Is a nutritional supplement really that important for a
life of vitality? Or is it hype? After all if you look at
any supplements label you will read:
THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY
THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO
DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE
The short answer is YES! Definitely yes... but...
...I can not stress enough the warning that most women
and men can potentially do more damage to their health
than good when they take supplements.
I say this because so many people do not take responsibility
for their nutrition when they take a nutritional supplement.
On one hand some people think they can eat anything they want
and neglect the basics of a healthy lifestyle with the belief that
a nutritional supplement is all they need to get their daily requirements
of vitamins and minerals.
On the other hand you could be making conscious health choices
by eating right and exercising.
But how can you be sure that your nutritional supplements are
actually working?
Are you wasting your money on a nutritional supplement that passes
right through your body and into the toliet?
The picture on the right shows an x-ray where supplements
from a "name brand" company are being passed through
the lower colon undigested.
It is not enough to have a supplement that will dissolve
it also should be:
The real question is how can YOU be sure your nutritional supplement
is working for you?
After all these years, there is finally one nutritional supplement
company that has raised the bar within the supplement industry
by providing scientific evidence that their nutritional
supplement actual works.
LifePak®
is the only antioxidant multivitamin product where double
blind clinical tests show a reduction in free radical damage.
These studies imply that the nutritional supplement LifePak slows
down the aging process and supports your immune system.
Nevertheless, both these issues go to the problem of understanding
the relationship between a nutritional supplement and nutrition.
Remember, earlier I mentioned that nutritional supplements can
actual do more harm than good... so let me explain this further...
While I am an advocate for taking a nutritional supplement I am
often confused at how many people refer to nutrition when they speak
about "Supplements".
Let me set the record straight:
Supplementation is NOT Nutrition.
SUPPLEMENTATION is simple supplementation! You should only take
a nutritional supplement to ENHANCE your nutritional requirements.
If you believe as I do that you do not GET sick, but you make
yourselves sick by neglecting your nutritional requirements
then it is important to understand what nutrition really
means.
Here's the best definition of Nutrition I have found...
It comes from, nutrition expert Dr. Wayne Pickering:
Nutrition is nothing more than a series of 4 processes the
body employs to make food materials for the body to use. It takes
place without thought or conscious effort as it's an innate response
from the superior wisdom of the body we were born with.
That's all nutrition is. A series of processes that break down
food so that your body can utilize the minerals and vitamins that
support life functions.
As Dr. Pickering stresses - Nutrition doesn't heal, cure
or do anything for that matter.
It's the body that does the healing processes. To help you
understand this concept just think of driving a car.
Would you say that the gas in the gas tank is driving
the car?
If you consider driving or movement as 'health" then you can
see that gas is needed, but gas alone is not enough.
Just like the car that moves down the road, you body is constantly
in motion at the cellular level replacing old cells with new cells.
For example you replace 100,000 new skin cells per day.
But the real point here is that there are many other factors to
health.
Now let's look at supplementation and how it influences
nutrition.
Supplements are just that, supplements, not meal replacements.
They help to support the network of vitamins and minerals
in your body.
The concept of network is very important here.
Vitamins and minerals in your body should not be viewed as independent
"things" circulating around in your body.
Too often you are told that Vitamin A or Vitamin C is good for
this or that. This is important, but it can over simplify
the real importance of vitamins and minerals.
What is really important is how vitamins and minerals work
together.
For example, one mineral, like magnesium works together with
calcium, potassium and vitamin C to perform specific cellular functions.
In the big picture your body is a network of 12 systems
that carry out thousands of tasks such as producing digestive juices,
pumping blood, delivering oxygen...etc. It is important to stress
that your body is a network of systems that depend
on each other.
If one body system fails, then all the other systems are
compromised - and so is your health. Just think of what happens
when someone has a heart attack - this is the failure of the circulatory
system.
Likewise the food you eat will breakdown and provide minerals and
vitamins to your cells so that new skin, hormones and a host of
thousands of other life giving factors can be produced.
These vitamins and minerals work as a cooperative network - if
one nutrient is missing it will throw the entire network of nutrients
out of balance.
"A deficiency of a vitamin or mineral
will cause a body part to malfunction and eventually break down...
and...other body parts will follow."
James F Balch, M.D.
Prescription for Nutritional Healing
Even the best supplements on the market CAN NOT imitate natures
wisdom 100%.
Science continues to find new important relationships between all
the minerals and vitamins. Yet almost all supplements on the market
are just a mix of the "in vogue" and the flavor of the
month.
You probably have seen the Vitamin C craze of the 70's, then Vitamin
E and now the buzz is on omega fats and antioxidants.
There is no one cure all vitamin or mineral. That means you can
not take a nutritional supplement a say "I'm on the road to
wellness"!
The secret to health is getting the right combination of minerals
and vitamins and the best way is to:
We should be thinking of a nutritional supplement
as something to complement the meal not to take the place
of the meal.
The bottom line is this...if you can get the meal right
then supplementation will serve you a lot better!
And when you choose a nutritional supplement you should consider
a nutritional
supplement like LifePak from Pharmanex.
It almost took a full year for me to realize the value of
having a company like Pharmanex in my corner to support my
nutritional supplement strategy.
After a year of research and questioning about every type of nutritional
supplement, I have concluded that Pharmanex is the real "deal"
because they deal directly with every major problem
that is associated with supplements with their 6S® Quality Process.
The following problems deal with all nutritional supplement product:
-
Quality
-
Effectiveness
-
Safety
-
Value
The Pharmanex 6S process simply means that you get what it says
on the label of every Pharmanex product.
You can read my 4 point summary about the
incredible Pharmanex difference here:
-
Integrity
-
Credibility
-
Third-Party Verification
- Scientific Proof...The Antioxidant Scanner
Then, on top of all the impressive care to quality, there is the
number and diversity of scientists involved with Pharmanex product
development.
This is truly a collaboration of eastern and western medicine.
Just take a look at the diversity of scientists on the Pharmanex
Advisory Board - you can view this information on the Pharmanex
Website - go to the LifePak
page and click the "About US" link on the top menu...
You will discover the depth of this company's scientific research
- their scientists literally come from around the world.
Does it surprise you to learn that LifePak®
was created with the input of over 70 scientists and 31 affiliate
institutions throughout the world?
Just examine the Pharmanex®'s own statement and philosophy
of dietary supplementation, which is:
To create a safe and efficient dietary supplements
by applying the disciplines of western science to natural products
then substantiating and refining the results through a scientific
pharmaceutical approach and through scientific consensus.
The more I digged to verify these claims the more impressive I
became... and I know that you will be too!
Again, You can read my 4 point summary about Pharmanex
here.
Remember, Pharmanex is the only company that can actually
provide you with a measurable score of your antioxidant levels
with the bio-photonic scanner that provides you with a measurement
of your carotinoid (an antioxidant) levels.
With this breakthrough technology, Pharmanex can actually guarantee
you that the nutritional supplement, LifePak, will increase
your antioxidant score.
The fact is no other nutritional supplement company can make these
claims and stand by them.
I hope that you can now act with complete confidence when
you choose your nutritional supplement!
Bon appetit!
Do You Still Have Questions?
You have 3 options to get more information on this incredible
company and the LifePak nutritional supplement...
1) Contact the Company
Learn more about the company or order LifePak directly.
Please Call #800-487-1000 and press the prompt to customer
service (#2), then give this ID#US0680660.
Pharmanex Support: M - F, 7 am -10 pm & Sat. 8 am - 8 pm MST.
If your calling EST +2hrs, or from PST -1 hr form the list times.
You can also order
the Pharmanex LifePak online. Please remember to provide my Representative ID#US0680660
2) Web Resources
The Pharmanex store serves the following 37 countries
worldwide:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Finland,
France, French Polynesia (Tahiti) Germany, Gibraltar, Guatemala,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg,
Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand,
Norway, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand,
United Kingdom, and the United States.
3) Contact Us Directly
If you are serious about your health and looking for a way to live
a life of passion and meaning please consider joining us for a free
conference call with our head wellness coach and nutrition expert
Lisa Smith-Batchen.
References
LifePak® "Double-Blind
Placebo Controlled Study of the Effects of LifePak® Supplementation
on Antioxidant Status, Free Radical Activity and Resistance to LDL
Oxidation" (one page abstract)
"The
Effects of a Nutritionally Complete Dietary Supplement (LifePak®)
on Antioxidant Status and LDL-Oxidation in Healthy Non-Smokers"
(one page abstract)
Popup Blocker Help 
Nutritional Supplement