Lipotropic Fat
How To Choose The Right Multi-Vitamin by Terry Tiessen
So,You have decided that you are going to get healthy. Strong emerging research about how our daily food intake does not give us our DRI (Daily Recommended Intake) of nutrients to live a long and healthy life is starting to pop up everywhere.. It becomes apparent that you need to start taking a Dietary Supplement. You go down to the local health store and there are shelves and shelves of vitamins, the whole alphabet is there, A, B’s 1 through 12, C, D, E oh wait it skips to K than it goes into Glusomin. Bee pollen, Fish oil, and all of this comes in many colored bottles and several brands.
So you wonder “Is there a difference here? Is there something other than the price that makes one product more desirable than another”
Well as it turns out someone did form a system to rate our health products and dietary supplements. The incredible research of Lyle MacWilliam Msc,FP in his “Comparative Guide To Nutritional Supplements” takes all the guess work out of our health, and provides standards to help us, the consumer, really make a difference in our health and with our decision to supplement our diet. He devised a 18 point rating standard.
This list of 18 points for rating is only a summery, and can be researched extensively at nutrisearch.ca . But the importance of choosing the right vitamin, for a happy, long, life makes this an important overview.
1.Completeness- It takes about 42 vitamins, anti-oxidant, trace minerals, and essential fats to have proper cell function.
2.Potency - Emerging research has determined the need for dietary supplements. And has recognized that the DRI is set at levels that only keep you from not to getting a disease ie. Enough vitamin C not to get scurvy or vitamin D not to get rickets. But not what the body needs to be at its full health and vitality.
3.Mineral forms – The issue is bio-availability. The most resent studies indicate that mineral are at there optimum bio-availability as amino acid chelates or organic-acid complexes.
4.Bio-activity of Vitamin E – Scientific evidence is demonstrating that there is a greater bio-availability, absorption and assimilation of vitamin E in its d-alpha tocopheral form.
5.Gamma Tocopheral – Another form of vitamin E that when properly combined with the d-alpha tocopheral form gives the optimal benefit of the “nutritional thoroughbred” Vitamin E.
6.Anti-Oxidant Support – Anti-Oxidants do not work in isolation making it vital to use a wide spectrum including vitamin C, vitamin E ( alpha and gamma tocopherpol) vitamin A, beta-carotene, alpha-lipoic acid, lycopene, coenzyme Q10 and selenium.
7.Both Health – Does product contain vitamin D, vitamin K, vitamin C,vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folic acid, boron, calcium, magnesium, silicon and zinc.
8.Heart Health - Does the product contain vitamin E (alpha and gamma tocopheral), beta-carotene, coenzime Q10, calcium, magnesium, l-carnitine or acetyl-l-carnitine, procyanidolic oligomers (PCOs), phenolic compound and lycopene.
9.Liver Health (detoxification)- Does the product contain vitamin C, n-acatyl-cysteine (including cysteine), selenium, vitamins B2 and B3 (including niacin and niacinamide).
10.Metabolic Health - Diabieties, now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and Canada, is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. Does the product contain vitamin B3 ( including niacin and niacinamide), vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin E (alpha and gamma tocopheral), biotin, coenzyme Q10, chromium, magnesium, manganese and zinc.
11.Ocular Health - Does the product contain the antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin E (alpha and gamma tocopheral), vitamin A (including beta-carotene) and the carotenoids, lutien and zeaxanthin.
12.Methylation Support - A high level of homocysteine in the blood is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease and demands supplementation with B2, B6, B12 and folic acid.
13.Lipotropic Factors - Essential nutrients for lipid mobilization and detoxification in the liver are choline or lecithin and inositol.
14.Inflammation Control – Does the product contain eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids, linolenic acid, gamma tocopheral, alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin C, flavenoids, procyanidolic oligomers, and the phenolic compounds from green tea, olive and turmeric extracts.
15.Glycation Control – Aging introduces chronic, cumulative chemical modification that attack the structure and cell function. Carnosine has been discovered to be the most promising broad-spectrum shield against the oxidative modification of proteins. Does the product contain i-carnosine, vitamin E (alpha and gamma tocopheral), vitamin C and alpha-lipoic acid.
16.Bioflavonoid Profile – Does the product contain a mixture of bioflavonoids (citrus flavonoids, soy isoflavones, quercetin, quercitrin, hesperidin, rutin, bilberry and assorted berry extracts) and PCOs (including resveratrol, grape seed, and pine bark extracts).
17.Phenolic Compounds Profile - The scientific evidence supporting dietary consumption of polyphenols is immense. The most famous phenolic compounds are: Tumuric, Olive extracts and green tea extracts.
18. Potential Toxicities - The majority of nutrients in supplements are safe, but caution in vitamin A and Iron levels are necessary.
It can be hard to understand what it is we want from a multi-vitamin, but our health is so important. So understanding that we need to supplement our diet is a first step, and the next step, doing a little research on the best supplement, is worth every second spent.
About the Author
Terry Tiessen is a Lifestyle Consultant. He combines the freedom of having a Internet Home Business and the Art of Living Healthy and Successful lives.
Designing Lifestyles of Health and Freedom.
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