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Friday, November 30, 2012

Why Take Vitamins?

Why Supplement?
Scientists call essential substances of life vitamins. Until recently, it was widely believed that supplements were only necessary if a person had an outright illness or was truly sick.

Today, research indicated many Americans have mild or moderate nutrient deficiencies that impact their health status, and dietary supplements are necessary to maintain health. Unaddressed, these deficiencies can often put your body at risk for future health problems. Therefore, it is important for people to be sure they are receiving the proper amounts of high-quality nutrients for overall emotional and physical well being.

To understand the reason behind the need for dietary supplementation, let's first examine the average American diet. As a nation, we eat too many empty calorie goods. Although people in the United Sates consume plenty of food, it is not the rights KIND of food. Studies have concluded nearly 70% of a n average Americans diet is made up of fats and refined sugars that have low to no nutrient density. This contributes to nutrient deficiencies that can rob your body of its natural resistance to disease, hasten premature aging and weaken your over all performance.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found that a significant percentage of the US populations receives well under 70% of the USRDA for vitamin A, vitamin C, B complex vitamins and the essential minerals calcium, and magnesium. A separate study found most typical diets contained less the 80% of the RDA for calcium, magnesium, manganese and zinc. It also found the people most at risk were young children and women.

Since the completion of studies of the 1960's the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) has been continually cited as a contributing and causative factor in a variety of "killer" diseases. These would include arthritis, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), colitis, coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke. There is also an increase risk of female disorders associated with diets high in processed fats called trans-fatty acids and increased intake of refined sugars and caffeine.

Although the typical American may appear to be adequately fed, contributing factors such as environmental pollution and stressful life patterns create an even greater daily requirement of certain nutrients to maintain good health. By definition, the millions of Americans that are on diets need additional vitamins an minerals to make up for deficiencies resulting from reduced calorie intake occurring through their dieting habits.
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