It sure would be convenient if a vitamin supplement could take the place of real food, but unfortunately, that is not how we are designed. We are designed to eat real food, mostly vegetables [and some fruit] throughout the day. Supplements are to\u00a0fill in the gaps<\/strong>, and sadly, many of us have gaps.<\/p>\n

You might need to supplement if\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2013 You eat food grown in de-mineralized soil.
\n\u2013 You are sedentary.
\n\u2013 You smoke.
\n\u2013 You drink alcohol in excess [more that 1 \u2013 2 glasses a day]
\n\u2013 You are pregnant or nursing.
\n\u2013 You are over 50
\n\u2013 You have a medical condition
\n\u2013 You are not taking prescriptions medications
\n\u2013 You are not eating a healthy diet.
\n\u2013 You are under-stress
\n\u2013 You are eating processed foods
\n\u2013 You are eating in fast food restaurants<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED READING:\u00a0 The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating \u2013 Eat, Drink and Be Healthy by Dr. Walter Willett MD<\/p>\n

Sifting through the forest of supplement options can be confusing. I can help.\u00a0Suggestion; A Well-being Consultation.<\/a>\u00a0This is a personalized well-being consultation to assist you in your quest to support your health goals under the supervision of your health professional.<\/p>\n

Not all supplements are alike. Seek supplementation that meets the following criteria.<\/p>\n

QUALITY: To make sure what is on the label is in the bottle. Your supplement should be USP and NSF certified. These nonprofit organizations certify that the vitamins are contaminant free and made according to good manufacturing practices.<\/p>\n

DISSOLVABILITY AND ABSORBABILITY: The absorption of some vitamins is actually based on and improved by other nutrients. Calcium absorption, for instance, is increased by the presence of vitamin D. \u00a0Zinc and vitamin C are known to decrease the absorption and retention of copper in the body. A high intake of calcium may decrease magnesium absorption. Most high quality multivitamin will nutrients that balance each other for proper absorption.<\/p>\n

Before nutrients from a supplement can be absorbed, the supplement must be dissolved in the gut.\u00a0 A way to avoid this issue seek supplements in controlled isotonic form. My prefer supplement line is Isotonix tm.<\/p>\n

MY EXPERIENCE:\u00a0 Isotonix is more like juicing without the mess, time and expense. From my calculations, it would take roughly $18-25 a day to get an unquantified nutrient density that I can get for @$2.50 a day with the\u00a0Daily Essentials Elixir kit<\/a>. Add\u00a0\u00a0Heart Health Omega 3<\/a>\u00a0and you covering most, if not all your nutritional gaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It sure would be convenient if a vitamin supplement could take the place of real food, but unfortunately, that is not how we are designed. We are designed to eat real food, mostly vegetables [and some fruit] throughout the day. Supplements are to\u00a0fill in the gaps, and sadly, many of us have gaps. You might need to supplement if\u2026 \u2013 You eat food grown in de-mineralized soil. \u2013 You are sedentary. \u2013 You smoke. \u2013 You drink alcohol in excess [more that 1 \u2013 2 glasses a day] \u2013 You are pregnant or nursing. \u2013 You are over 50 \u2013 You have a medical condition \u2013 You are not taking prescriptions medications \u2013 You are not eating a healthy diet. \u2013 You are under-stress \u2013 You are eating processed foods \u2013 You are eating in fast food restaurants RECOMMENDED READING:\u00a0 The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating \u2013 Eat, Drink and Be Healthy by Dr. Walter Willett MD Sifting through the forest of supplement options can be confusing. I can help.\u00a0Suggestion; A Well-being Consultation.\u00a0This is a personalized well-being consultation to assist you in your quest to support your health goals under the supervision of your health professional. Not all supplements are alike. Seek supplementation that meets the following criteria. QUALITY: To make sure what is on the label is in the bottle. Your supplement should be USP and NSF certified. These nonprofit organizations certify that the vitamins are contaminant free and made according to good manufacturing practices. DISSOLVABILITY AND ABSORBABILITY: The absorption of some vitamins is actually based on and improved by other nutrients. Calcium absorption, for instance, is increased by the presence of vitamin D. \u00a0Zinc and vitamin C are known to decrease the absorption and retention of copper in the body. A high intake of calcium may decrease magnesium absorption. Most high quality multivitamin will nutrients that balance each other for proper absorption. Before nutrients from a supplement can be absorbed, the supplement must be dissolved in the gut.\u00a0 A way to avoid this issue seek supplements in controlled isotonic form. My prefer supplement line is Isotonix tm. MY EXPERIENCE:\u00a0 Isotonix is more like juicing without the mess, time and expense. From my calculations, it would take roughly $18-25 a day to get an unquantified nutrient density that I can get for @$2.50 a day with the\u00a0Daily Essentials Elixir kit. Add\u00a0\u00a0Heart Health Omega 3\u00a0and you covering most, if not all your nutritional gaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,19,44,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","category-strategies","category-supplements","category-trends","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bench-accounting-49027.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peZSCa-x7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2790,"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions\/2790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livewellkeepitsimple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}