| This was a question I had been asking myself for | | | | products were of good quality until I read this |
| a while. The fact is a large number of | | | | book.Without going into too much detail (you'll |
| vitamin,mineral and antioxidant products just can't | | | | need to get a copy to read yourself) most |
| give your body what it needs everyday to | | | | products scored less than 50% .Thats right, you |
| maintain optimal cellular protection from the free | | | | read that correctly.In fact only about 20 products |
| radicals and oxidative stress that are the root | | | | out of 500 scored higher than 2/3rds (66%).And |
| cause of almost all of the chronic degenerative | | | | only 6 made higher than 90%. |
| diseases that plague the western world | | | | Most of the common products available in the |
| today.Now I could go into the real nuts and bolts | | | | supermarket,drugstore or healthfood shops |
| of how and why we are living too short and dying | | | | registered a score of less than 10%.I was |
| too long in todays toxic society but that will have | | | | outraged,shocked and disgusted that these |
| to be another article. | | | | companies could put such low quality products out |
| Essentially there are a lot of half truthes and "BS" | | | | into the population. |
| when it comes to what a vitamin and mineral | | | | I quickly learned that the major reason for the |
| product should contain.And as its always prudent | | | | difference in quality across the board was caused |
| to only take advice from world reknowned | | | | by many factors but the major one was |
| experts in any field, the Nutritional | | | | manufacturing standard.Almost all of the products |
| Supplementation field is no different to any other. | | | | are made to Food grade standards and only a |
| So what should a product actually contain ? Great | | | | few select top quality products were made to |
| question and the answer can be found in " The | | | | Pharmaceutical and Pharmacopaea guidelines or |
| Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements" | | | | Good manufacturing practices (GMP's). |
| Written By Dr Lyle MacWilliam,BSc,MSc,FP and a | | | | This he same standard to which all drugs are |
| team of seven expert Bioscientists from around | | | | made to whereas food grade is what your pizza |
| the world. | | | | is made to as an example. So comparing the two |
| Lyle was a Canadian Parliamentarian several years | | | | standards is like comparing pizza and penecillan in |
| ago and became concerned at the flood of these | | | | relation to the way they are made. |
| products onto the market place in North America | | | | If you are as health concious as I am, finding and |
| and Canada.So he assembled his team with the | | | | using only the best products available makes |
| goal of providing independant,non biased ,Science | | | | sense and has actually made a considerable |
| based answers for the public and health | | | | difference to my overall health as well as the |
| professionals.After reviewing countless hours of | | | | health of my family.Because our bodies are |
| data and research they all agreed on an | | | | constantly creating and replacing billions of cells |
| international standard called "The Blended | | | | everyday, if we aren't providing the necessary |
| Standard" which is the top 39 minerals,antioxidants | | | | building blocks to get the job done correctly then |
| and nutrients that your body needs everyday and | | | | over time we are very likely to contract a major |
| the dosages required to maintain optimal cellular | | | | illness like cancer which is killing 1 in 3 people in |
| protection.By the way the dosages to help | | | | most western countries on current statistics. |
| prevent chronic degenerative disease not just the | | | | Without spelling out to you how this process |
| RDA allowances which are so grossly outdated | | | | actually takes place in our bodies, wouldn't you |
| and were devised back in the 1950's to provide a | | | | want to do everything you possibly can to not |
| guideline for things like scurvy and rickets. | | | | only protect yourself from chronic degenerative |
| They then used this benchmark to compare | | | | diseases,but also protect the ones you love ? |
| around 500 products off the shelves at | | | | Because the statistics worldwide are only getting |
| random,scoring them all from 0-100% percent | | | | worse as we treat the effects rather than |
| based on a very strict criteria.The results were | | | | prevent it from happening in the first place. |
| shocking,I used to think that most nutritional | | | | |