin (mentioning no names) that contains five items that you will find most perturbing. If you have not read the labels, you will need to right NOW!
Here are some of the items found in childrens vitamins that you should be aware of before giving them to your child:
One of the items is phenylalanine. This often appears on cans of diet soda. The warning: Phenylketonurics - contains phenylalanine is on the side of the can. The term is used to warn people that have a metabolic disorder called PKU. This is to let them know that the diet soda contains aspartame. Aspartame contains phenylalanine.
PKU is a disorder which is inherited from both parents. The disorder is rare but 1 in 15,000 babies are born with PKU. For those who have PKU, if they do not follow a strict diet which has low protein, phenylalanine is not digested properly and it builds up in the blood in an acid called phenylpyruvic acid. When levels of this acid get high enough, the brain can be damaged as well as causing other disorders.
The next thing is the aspartame itself. What is aspartame? It is the artificial sweetener used in diet soda. And there are 92, yes 92, health side effects that have been connected to consuming aspartame. Aspartame poisoning is often misdiagnosed. This is because the symptoms can mock other problems or lab tests do not show them and x-rays do not show them either. From eye problems to irreversible brain damage and suicidal tendencies, aspartame can be deadly. So please read the labels before giving your child anything.
FD&C Red #40 is an ingredient that is also included in children's vitamins. Although, it may go by other names such as Naphthalenesulfonic acid, disodium salt, Allura red AC dye, CI 16035, Curry red and various other names. There have been studies that show that this ingredient can cause hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder and a lower IQ. In April of 2008, the Foods Standard Agency asked that a removal of this and other colors by 2009 however, it is a voluntary removal.
FD&C Blue #2 Lake is another ingredient that may be used in many things that children eat or take. Vitamins are no exception. The colors or dyes can cause eczema and the reaction may only be to one specific dye. However, often vitamins and other products just list 'dyes' as an ingredient. There are children who can have anaphylactic reactions to these types of dyes. The difficulty is pinpointing the specific one that is causing problems because there are no allergy tests for food dyes.
Iron is one ingredient that is the leading cause of death from overdose in children under the age of 6. This is one of the ingredients that are present in vitamins. Iron can be lethal in different amounts for different age groups and weight is a consideration. High iron levels can be responsible for damaging cells in the gastrointestinal tract in turn preventing them from iron regulation. Too much iron will damage the heart and liver cells and can cause organ damage and death.
Reading labels is the best possible thing you can do for your children no matter what you are giving them. Often ingredients are listed under different names as you saw with the FD&C Red #40. How many people would know this? It is best to educate yourself on every aspect of anything you may end up giving your child, especially childrens vitamins because often they will contain some of the very ingredients known to cause problems you are trying to prevent.
By Dianna Yvonne Smith
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Best Multivitamin
3 Amazing Improvements in Health You Can Experience From Supplements
Finding the best multivitamin is no easy task, but it is well worth your time, believe me on that. In this article I will cover 3 health benefits that have been proven by years of scientific research and clinical studies. In order to find the best multivitamin, you should look for only natural vitamins that are high quality and blended in the proper manner to work in synergy. This will enhance the health benefits even more and be safer for your body.
Many products today only use vitamins and minerals in their products, which is not as effective as using the more effective nutrients and substances, such as herbs, antioxidants, flavonoids and specialty nutrients. There are a lot of products out there, so it really pays to do your research and learn what works and what doesn't. That said, here are the three health benefits.
1. Energy levels are often significantly increased when you take the best multivitamin. This is usually what people notice first when they start taking a high quality supplement. An increase in energy, was in fact, the first thing I noticed when I started using a natural multivitamin on a daily basis.
2. Sleep is affected by a lot of things, but if your brain does not have the nutrients it needs, you may suffer from insomnia, depression, anxiety and even worry. Some of the best nutrients for sleep are amino acids, 5-HTP and SAMe.
3. Performance can be significantly enhanced, which is one of the reasons why the best athletes use high quality supplements to give their body the nutrients that it requires to function at peak levels.
By Henri K. Junttila
Finding the best multivitamin is no easy task, but it is well worth your time, believe me on that. In this article I will cover 3 health benefits that have been proven by years of scientific research and clinical studies. In order to find the best multivitamin, you should look for only natural vitamins that are high quality and blended in the proper manner to work in synergy. This will enhance the health benefits even more and be safer for your body.
Many products today only use vitamins and minerals in their products, which is not as effective as using the more effective nutrients and substances, such as herbs, antioxidants, flavonoids and specialty nutrients. There are a lot of products out there, so it really pays to do your research and learn what works and what doesn't. That said, here are the three health benefits.
1. Energy levels are often significantly increased when you take the best multivitamin. This is usually what people notice first when they start taking a high quality supplement. An increase in energy, was in fact, the first thing I noticed when I started using a natural multivitamin on a daily basis.
2. Sleep is affected by a lot of things, but if your brain does not have the nutrients it needs, you may suffer from insomnia, depression, anxiety and even worry. Some of the best nutrients for sleep are amino acids, 5-HTP and SAMe.
3. Performance can be significantly enhanced, which is one of the reasons why the best athletes use high quality supplements to give their body the nutrients that it requires to function at peak levels.
By Henri K. Junttila
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