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Tuesday, 10 December 2013

How To Decide On Top Quality Nutrition Health Supplements

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By Lavada Sauceda


There is some controversy about the use of nutritional supplements, with some experts claiming that we should get enough nutrients from our diets. Yet more and more people are suffering from various complaints and just do not seem healthy. Supplementing your diet with certain essential nutrients might be the answer to low level health problems.

Every year the soil on which crops are grown become increasingly depleted of many trace elements. While fertilizers can ensure bumper crops, the nutritional quality of the food produced is much lower than previously. Another issue is that modern waste disposal systems do not recycle nutrients to the soil, and for many years the fertility of the soil has been decreasing.

Vitamin D is essential for bone strength and immune function, as well as a range of other functions. While it is produced by the action of sunlight on your skin, the sun must be higher than 50 degrees in the sky for this to happen. If you need to supplement with this vitamin, make sure that it is the Vitamin D3 variety, or use a sun bed with UVB light, as UVA rays will increase your cancer risk.

When taking supplements, make sure they are bioavailable, otherwise they will not provide any benefits. Even Vitamin C needs to be in this form to be of any use. While synthetic nutrients may be chemically the same or very similar, your body may not recognize them if they are not in the form which it expects, and they may then actually cause a problem.

An important point is that you should not take doses of supplements that are too large. In excess they can be toxic, and have potentially serious effects. However, the optimum dose is frequently far more than the RDA of a given substance, which is just sufficient to avoid clinical symptoms of deficiency. In most cases the dose will be shown clearly.

A field that is taking the world by storm is anti-aging. Of the many nutrients known to be important to achieve this benefit, resveratrol and Astaxanthin stand out. Available in large amounts in dark chocolate, resveratrol is also found in red grapes and blueberries. Astaxanthin is found in shellfish such as krill, providing the pink coloring which also turns the flesh of salmon pink.

While there are natural sources of these nutrients, nutritional supplements are necessary to provide optimal levels. Truly vibrant health and vitality then becomes possible, and your feeling of well-being will amaze you. You should also be sure to eat organic foods, as adaptation to new foods is likely to prove an exceedingly slow process.




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