The Importance of Nutritional Supplements
Everyone is aware that vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other nutrients are critical to our health. But, most of us are
not aware that many of those supplements sold in grocery stores, drugstores, health-food stores, and on the Internet are synthetic and have very little nutritional value.
When you think of a "vitamin", what picture pops into your head?
For most of us, we picture a pill -- because we've been conditioned by television to believe that "vitamins" come in pills. For example: One-A-Day, Centrum.
But, these colored rocks are nothing more than compressed rocks containing synthetic minerals, additives, and fillers.
So, should we avoid taking supplements? No.
But, since more than 60% of the U.S. population takes some form of a nutritional supplement and more than 65% have some type of illness, it would suggest that some nutritional supplements are not working. So, if you choose to use nutritional supplements, it's important to recognize the key criteria to look for when
purchasing a quality supplement -- so that you can reap the benefits of supplements without risking your health and wasting your money.
So, you should stop wasting your money on the supplements you're currently buying, and learn the following plus more from our
Nutritional Supplements ebook:
- What is the one single most important vitamin for all of us?
- What are the 5 most important vitamins/minerals for all of us?
- What is the one thing to do to ensure maximum absorption of a supplement?
- What are the key criteria to look for when buying a supplement?
- What is the single most important vitamin for diabetics?
- What are the 5 most important vitamins/minerals for diabetics?
- What is the one thing that a diabetic must do to ensure maximum absorption of a
supplement?
- Where are the best places to buy herbs? vitamins? minerals? multivitamins?
- What vitamin supplements should I avoid?
- What are the best food sources for each of the critical vitamins and minerals?
- What are the key vitamins, minerals, and nutrients for cell nourishment and repair?
- What are the key vitamins, minerals, and nutrients for blood glucose control and balance?
- What are the key vitamins, minerals, and nutrients for cell protection
and for strengthening the immune system?
- What are the key vitamins, minerals, and nutrients for cleanse/detox?
- What are the key herbs and nutrients for blood glucose
control and balance?
Should We Take Nutritional Supplements?
An estimated 40 percent of the U.S. population uses nutritional and dietary supplements on a regular basis while 70 per cent uses supplements occasionally. Vitamin E and Vitamin C are among the most commonly used supplements.
So, are nutritional supplements really necessary?
In today’s fast-paced, hectic world, it is very difficult to eat nutritiously all day long every day. So, the short answer is “yes”. If you are relatively healthy and you are eating four to six super meals/snacks with primarily raw organic foods and superfoods every day, you may not need any nutritional supplementation until you get older.
On the other hand, if you are ill with a disease like diabetes, this should tell you that you are not consuming and absorbing enough of the proper nutrients. Because your body is very depleted in terms of nutrients, you need to supplement the super foods that you’ve begun to consume with some food-based nutritional supplements to help accelerate the body’s healing process.
You may find it difficult to obtain all the necessary nutrients from the food you eat due to the loss of soil quality, water quality, picking vegetables/fruits in unripened state, and how animals are fed and raised. But, as long as you are predominantly eating the “live” (raw) foods instead of the “dead” foods, you will be successful.
If finances are not an issue, you can buy organic food to ensure you are receiving the best quality foods, but for the most part this is not necessary. I did not eat organic food during my recovery. The reduction and elimination of eating the “dead” processed foods will have a more dramatic positive effect on your health, more so than any other single factor.
Because it may be difficult to eat four to six super meals consistently each day due to your work life, family, or lifestyle, some type of nutritional supplementation is necessary. In fact, medical institutions, such as the American Medical Association (AMA), agree that nutritional supplementation is necessary today.
Diabetic Vitamins?
Be wary of so-called "diabetic vitamins"!
There's no such thing as "diabetic vitamins"!
There are foods sold in the grocery store as "diabetic foods", but these foods are full of chemicals and additives that are not good for your diabetes! Save your money and stay away from these "dead" foods.
Similarly, stay away from "diabetic vitamins" or "diabetic supplements". These supplements are synthetic and contain additives and fillers that don't help your diabetes. Also, these supplements don't even contain the critical nutrients that your body needs to control and fight your diabetes!
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Some of the key nutritional/herbal supplements for Type 2 diabetes
include:
- Omega-3 EFAs
- Vitamin D
- Alpha lipoic acid
- CoQ10
- Chromium
- Magnesium
- Gymnema sylvestre
- Bitter melon
- Ivy gourd (Coccinia indica)
- Asian ginseng
- Evening primrose oil
- Bilberry
If you want to learn more about supplements and save your money, get our
Nutritional
Supplements ebook or the
Death to Diabetes book.