While there is no doubt that
nutritional diet vitamin supplements have a significant and
important role to play in your health – the only way to see a
real health benefit is if you follow some very basic rules of
nutrition. There’s a four-fold benefit
of following these simple rules:
- You will most likely lose weight (or gain
weight if you need to).
- You will definitely start to feel better
and have more energy.
- You will save money AND
- You will reach your health goals within
90 days.
Following these guidelines will ensure maximum
health benefits from taking your nutritional diet vitamin
supplements by reducing the damage caused by free radicals and
by reducing maximising the intake and reducing the loss of
essential nutrients.
These simple guidelines are as follows:
Increase your consumption of green leafy
vegetables.
- Increase your intake of water – at least
10 glasses per day (more if you live in a hot climate/sweat
a lot).
- Increase your intake of protein and eggs
(egg are the complete protein containing more amino acids
and vitamins than any other food except whey).
- Increase your intake of omega 3 essential
fatty acids from fish oil (from deep sea fish such as
salmon, tuna, mackerel and trout) and flax seed oil.
- Drink more water.
- Reduce your intake of processed
carbohydrates – sugar, cakes, biscuits etc. And also reduce
your intake of other sources of natural sugar – i.e. fruit,
potatoes and rice.
- Don’t eat burned meat – cook it slow to
medium rare.
- Reduce or eliminate fried foods and all
sources of hydrogenated vegetable oils – particularly
margarine. Use extra virgin olive oil sparingly and butter
in place of margarine.
- No carbonated drinks of any kind and
reduce your intake of caffeine to a cup per day at the most
– switch to herbal tea as a substitute.
- At least 20 – 30 minutes of aerobic
exercise 4 times per week.
The 90 Essential Nutrients
There are at least 90 essential nutrients the
body needs to maintain itself in peak physical condition. An
essential nutrient is defined as a nutrient the body cannot
make – we must consume it – and without it we may suffer a
disease. This includes 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, amino acids and
at least 2 (omega 3) essential fatty acids.
Whether you are trying to improve your health
with nutritional diet vitamin supplements or prevent or reverse
a health challenge, it is important you first follow the
guidelines mentioned above.
Secondly, instead of purchasing nutrients one
at a time, look for high quality multi-vitamin, multi-mineral
complexes along with a reliable source of essential fatty acids.
By taking all of the nutrient supplements together you ensure
that the body keeps itself in balance as each nutrient requires
other nutrients to make them work.
The only time you would ever take nutritional
diet vitamin supplements in the form of a single mineral or
vitamin (a very expensive way to do it) is if you were advised
to do this by a naturopath, homeopath or health care
practitioner with experience in nutrition.
Recommended nutritional diet vitamin
supplements
- All 90 essential nutrients.
- Digestive enzymes – to improve absorption
if you are over 40 or suffering any health challenge.
- Selenium antioxidant supplement – the
most powerful of the antioxidants and involved in cancer
risk reduction.
Now while there are many other nutritional
diet vitamin supplements we could recommend, this is where you
should start on your way to feeling better. No matter what your
health challenge, if you take the 90 nutrients and follow our
health guidelines, you will feel better in less than 90 days. |