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nutrition |
why you
can't depend on food alone for essential nutrition
why you need to
supplement your diet
what you
need to know when buying nutritional supplements
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Clinical experience shows that you'll get healthier if you buy the
highest quality
dietary supplements.
Use the quality guidelines listed below.
The
primary requirement for any supplement is that it actually works. In
order to be
clinically
effective, it must be of the highest possible quality. However, quality varies widely
because
there are no quality standards in the industry. So you can't
rely only on the label.
Take vitamin E for example. A study of various vitamin E products by
laboratory analysis showed
that
a large percentage of the supplements had less vitamin E than stated
on the label.
A few of the products had no vitamin E in them at all! In addition,
there are various forms of vitamin
E:
alpha, beta, delta and gamma. Most supplements have only the
alpha form because that is the least expensive.
The alpha form is beneficial, but not nearly as beneficial as all
the forms together.
All the forms together
are called “mixed tocopherols”. They have
more health benefits but are also more expensive.
This example illustrates the difficulty in selecting supplements
merely by looking at the label.
We have chosen a selection
of supplements that have been recommended by naturopaths and have
independent verification of their content. |
