But in reality, these mainstream vitamin supplement companies all purchase their essential ingredients from a core group of wholesale sources that operate behind the scenes and are generally unknown to the public. So while there may be hundreds of vitamin and supplement companies, there is really a relatively small number of primary sources manufacturing the critical nutritional ingredients. In short, most vitamin and supplement companies purchase from the same source. They amount to the same product in different packaging.

This is common in the retail industry. General Motors, the once great American car company, has subdivisions like Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, and used to have Oldsmobile (not your parents Oldsmobile). Many people who drive Chevys don’t know that the guy driving the Cadillac next to them is driving a car made by the same company. These private label manufacturing companies often supply the packaging and [...]]]>

The fierce rivalry these days in the vitamin supplement business is a war between retailers who struggle to differentiate themselves through style rather than substance. Mainstream brand name vitamin supplement companies usually assert that their products are vastly superior to their competition, with superior ingredients used to manufacture their products.

But in reality, these mainstream vitamin supplement companies all purchase their essential ingredients from a core group of wholesale sources that operate behind the scenes and are generally unknown to the public. So while there may be hundreds of vitamin and supplement companies, there is really a relatively small number of primary sources manufacturing the critical nutritional ingredients. In short, most vitamin and supplement companies purchase from the same source. They amount to the same product in different packaging.

This is common in the retail industry. General Motors, the once great American car company, has subdivisions like Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, and used to have Oldsmobile (not your parents Oldsmobile). Many people who drive Chevys don’t know that the guy driving the Cadillac next to them is driving a car made by the same company. These private label manufacturing companies often supply the packaging and labeling, as well as manufacture the key ingredients in the vitamin supplements for most of the big names in the vitamin industry like One A Day, Centrum, Flinstones, Vitamin World, The Vitamin Shoppe and GNC.

Private label companies also manufacture vitamins for many smaller companies who vend their products through multi-level networks, smaller retail outlets, the Internet, TV advertorials, magazine ads and other marketing sources. So be careful you don’t get duped by a product you see in a magazine ad claiming unique, proprietary, age-old, long-lost, newly discovered formulas and secret ingredients based on traditional, thousand years old cultures with special, ancient wisdom.

Chances are, they bought their stuff from the same huge private label manufacturer everyone else does. Or a distributor of one. Same source, different label. Under the hood, a Chevy and a Buick and the now defunct Oldsmobile rode on the same frames with window dressing and plastic fenders added to make them look different. They’re basically the same car.

Private label companies such as Ion Labs, Nutricap Labs, GMP Laboratories, Health Products Corporation, National Vitamin Company and others similar produce and package a large percentage of the popular supplement companies heavily advertised in the mainstream media and retail markets. For example, at least 22 supplement companies that distribute to the MLM industry derive their “proprietary” formulas from Vitarich Laboratories. Now that doesn’t mean that these companies can’t purchase the same basic ingredients and formulate them in unique and creative ways. Some companies do, but I wouldn’t bet on most of them.

These facts may shock some people, and it does seem a bit deceptive on the surface. And you would think that at least you know the ingredients you’re buying are manufactured by reputable, competent companies most of which have been around a long time, and their products are of a decent quality and subject to the same quality controls as other mass produced vitamin sources. It’s important that people know what’s in and behind the supplements they buy, so you should research thoroughly the companies you purchase from. Its your hard-earned money so know what you’re getting.

Unfortunately, it seems many of these private label manufacturers are of poor quality. Although published 4 years ago, here’s what MSNBC reported: “Of 21 brands of multivitamins on the market in the United States and Canada selected by ConsumerLab.com and tested by independent laboratories, just 10 met the stated claims on their labels or satisfied other quality standards.” Ouch. The article goes on to report,

“Most worrisome, according to ConsumerLab.com president Dr. Tod Cooperman, is that one product, The Vitamin Shoppe Multivitamins Especially for Women, was contaminated with lead.

“I was definitely shocked by the amount of lead in [this] woman’s product,” he said. “We’ve never seen that much lead in a multivitamin before.”

Other products contained more or less of a particular vitamin than listed on the label. And some did not dissolve in the correct amount of time, meaning they could potentially pass through the body without being fully absorbed.”

The Vitamin Shoppe women’s product contained 15.3 micrograms of lead per daily serving of two tablets.

This amount of lead is more than 10 times the amount permitted without a warning in California . . . On average, most American adults are exposed to about 3 micrograms of lead through food, wine and other sources, he said, and while 15.3 micrograms of lead per day may not be immediately toxic, the mineral is stored in the body and could build up to dangerous levels with time.

“I would be concerned about a woman taking a multivitamin that contains 15.3 micrograms of lead per daily serving,” said Judy Simon, a dietitian at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. . .

The same product also contained just 54 percent of the 200 milligrams of calcium stated on the label.

The analysis also showed that Hero Nutritionals Yummi Bears, a multivitamin for children, had 216 percent of the labeled amount of vitamin A in the retinol form, delivering 5,400 International Units (IU) in a daily serving. That’s substantially more than the upper tolerable level set by the Institute of Medicine of 2,000 IU for kids ages 1 to 3 and 3,000 IU for those 4 to 8.”
– msnbc.com updated 1/19/2007

So another issue is not only vitamin quality but quantity. The popular over the counter vitamin brands like Centrum don’t have enough ingredients to provide any anti-aging or disease prevention benefits. They merely help prevent severe vitamin deficiency and malnutrition, and that’s all they were ever designed to do. The public, however, has been mislead to believe that these cheap, usually synthetic vitamins will promote good health. They don’t, unless as I said, you suffer from severe malnutrition.

Of course this is not true of all companies. Some distinguish themselves and are heavily involved in research and development.

The best vitamin company I have ever seen is NSI, which has an incredible array of products for the one-a-day crowd all the way up to fanatical anti-aging specialists who spend hundreds of dollars a month (and you should if you have the money. My estimate is that lifespan can be extended by about 50% using all of today’s known technologies). They are on the cutting edge of scientific and anti-aging research. Life Extension Foundation also offers superior products and research but at a higher price.

But you don’t need to load up on vitamins from a bottle to get significant anti-aging and disease fighting ammunition. The new trend in whole superfoods offers a more natural way to supercharge your nutritional intake that is the perfect complement to supplements. Boku Superfood is one of the very best on the market. Try them and be amazed.

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If you read through books, journals, articles and surf the Internet, you will soon notice that it is very difficult to find a satisfactory definition of aging. It is easy to enumerate the symptoms of aging, which most writers fall back on doing. But what aging is exactly seems to be somewhat elusive.

We are less concerned with what aging is, and more concerned with how we can slow the process. However, here is a brief overview of aging.

We now know that part of the reason we age is because our genes are preprogrammed in such a way that prohibits our cells from regenerating indefinitely. That is, there is a mechanism in our cells which sets a limit on how many times they can divide and regenerate new cells. Due to evolutionary factors, we are literally programmed by our genetic structure to die.

Fortunately, scientists are beginning to understand this process, and it is becoming quite clear that we will be able to eliminate this roadblock to immortality within the next 20 years or so.

Even if our cells were not preprogrammed to die, they would eventually [...]]]>

What is Anti Aging & Longevity?

If you read through books, journals, articles and surf the Internet, you will soon notice that it is very difficult to find a satisfactory definition of aging. It is easy to enumerate the symptoms of aging, which most writers fall back on doing. But what aging is exactly seems to be somewhat elusive.

We are less concerned with what aging is, and more concerned with how we can slow the process. However, here is a brief overview of aging.

We now know that part of the reason we age is because our genes are preprogrammed in such a way that prohibits our cells from regenerating indefinitely. That is, there is a mechanism in our cells which sets a limit on how many times they can divide and regenerate new cells. Due to evolutionary factors, we are literally programmed by our genetic structure to die.

Fortunately, scientists are beginning to understand this process, and it is becoming quite clear that we will be able to eliminate this roadblock to immortality within the next 20 years or so.

Even if our cells were not preprogrammed to die, they would eventually wear out and die. This is because as our cells divide over time, tiny mutations occur in our DNA which accumulate. Eventually, this accumulation of damaged DNA leads to disease. Disease occurs when our cells are no longer able to function as they were originally designed.

We are also learning how to prevent this natural wear and tear to our cells that occurs over time through the use of vitamins, antioxidants, hormones etc. which reduce damage caused by free radicals and molecular cross-linking. Chronic inflammation Is also known to play an important role in this process.

The cells in our body continually die off, and the body must constantly generate new ones. In fact, every seven years, 90% of the cells in our bodies are made new. It is this process of generating new cells wherein lies the main sources of aging, disease and death.

Therefore, while death used to be considered an inevitable consequence of time, we now know that the aging process can be halted and even reversed. Again, we will have all the technology necessary for this within the next 20 years.

Preventing and Treating Aging
for Life Extension

In 993, Dr. Bruce Ames published his findings on antioxidants in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. He discovered that oxidation or free radical damage plays a major role in aging. Fortunately, much of this deterioration can be prevented by supplementing with vitamins and antioxidants and eating antioxidant rich foods. In some cases, it has been discovered that antioxidants can even reverse some of the damage caused by free radicals. In this way we can already partially reverse the aging process.

The true task of everyone living today is to stay alive until the mid-2020′s, when the technology necessary to produce immortality will be achieved.

Life Extension is Possible

In the early 20^th century, the average lifespan was only about 45. Today it is about 80. All this occurred “naturally,” without our consciously trying to produce this result. Nobody really knows why this has occurred, although many people would like to take credit for it. Doctors want to point to better access to health care, pharmaceutical companies want to point to better drugs, food companies want to point to better nutrition, etc.

However, there is little evidence that any of these reasons have made much of an impact. The truth is, we don’t know why this has occurred. What we do know is that by attempting to increase lifespan now, we are finding great success.

Many studies are reporting significant results in increasing, and in some cases, doubling the life span of animals in laboratory experiments. Through caloric restriction, rats have been shown to live disease free lives that are almost doube their “natural” lifespan (however, new evidence suggests that caloric restriction may not be so successful in subjects that are already very lean).

Diseases that do occur are significantly delayed when compared to animals who eat all they want. Human studies are currently being conducted. However, if I were you I would not run out and go on a calorie restricted diet, because new evidence shows that by taking the right antioxidants, we can replicate the results of a calorie restricted diet, even eating as much fatty food as we want. One such antioxidant is called resveratrol.

In other experiments that manipulate the genetic structure of various living organisms, researchers have been able to increase lifespan to a human equivalent of 300 to 500 years!

The life span for humans is increasing as I write this. In the past generation alone, the average life span has been increased more than in any other time in history. We are only at the beginning of this process.

“Vitamin D suppresses tumor growth and promotes differentiation in colorectal cancer in much the same ways it does in breast and prostate cancer. Normal colon cells have higher vitamin D receptor concentrations than abnormal or cancerous colon cells.” - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure

It is vitally important for your health to get adequate levels of direct sunlight on your skin, an average of about 15 – 30 minutes a day without sunscreen. If you don’t you’ll have natually low levels of vitamin d in your body and your chances of getting cancer will skyrocket.

“The combination of vitamin D and vitamin A slows prostate cancer [...]]]>

You may have heard that the vitamin D health supplement is one of the healthiest vitamins in the world, yet one of the most underutilized as most people do not have sufficient amounts in their body. That’s because the vitamin d health supplement is made when the skin comes into direct contact with sunlight, and we have all been taught by the sunscreen manufacturers that any and all sunlight is harmful to you, which is a lie.

“Vitamin D suppresses tumor growth and promotes differentiation in colorectal cancer in much the same ways it does in breast and prostate cancer. Normal colon cells have higher vitamin D receptor concentrations than abnormal or cancerous colon cells.”
- James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure

It is vitally important for your health to get adequate levels of direct sunlight on your skin, an average of about 15 – 30 minutes a day without sunscreen. If you don’t you’ll have natually low levels of vitamin d in your body and your chances of getting cancer will skyrocket.

“The combination of vitamin D and vitamin A slows prostate cancer cell growth in the lab. Clinical research on activated vitamin D and vitamin D-like molecules in humans shows promise. We know that activated vitamin D alone often slows the growth of prostate tumors, and the different concentrations of vitamin D receptors on cancer cells versus normal prostate cells can help to separate cancer cells from normal cells by growth rates.”
- James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure

Why don’t the US government, mainstream medical community and pharmaceutical companies tell people that vitamin d health supplements can reduce cancer by 77%? Because they make more money when you get sick, quite simpy. So don’t listen to your doctors and take your health into your own hands. Take back the power from the health powers that be that prey and profit from your disease.

“D deficiency that plagues 80 percent of the American population. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis and almost every other degenerative disorder. ‘The elderly, who spend little time in the sun and use sunscreen agents frequently, may be at risk for vitamin d deficiency,’ according to a statement made by the Mayo Clinic.”
- Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease – It’s a Survival Mechanism

Here is a sampling of health information from responsible doctors and researchers in the alternative medical field who care about the truth.

Vitamin D and Breast Cancer

Sunlight triggers the formation of vitamin D in the skin, which can be activated in the liver and kidneys into a hormone with great activity. This activated form of vitamin D causes “cellular differentiation” – essentially the opposite of cancer. The following evidence indicates that vitamin D might have a protective role against breast cancer: Synthetic vitamin D-like molecules have prevented the equivalent of breast cancer in animals. – The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions by Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.

“Over 42 percent of Americans suffer from vitamin D deficiency, and 47 percent of pregnant women are severely deficient in this important hormone. Their children tend to have weak bones that break easily, even during their childhood years. Many chronic illnesses are due to vitamin D deficiency, including osteoporosis, cancer, and depression. You cannot stop a vitamin D deficiency by taking supplements. Sunlight is the only real remedy. To make sufficient amounts of vitamin D, dark-skinned people need to spend at least two to three times longer in the sun than do Caucasians.”
- Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body

Two equally effective sources of vitamin D in humans are derived from plant ergosterol, which is converted to ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) by the action of sunlight on the skin. The body uses vitamin D3 for normal immune system function, to control cellular growth, and to absorb calcium from the digestive tract. Vitamin D3 can inhibit the growth of malignant melanoma, breast cancer, leukemia, and mammary tumors in laboratory animals. Vitamin D3 can also inhibit angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels that permit the spread of cancer cells through the body. – Permanent Remissions by Robert Hass, M.S.

“Vitamin D may play an anti-cancer role by slowing cell division. Sunshine is the natural source of vitamin D.”
- Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified

“Vitamin D is crucial for the immune system and may play a role in cancer prevention as well.”
- Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel

There’s surprising new evidence that older women who skimp on foods rich in vitamin D are more likely to develop breast cancer, according to Frank Garland, Ph.D., of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of California at San Diego. This may also help explain fish’s anticancer protection, because fatty fish is packed with vitamin D. Specifically, Dr. Garland finds that dietary vitamin D wards off postmenopausal breast cancer in women over fifty, but not in women who get cancer at younger ages. – Food Your Miracle Medicine by Jean Carper

“In 2007, Doctor Cedrick Garland and colleagues, using pooled analyses of available research, estimated that maintaining a vitamin D blood level of 55ng/ml could annually prevent 250,000 deaths worldwide, including 60,000 in the USA.” – Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health

“I even learned that your own body freely generates the best anti-cancer medicine in the world – vitamin D – a nutrient that’s been proven to slash breast cancer risk by an astonishing 50 percent, but only if you get some exposure to natural sunlight or consume vitamin D through fish oils and nutritional supplements.
- Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions

In animals fed a high fat diet, which normally would produce a higher incidence of colon cancer, supplements of calcium and vitamin D blocked this carcinogenic effect of the diet. Vitamin D inhibits the growth of breast cancer in culture, and also seems to subdue human breast cancer. Cells from human prostate cancer were put into a “…permanent nonproliferative state”, or shut down the cancer process, by the addition of vitamin D. Human cancer cells have been shown to have receptor sites, or stereo specific “parking spaces” for vitamin D. – Beating Cancer with Nutrition by Patrick Quillin

“All African Americans have vitamin D deficiency and they consequently have higher rates of cancer. Slathering on sunscreen is not such a good idea. We’ve gone too far with sunscreen because we’re not getting enough vitamin D. This is a ‘coming public health disaster in the US.’ Everyone should get a half hour of sunshine a day.”
- Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry

Even though vitamin D is one of the most powerful healing chemicals in your body, your body makes it absolutely free. No prescription required. Diseases and conditions caused by vitamin D deficiency: Osteoporosis is commonly caused by a lack of vitamin D, which impairs calcium absorption. Sufficient vitamin D prevents prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, depression, colon cancer, and schizophrenia. “Rickets” is the name of a bone-wasting disease caused by vitamin D deficiency. – Natural Health Solutions by Mike Adams

“Research shows that vitamin D has a variety of important benefits besides lowering blood sugar. It seems to protect against eighteen different kinds of cancers, has a significant positive impact on the immune system in fighting colds and flus, viruses, and TB, and protects against rickets and osteoporosis.”
- Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Live 21-Day+ Program

It is a well known fact nowadays that your build muscle diet is a critically important component of your total fitness regime that will determine the degree of your bodybuilding success. If your diet is substandard and lacking in key nutrients and food types, regardless of how hard you train you won’t gain the muscle mass and definition you desire.

Let’s review a few simple but essential rules to follow to design and implement a superb build muscle diet, and then we’ll uncover some of the very best quality and targeted foods for building muscle mass. Here are some quick guidelines for a diet to build muscle:

1. Consume 6-7 quality, well-planned meals per day to sustain a high metabolism and avoid glycemic spikes. This will make it much easier for you to metabolize the required amount of calories in order for you to gain muscle mass. Also, it will ensure your body has high energy levels throughout the entire day to fight fatigue, maintain an elevated mood and assist recovery and muscle repair.

2. Your build muscle diet should consist of roughly 50% carbohydrates, 30% [...]]]>

It is a well known fact nowadays that your build muscle diet is a critically important component of your total fitness regime that will determine the degree of your bodybuilding success. If your diet is substandard and lacking in key nutrients and food types, regardless of how hard you train you won’t gain the muscle mass and definition you desire.

Let’s review a few simple but essential rules to follow to design and implement a superb build muscle diet, and then we’ll uncover some of the very best quality and targeted foods for building muscle mass. Here are some quick guidelines for a diet to build muscle:

1. Consume 6-7 quality, well-planned meals per day to sustain a high metabolism and avoid glycemic spikes. This will make it much easier for you to metabolize the required amount of calories in order for you to gain muscle mass. Also, it will ensure your body has high energy levels throughout the entire day to fight fatigue, maintain an elevated mood and assist recovery and muscle repair.

2. Your build muscle diet should consist of roughly 50% carbohydrates, 30% proteins, and 20% fats. This provides sufficient amounts of the amino acids you require to build muscle mass, and the energy you will need for your workouts for sustaining a high metabolic rate. Many bodybuilders make the mistake of eating too little fats, but they don’t realize that fats are crucial for optimal functioning and losing weight.

3. The timing of your meals is extremely important on a build muscle diet. Eat approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours before you workout so your body has sufficient time to metabolize the proteins for building muscle and carbohydrates for energizing your workouts.

Also, be sure to eat within an hour after your workout, even if you only have time to drink a protein shake. This is necessary to maintain consistent nutrient flow to the muscles and other organs that have undergone the tremendous stress of your workout and are striving to recover and grow. Another time to drink a high protein shake is right before going to bed so you can build muscle mass while sleeping. Remember, your growth hormone output peaks in early sleep, so be sure it has the nutrients available to assist it in building muscle  and facilitate repair. Always eat as soon as you awaken since your muscles will be low on energy at that time and hungry for nutrition.

4. Add supplements to your build muscle diet to help you pump up muscle mass. Based upon what you can afford, consider taking Omega-3 fatty acids, multivitamins, creatine, DHEA, testosterone or its precursors, IGF-1 and whey protein. A healthy diet targeted at heavy lifting is crucial to build muscle mass; the right supplements can give your diet a massive energy boost.

5. Drinking plenty of water throughout your day helps your body build muscle mass. Water is important to many of your body’s functions including building muscle mass. Staying hydrated is necessary for peak cellular energy production, and helps clear toxic substances from the body. Drinking too much water at once can make you feel nauseated and bloated. It is best to drink smaller amounts consistently throughout the day. Water is an important complement to your build muscle diet.

Those were five good tips for building muscle mass. Now let’s look at the specific kinds of foods you should eat on your build muscle diet to optimize your exercise routines.

Protein is obviously essential to build muscle mass so you must get plenty of high-quality protein in your build muscle diet. These are great sources of protein: egg whites, turkey breast, cheese, tuna, cottage cheese, lean beef, salmon, chicken breast, and whey protein shakes. High quality whey protein isolate is best because of its quality protein density which has the highest Biological Value. That means it is easiest for your body to assimilate and use to build muscle mass, and filters out any unwanted substances unnecessary for the specific task of building muscle. It also has the highest quality protein profile, containing all the necessary amino acids in the right quantities.

Carbohydrates are another extremely important component of your build muscle diet because they provide the calories and energy that are needed to sustain heavy exercise and bodybuilding routines to build muscle mass. To sustain high energy and fuel your muscle growth add these foods to your diet: beans (high in antioxidants), sweet potatoes, whole wheat pasta, baked potatoes, brown rice, fat-free yogurt (providing enzymes helpful in digestion and nutrient assimilation), bagels, and oatmeal. Eat whole grain carbs whenever possible for the fiber, which is necessary for optimizing weight and helps fight disease.

Again, many people don’t realize it, but a well rounded build muscle diet must also contain the right amount of high quality fats in order to grow muscle mass. Include these good fats in your diet: flax seed oil, fish oil, olive oil, avocados, nuts, and peanut butter. The omega 3 fatty acids are one of the super supplements, beneficial for everything from protecting your brain to sustaining your heart and everything in between. A healthy lipid profile is vital for health and lean muscle mass.

Your body also needs a substantial supply of vitamins and minerals in order to function properly and operate in a state of health, especially under the increased demands and stress of bodybuilding. It is known that bodybuilders often suffer from a suppressed immune system because of the physical stress on their bodies. Your body must be healthy first before it can build muscle mass.

You should take high quality supplements, but you can also get substantial amounts of vitamins and minerals by adding healthy foods to your build muscle diet like asparagus, peas, spinach, beans, carrots, green beans, spirulina, acai berry, cauliflower, and broccoli. You should also make fresh fruit and vegetable juices which are packed with massive amounts of natural vitamins, minerals and other antioxidants.

By following these suggestions you will be able to build serious muscle. Remember that lots of calories are required by the body for both energy and to support the growth of enlarged muscle tissue. If you don’t consume excess calories you won’t grow. OK, now that you know what to eat to gain muscle, go do it.

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Researchers of one study found that “CoQ10 is an anti-aging substance under normal physiological conditions.” This was under testing in mice using doses that would be the human equivalent of 500 mg to 1700 mg per day. Although their research suggested that 1700 mg per day may induce cognitive impairment, these researchers admitted that, “it would be fair to comment that the upper safe limit of 1200 mg per day recommended by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is lower than the estimated 1700 mg per day that would lead to cognitive impairment in humans.” In other words, use in moderation like everything else.

Ubiquinone, another name for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) comes from the word “ubiquitous,” meaning “everywhere” – a fitting name since it is found in and essential to every cell of the human body. Unfortunately, levels of CoQ10 produced by the body decrease with age by as much as 70%, and with the development of certain diseases such as Parkinson’s , asthma, and heart disease. Scientists have been studying CoQ10 for many years, and it is now one of the most popular health supplements in the world due to [...]]]>

Researchers of one study found that “CoQ10 is an anti-aging substance under normal physiological conditions.” This was under testing in mice using doses that would be the human equivalent of 500 mg to 1700 mg per day. Although their research suggested that 1700 mg per day may induce cognitive impairment, these researchers admitted that, “it would be fair to comment that the upper safe limit of 1200 mg per day recommended by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is lower than the estimated 1700 mg per day that would lead to cognitive impairment in humans.” In other words, use in moderation like everything else.

Ubiquinone, another name for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) comes from the word “ubiquitous,” meaning “everywhere” – a fitting name since it is found in and essential to every cell of the human body. Unfortunately, levels of CoQ10 produced by the body decrease with age by as much as 70%, and with the development of certain diseases such as Parkinson’s , asthma, and heart disease. Scientists have been studying CoQ10 for many years, and it is now one of the most popular health supplements in the world due to the discovery of it’s amazing health benefits. Another study found CoQ10 to be a promising treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Super Antioxidant for Energy Nutrition

The Japanese began studying CoQ10 in the 1960s to treat heart disease. Since then, it has been widely used in Japan, Israel and Europe, and is becoming very popular in the United States. The best evidence for the benefits of supplemental CoQ10 are its ability to reduce symptoms of congestive heart failure. CoQ10 is also useful in managing high blood pressure, easy angina, and warding off coronary artery disease, and it speeds recovery time after coronary artery bypass surgery. Trials have shown that taking CoQ10 after having a stroke helps alleviate symptoms and prevents the recurrence of future strokes. Other studies suggest that CoQ10 is useful taken prior to elective heart surgery.

Fight Disease

Most heart patients are deficient in CoQ10, and supplementing with CoQ10 has dramatically improved heart function and improved heart disease symptoms according to certain studies. Research suggests that CoQ10 me be beneficial for almost any heart condition, such as angina, arrhythmia, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, and cardiotoxicity associated with some cancer chemotherapy drugs.

One important study suggests that CoQ10, taken in combination with Acetyl-n-carnitine and omega-3 fatty acids may be useful in the treatment of macular degeneration. Another study found that CoQ10 prevents migraine headaches. CoQ10 is sometimes recommended to treat male infertility because it increases sperm count and sperm movement. Many naturopathic doctors recommend taking CoQ10 for treating breast cancer, and preliminary studies show that this enzyme has a beneficial effect against prostate tumors.

Other studies show that CoQ10 is effective in tempering symptoms of fibromyalgia and gum disease. Research suggests that CoQ10 is also useful in treating Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, bronchitis, and emphysema. This is truly one of the super supplements.

Still more research suggests that CoQ10 helps strengthen immune system and improve exercise endurance. CoQ10 appears to also protect against the side effects of certain prescription medications including certain psychiatric drugs, blood pressure lowering medications, and Statin cholesterol-lowering drugs. These medications deplete the body’s store of CoQ10, which is one reason they should be avoided.

Experts believe that CoQ10 works by improving the production of energy in cells, especially cells that require significant amounts of energy, such those located in the heart and brain. About 95% of the energy in your cells is produced from structures called mitochondria. CoQ10 facilitates the transformation of fats and sugars into energy. It is this ability to increase energy at the cellular level that lies at the heart of CoQ10′s amazing healing and health inducing powers. CoQ10 is also a powerful antioxidant, meaning that it can reduce the effects of free radical molecules that damage cells in the body. CoQ10 has also shown to energize brain cells and increase mental alertness, and may even reverse brain degeneration. This would make it a front line therapy in the fight against brain diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

Many studies have shown that CoQ10, when taken in conjunction with standard prescription medications such as drugs for high blood pressure, may allow a reduction in the dosage of prescription medications and even their elimination. This is very exciting news. It is becoming clear that many conditions now treated with prescription medications can be better treated with natural health supplements, and CoQ10 is one of the best. Alternative health specialists have been saying this for decades, and the evidence is beginning to prove us correct.

A good supplemental dose of CoQ10 lies in the range of 100-200 mg per day for general maintenance. If you are treating serious illness, or you want to slow your aging process, in conjunction with an anti-aging regime your dosage may be considerably higher. 500 mg to 1000 mg per day is a target range for treating various diseases and for anti aging. There have been some reports that doses higher than 200 mg per day may induce side effects such as nausea, heartburn, diarrhea, abdominal pain and dizziness in some people. However, there is no reason for a healthy adult to take more than 200 mg a day for general health. If you want to treat a disease or are interested in anti-aging, There are things you can do to reduce the side effects. For example, it is often reported that side effects are reduced when supplements are taken with food. Also, start with a smaller dose, and gradually increase the amount so your body has a chance to adapt to the supplement.

In order for CoQ10 to be used by the body, It must first be broken down in the body to its active metabolite called ubiquinol. Therefore, the best way to take CoQ10 is in the ubiquinol form. This is very important, as it allows for much higher blood levels of CoQ10 while taking smaller amounts. Studies show that the ubiquinol form of CoQ10 can increase blood levels up to eight times more than the standard form. By taking CoQ10 in the ubiquinol form, side effects can be greatly reduced. This is great news for those who were unable to tolerate CoQ10 due to its side effects.

CoQ10 may be one of the top 10 super supplements in the world.

From the “Americans aren’t so stupid after all and may be starting to wake up”

department.

Healthnews.com reports “American consumers spent an estimated $34 billion on alternative medicine in 2007. In fact, alternative medicine accounts for over 11 percent of out-of-pocket spending on health care in the United States. “

Alternative medicine is anything not controlled by the pharmaceutical mafia which protects hundreds of billions of dollars in profits every year by manipulating and exploiting groups such as senior citizens into becoming drug addicts courtesy of your local doctor and the mainstream medical establishment, which includes the FDA, your friendly local government strong-arm men.

Think yoga, biofeedback, diets, nutritional and fitness coaching, chiropracters, naturopathy, hypnosis, vitamin supplements, herbs, natural and organic foods, a brain that actually functions part of the time, meditation, tai chi, gardening, long walks and prayer to the holy godfather in the sky. You create your reality with your thoughts, so think positively.

It’s great to see Americans finally waking up to the incredible health benefits of alternative health therapies, particularly the anti-aging supplements that can extend lifespan. Over 1/3 of all Americans are now using some form of alternative medicine, [...]]]>

From the “Americans aren’t so stupid after all and may be starting to wake up”

department.

Healthnews.com reports “American consumers spent an estimated $34 billion on alternative medicine in 2007. In fact, alternative medicine accounts for over 11 percent of out-of-pocket spending on health care in the United States. “

Alternative medicine is anything not controlled by the pharmaceutical mafia which protects hundreds of billions of dollars in profits every year by manipulating and exploiting groups such as senior citizens into becoming drug addicts courtesy of your local doctor and the mainstream medical establishment, which includes the FDA, your friendly local government strong-arm men.

Think yoga, biofeedback, diets, nutritional and fitness coaching, chiropracters, naturopathy, hypnosis, vitamin supplements, herbs, natural and organic foods, a brain that actually functions part of the time, meditation, tai chi, gardening, long walks and prayer to the holy godfather in the sky. You create your reality with your thoughts, so think positively.

It’s great to see Americans finally waking up to the incredible health benefits of alternative health therapies, particularly the anti-aging supplements that can extend lifespan. Over 1/3 of all Americans are now using some form of alternative medicine, so clearly they are beginning to see the lies and deceit of the pharmaceutical companies and their shameful complicity with doctors and government agencies.

However, Americans are still spending most of their money on supplements such as glucosamine and echinacea, which are not high level super supplements like resveratrol and melatonin.  For example, “a stunning $3 billion was spent on homeopathy.”  Now I’m not going to knock homeopathy, even if it isn’t my first choice in alternative therapies.

So there is still a lot of educating to do for the American public. The good news is that they are taking a lot more fish oil with omega-3 fatty acids, which is one of the healthiest supplements you can take. Definitely a super supplement.

Did you know if you suffer from a brain injury, taking omega-3 fatty acids like the kind found in fish oil supplements will prevent plaque from forming and building up in your brain which will leads to brain injury and parkinson’s disease? Yes, omega-3 fatty acids are that healthy.

And if you can survive until the time of the singularity, you just may get whisked away into immortal life. Pretty cool, huh? The conclusion? Stay alive and don’t die whatever you do.

The singularity is near, and you can live forever.

“Findings concluded that 38 million adults visited alternative medicine practitioners for which they paid less than $50 on average per visit, and the average annual spending per person was about $122. For services such as acupuncture, homeopathy and hypnosis, the average was a higher at $75 plus. The average spending for products was $177.”

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Those in the alternative health field have reason to stand up and cheer, because they just won a major victory. Just recently, Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, guilty of crimes against humanity because of the millions of criminal deaths they have caused by selling and pushing toxic, lethal chemicals as life-saving drugs has recently been busted by their own partners in crime over the last several decaces, the US Justice Department, for willfully lying and deceiving you, the US public, about the capability, use and safety of their drugs.

Alpha-lipoic acid is an essential co-factor in energy metabolism in organisms from microbes to humans. A nutritional coenzyme that participates in the energy metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, with a particular role in blood glucose disposal,  alpha-lipoic acid is necessary for the mitochondrial energy production of the cell, which keeps us alive; it can also help reduce the aging process which reduces wrinkles in the skin and inhibits the disease process.

The therapeutic potential of alpha-lipoic acid is just beginning to be explored, but holds great promise. Alpha-lipoic acid can be found in foods such as organ meats, spinach, broccoli, peas, brussel sprouts, and rice bran. The richest natural food source of alpha-lipoic acid is red meat; other sources include, spinach, broccoli, potatoes, yeast (particularly brewer’s yeast), and certain organ meats (such as [...]]]>

Alpha-lipoic acid is considered one of the most powerful antioxidants manufactured by the human body. It has been called the “universal” antioxidant because it boosts glutathione levels in cells, and is both water and fat soluable. Alpha-lipoic acid is found in every cell of the body, a cofactor in several multi-enzyme complexes where it helps turn glucose into energy.

Alpha-lipoic acid is an essential co-factor in energy metabolism in organisms from microbes to humans. A nutritional coenzyme that participates in the energy metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, with a particular role in blood glucose disposal,  alpha-lipoic acid is necessary for the mitochondrial energy production of the cell, which keeps us alive; it can also help reduce the aging process which reduces wrinkles in the skin and inhibits the disease process.

The therapeutic potential of alpha-lipoic acid is just beginning to be explored, but holds great promise. Alpha-lipoic acid can be found in foods such as organ meats, spinach, broccoli, peas, brussel sprouts, and rice bran. The richest natural food source of alpha-lipoic acid is red meat; other sources include, spinach, broccoli, potatoes, yeast (particularly brewer’s yeast), and certain organ meats (such as kidney and heart).

Alpha-lipoic acid is a small molecule with chemical properties that allow it to pass easily in and out of cells. Unlike other antioxidants, which work only in water (vitamin c) or fat (vitamin e), alpha-lipoic acid is soluable in both fat and water, and thus can penetrate tissues composed mainly of fat, such as the nervous system, or mainly of water, such as the heart, to protect them from free-radical damage.

Therefore, alpha-lipoic acid is able to deactivate both fat and water soluble free radicals and thereby protect both lipoproteins and membranes; no other anti-oxidant can do this. This means that the antioxidant activity of alpha-lipoic acid is working in the extra-cellular fluid and also within the cell.

Alpha-lipoic acid is unique in several ways. Alpha-lipoic acid exerts apoptotic (cell death) effects on tumor cell lines (anti-cancer effects). It is very important to the liver cell metabolic pathways and can be rapidly depleted when the liver is under stress.

One beneficial effect of alpha-lipoic acid is its ability to regenerate other important antioxidants such as vitamins c and e, coenzyme q10, and glutathione, superoxide dismutase (sod) and glutathione peroxidase (gpx). In fact, alpha-lipoic acid has been shown to protect against the symptoms of vitamin e or vitamin c deficiency in animals fed diets deficient in those nutrients.

Alpha-lipoic acid is used to help treat diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, cardiac autonomic neuropathy, liver disease, retinopathy, dementia, cataracts, and glaucoma,  chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs), hiv/aids, cancer,  wilson’s disease, cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease (pad), intermittent claudication, lyme disease, and lactic acidosis that originate in genetic abnormalities in metabolism.

Supplements of Alpha-lipoic acid have shown benefits in treating pre-diabetes and type-2 diabetes, nerve diseases, increasing energy metabolism, and slowing the aging process.

Thus it benefits our body by regulating blood sugar levels and improving symptoms of cardiovascular ailments, blurred vision, and liver complication. Results suggest that dietary alpha-lipoic acid is a promising agent for reducing cardiovascular complications of diabetes. It is used for improving insulin-resistance and glucose levels  in type 2 diabetes, and treating amanita mushroom poisoning.

For well over 30 years physicians in germany have been clinically treating diabetics with alpha-lipoic acid and in germany to date, alpha-lipoic acid is an approved medical treatment for peripheral neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes.

Topically, alpha-lipoic acid can be used to decrease wrinkles and lines in the skin, and protect against sun damage. Alpha-lipoic acid is an antioxidant used in Europe to promote liver and nerve health, and confer protective benefits against oxidative processes.

They are saying that health is a lot more than just the absence of disease. It is much more than that. But good health usually comes down to personal responsibility: choosing to live a healthy lifestyle or an unhealthy one. It is our choice.

It doesn’t help that the media and food industry are loaded with messages encouraging poor health. Most of the food manufactured and produced in the US, for example, is junk filled with disease causing chemicals and stripped of almost all nutrition. And we wonder why there is a cancer epidemic in the US?

There are 4 main steps to a healthy lifestyle.

But melatonin’s story gets better. Because of all the super anti-aging products flooding onto the market do the explosion of the information age, it can all be very confusing. “What do I take?” “Which supplements are the best?” Good questions.

Anti-aging and Longevity

In fact, Melatonin is one of the only substances ever discovered that significantly extends the lifespan of laboratory animals. Let’s be very clear about this. There are many supplements that can make you look and feel younger – give you more youthful energy – but only a few have been shown to extend actual lifespan by a significant amount.

Melatonin is one of those super hormones that can actually help you to live longer.

In scientific tests, the average lifespan of animals extended about 30%. I have read figures of between 20% and 50%, so 30% is a relatively safe average. That means instead of dying at 70, you greatly increase the probability that you will live until you are 100 if [...]]]> Melatonin is another of the super hormones, those miracle substances that slow your aging and help you to live more youthful, energetic, disease-free, spiritually inspired and active lives – whatever your age.

But melatonin’s story gets better. Because of all the super anti-aging products flooding onto the market do the explosion of the information age, it can all be very confusing. “What do I take?” “Which supplements are the best?” Good questions.

Anti-aging and Longevity

In fact, Melatonin is one of the only substances ever discovered that significantly extends the lifespan of laboratory animals. Let’s be very clear about this. There are many supplements that can make you look and feel younger – give you more youthful energy – but only a few have been shown to extend actual lifespan by a significant amount.

Melatonin is one of those super hormones that can actually help you to live longer.

In scientific tests, the average lifespan of animals extended about 30%. I have read figures of between 20% and 50%, so 30% is a relatively safe average. That means instead of dying at 70, you greatly increase the probability that you will live until you are 100 if you supplement with melatonin.

It gets better.Melatonin is perhaps the safest substance ever discovered by science. When experimenting with various substances, scientists always try and discover the lethal dose so they have an idea how to prescribe the medication and just how dangerous it is.

When scientists tried to discover the lethal dose of melatonin, no matter how much they gave the animals they could not kill them. In fact, some of the animals even exhibited lower rates of certain cancers! Melatonin is truly safe.

According to Drugs.com, “No drugs have been reported to interact with melatonin.”

So what is melatonin, and why does it help you to live longer? While the exact answer to that question is not known exactly, we have some pretty good clues.

Sleep

Melatonin is the hormone in your brain responsible for inducing sleep. As with most substances in your body, melatonin naturally declines with age. With less melatonin, we get poorer quality sleep. We sleep less deeply and for less hours.

Notice how people as they get older seem to sleep so little? How they are alway restless and getting up in the night? Notice how young kids are always sleeping when they get a chance, like at a football game or rock concert? It’s because of the levels of hormones like melatonin in the brain.

We know that sleep is critical for maintaining good health and youthful vigor. While you sleep, your body goes to work repairing the damage inflicted on your cells and DNA from stress, pollution, oxidation from eating and exercise, etc.

The less we sleep, the less opportunity our bodies have to repair themselves. Over time as we sleep less, the damage to our body accumulates. The DNA in our body’s cells are unable to replicate themselves accurately and slowly become deformed and defective. They lose the youthful perfection of their initial design. This is the aging process at work.

So by taking melatonin and improving the quality of our sleep, we can slow our aging process by allowing our bodies to repair the minute damage that accumulates every day. This accumulation of damage takes its toll over the years in aging, loss of energy and function, and disease.

Insomnia & Sleep Disorders

It follows that melatonin is a great treatment for those people who suffer from sleep disorders such as insomnia. Try taking melatonin before the pharmaceutical medications, because the sleep it will give you is much more natural and healing than the artificial sleep induced by toxic pharmaceutical drugs.

Depression & Anxiety

There is also evidence that melatonin helps alleviate depression, and helps people feel less anxious. Clinical studies show that people who suffer from major depression or panic disorder have low levels of melatonin. It’s also great for people who travel and knock their natural circadian rhythm out of balance, for it is “the primary controller of circadian (day/night) bio-rhythms.” It helps restore natural sleep patterns when transferring between different time zones, helping to reduce “jet-lag.”

Now we have all heard how terrible cholesterol is for health, right? Anything with cholesterol is bad and must be avoided? But if the most important adrenal hormone in your entire body – and the most potent memory enhancer known to science – is produced from cholesterol, how could cholesterol be so bad for you?

The answer is that cholesterol in itself is not bad, but the sources you get it from in your food or supplements are very important. There are good and bad sources of cholesterol. For example, natural butter is much healthier than synthetic margarine. And don’t eat foods cooked with unhealthy trans-fats, like companies such as McDonalds and KFC, etc. did for years even after the scientific evidence was overwhelming that they should stop because it was causing heart and other diseases.

Pregnenolone has been shown to have very few [...]]]> Pregnenolone is called the “mother hormone” or “the brain hormone” because it is converted from cholesterol by the body in the mitochondria of the cell and is the primary hormone of the Adrenal gland. That means that all other adrenal hormones – from dhea to testosterone to estrogen, mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids – are produced from Pregnenolone.

Now we have all heard how terrible cholesterol is for health, right? Anything with cholesterol is bad and must be avoided? But if the most important adrenal hormone in your entire body – and the most potent memory enhancer known to science – is produced from cholesterol, how could cholesterol be so bad for you?

The answer is that cholesterol in itself is not bad, but the sources you get it from in your food or supplements are very important. There are good and bad sources of cholesterol. For example, natural butter is much healthier than synthetic margarine. And don’t eat foods cooked with unhealthy trans-fats, like companies such as McDonalds and KFC, etc. did for years even after the scientific evidence was overwhelming that they should stop because it was causing heart and other diseases.

Pregnenolone has been shown to have very few side-effects, and is one of the safest supplements in the medical literature. “Despite its powerful metabolites, pregnenolone is acknowledged to be without significant side effects, with minimal or no anabolic, estrogenic or androgenic activity.”

However, one word of warning. It is thought that about 5% of people who take pregnenolone are prone to developing skin rashes. These are not dangerous, but if you should develop a skin rash, try reducing your dose or discontinue altogether. The rash will go away as soon as you stop taking pregnenolone.

Pregnenolone is a hormone, which are powerful substances, so it should always be taken carefully and in moderation. Again, listen to your body. Most women age 30-45 respond well to 5-10mg a day. Women age 45-60 do well on 10-25mg daily.

Men can take more since they have naturally higher levels of certain adrenal hormones like dhea, which is made directly from prenenolone. So men age 30-45 can take 10-25mg a day while men 45 and above do well on 25-50mg a day, and for someone who is really aged or fighting a disease, 100mg or more are sometimes advised.

Pregnenolone is primarily found in and active in the brain. It is incredibly good for your brain, and is considered the most potent memory enhancer ever discovered, some say by a factor of 100. That means it is 100 times more powerful at enhancing your memory than anything else ever found. It also naturally increases mental alertness.

Its not surprising that pregnenolone has been proven effective at preventing and treating dementia and alzheimer’s disease, as well as other nerve disorders as it has been proven effective at enhancing and protecting nerve cell growth. It can enhance your overall mood and feelings of motivation and improve sleep. Melatonin is the sleep hormone and will be discussed another article.

There is growing evidence that pregnenolone helps to strengthen the immune system also

Pregnenolone has been shown to stimulate the growth of dendrites in the brain, which are the branch-like strings that grow out of the neurons and make connections with other neurons. That means pregnenolone makes your brain more powerful, better connected, and smarter, because your brain can work more efficiently. It has alo shown effective at lessening anxiety.

Because estrogen is made almost directly from pregnenolone, estrogen-deficient women often are low in pregnenolone, as are people who are depressed and lacking energy. Studies in the military have shown that soldiers have more stamina, can stay awake longer and function better, and deal with stress better when supplementing with pregnenolone.

In fact, pregnenolone is a very powerful anti-infammatory. 50 or so years ago, before the pharmaceutical companies began peddling their prescription poisons to an unsuspecting public, pregnenolone was widely prescribed by doctors to treat arthritis because of its anti-inflammatory properties. It is very effective against rheumatoid arthritis, and has been shown to reduce pain and swelling. This should slow, halt, or even reverse some symptoms of the disease.

Paramount health and the healing of disease doesn’t require artificial, pharmaceutical drugs or medical “experts,” as the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies would like you to believe. The wisdom of the universe resides in nature and natural foods, and all the nourishment your body needs to heal itself can be found there.  Give the body what it needs and it will heal itself: your immune system is the product of hundreds of millions of years of biological evolution – the evolution of natural intelligence.

If everyone consumed the proper amount of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, green superfoods like chlorella and spirulina, and got enough excercise, 90% or more of all disease would be eliminated within a few years from the face of the earth. Lifespans would increase, youthful health and vitality restored to the elderly, and cutting -edge, natural anti-aging science would become mainstream. One day in the not too distant future it will be.

Will you and your family still be alive to enjoy it? I [...]]]> The world’s most powerful medicines, the foundation and fabric of your body, reside in nature, in the food you eat. “You are what you eat” is the fundamental commandment of optimal health and well-being.

Paramount health and the healing of disease doesn’t require artificial, pharmaceutical drugs or medical “experts,” as the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies would like you to believe. The wisdom of the universe resides in nature and natural foods, and all the nourishment your body needs to heal itself can be found there.  Give the body what it needs and it will heal itself: your immune system is the product of hundreds of millions of years of biological evolution – the evolution of natural intelligence.

If everyone consumed the proper amount of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, green superfoods like chlorella and spirulina, and got enough excercise, 90% or more of all disease would be eliminated within a few years from the face of the earth. Lifespans would increase, youthful health and vitality restored to the elderly, and cutting -edge, natural anti-aging science would become mainstream. One day in the not too distant future it will be.

Will you and your family still be alive to enjoy it? I know mine probably won’t. You see, whenever I tell my family and friends about the miraculous healing powers of natural foods like colostrum and spirulina, they laugh in my face.  “You are not a doctor,” they arrogantly and ignorantly exclaim, “what do you know?”

If I try and explain to them that I have been researching natural health substances for 10 years and know more about them than virtually any doctor, I get more scoffs and noses turned up in disgust. Isn’t it amazing how self-righteous the ignorant can be? Don’t be one of them.

In fact, doctors, the so called medical “experts”, get virtually no training at all in nutrition. Have you ever wondered how it is possible that the people most responsible for guarding our health know virtually nothing about how to achieve optimal health naturally? The mainstream medical establishment is bought and paid for by pharmaceutical companies that earn hundreds of billions of dollars in profits by creating unnatural, synthetic “drugs” that do far more harm to people’s health than good. Far more harm.

Pharmaceutical drugs, which most people rely on to keep them “healthy”, do nothing to address the underlying causes of disease. They don’t heal anything, but superficially mask symptoms. They maintain people in a semi-sick state, controlling the disease just enough to keep the profits rolling in. How many of you know old people who are addicted to 10 or 15 different prescription drugs to “control” their diseases? Do you really think that is the best way to bring those people back to a state of health? Most pharmaceutical drugs are toxic poisons that turn people into dependent drug addicts. Pharmaceutical companies are the world’s most heinous drug pushers, and receive the full support of the US government. Just say no to drugs? Who is kidding who? Who is saying no to the 2 trillion dollar a year health care establishment? Fortunately, as more peope begin to wake up to the horrors of this shameful industry, more and more people are just saying no.

The most powerful health organization in the world today is the Food and Drug administration (FDA). Although it was originally created to safeguard the public from toxic substances being put into our food and drugs and root out corruption, it has itself become corrupt to the core, aiding and abetting the crimes of – along with the oil companies who have destroyed the health of the planet – the world’s most powerful corporations.

In 1992, the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) allowed the FDA to charge pharmaceutical companies to evaluate drugs for approval. This was a recipe for disaster, and what was intended as “user fees” turned into bribes. Then the FDA allowed the drug makers to advertise directly to doctors and consumers, as if the best drug for patients was the one with the most effective marketing campaign behind it. Drugs – in whose hands life and death were held – were reduced to everyday commodities like detergent or toothpaste. The doctors were well compensated for going along with the charade, and the advertising was virtually unregulated. Want to  sell more heart medication? Lie about how effective it is, and hide the horrific side-effects. What people don’t know can’t hurt them, right? The medical establishment has allowed itself to be bought off by the pharmaceutical industry.

A study of the pharmaceutical industry’s marketing literature targeting doctors to promote and prescribe drugs found that only about 5% was accurate. Just as in the financial industry investments were touted without merit, destroying the life-savings of millions, drugs were being accepted by the FDA, marketed to doctors and prescribed to patients to be poisoned and killed. All this was done knowingly, for profit.

The FDA does the same thing with food as with drugs, knowingly allowing manufacturers to process them with deadly chemicals in to enhance profits; chemicals to make food look fresh when it isn’t; chemicals to artificially prolong shelf-life; chemicals to manipulate flavor and foster addiction. It’s one thing to cheat someone out of money, but to maim and kill people for the sake of profit is obscene beyond words.

Chlorella and spirulina are two of the most remarkable superfoods ever discovered. Everyone should include these miracle foods in their diet. For example, pound for pound, spirulina contains twelve times the digestible protein of beef. It’s a far superior protein than beef because of your body’s natural ability to digest it, and incorporates a much more complete balance of minerals such as magnesium.

As another example, a phytochemical in chlorella can actually rebuild nerve damage in the brain and nervous system. Because of this, chlorella is used in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Both of these superfoods have been scientifically shown to both prevent and even reverse cancer in humans. These superfoods also contain a high amount of essential fatty acids such as GLA that are lacking in the diets of most people yet are essential for healthy brain function.

Chlorella & Spirulina: What Are They

Food! Chlorella and spirulina are both microscopic plants that grow in fresh water, called micro-algae. They are among the earliest and simplest forms of life. They  incorporate an astonishing spectrum of nutritional ingredients: vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, protein, nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), [...]]]> Chlorella and Spirulina: The “Perfect” Superfoods

Chlorella and spirulina are two of the most remarkable superfoods ever discovered. Everyone should include these miracle foods in their diet. For example, pound for pound, spirulina contains twelve times the digestible protein of beef. It’s a far superior protein than beef because of your body’s natural ability to digest it, and incorporates a much more complete balance of minerals such as magnesium.

As another example, a phytochemical in chlorella can actually rebuild nerve damage in the brain and nervous system. Because of this, chlorella is used in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Both of these superfoods have been scientifically shown to both prevent and even reverse cancer in humans. These superfoods also contain a high amount of essential fatty acids such as GLA that are lacking in the diets of most people yet are essential for healthy brain function.

Chlorella & Spirulina: What Are They

Food! Chlorella and spirulina are both microscopic plants that grow in fresh water, called micro-algae. They are among the earliest and simplest forms of life. They  incorporate an astonishing spectrum of nutritional ingredients: vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, protein, nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), chlorophyll, and other phytochemicals. They are thought to contain every nutrient necessary for health. Yes, you could actually live off them because they are so nutritionally concentrated!

Chlorella and spirulina contain zero refined carbohydrates or “bad” fats, and are high in digestible protein, essential fatty acids and chlorophyll. It is likely most of the healing properties of these superfoods have yet to be discovered. For instance, scientists used to think there were only four essential vitamins, yet we now know of hundreds of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, plant extracts, herbs, etc. that are important sources of optimal health. And more are being discoverd all the time.

We are in the midst of a veritable explosion of knowledge surrounding health and anti-aging.

Chlorella and spirulina contain:

• Protein that is more dense, digestible and of superior quality than that derived from animals. (Chlorella is 58% protein.)

• All the known B vitamins, including  B12, almost never found in plants

• Vitamins C and E

• Macrominerals: magnesium, calcium, ,zinc, potassium and much more

• Trace minerals, many of which are yet to be discovererd

• Omega-3 fatty acids including GLA

• Mucopolysaccharides

• Beta-carotene

• Nucleic acids (RNA & DNA)

• Chlorophyll

The variety and density of nutrients is awe-inspiring: all the critical nutrients in almost perfect amounts! Like manna from heaven. And yet most people are ignorant of these miracle foods because pharmaceutical companies can’t manufacture and patent them for profit, so most scientists and doctors in the mainstream medical community, aided and abetted by the US government, refuse to publish the true healing benefits of these superfoods.

Unfortunately, they would rather see you sick and malnourished in the interests of their profit machines that spit out toxic junk foods with artificlal ingredients and artificial drugs. This is tragic, since chlorella and spirulina can help prevent millions of cases of serious disease every year, and actually reverse – yes HEAL! – diseases like diabetes and cancer.

Chlorella & Spirulina: Land of Vitamins & Minerals

Chlorellla and Spirulina aren’t just amazing superfoods because they contain virtually every vitamin and mineral needed for good health. What’s really significant is that the vitamins and minerals exist in the natural forms that the human body was meant to digest. If you take “bulk” vitamin supplements, you are frequently consuming man-made vitamins that have been fabricated in a chemical plant from substances you wouldn’t normally eat.

These synthetic vitamins may be molecularly similar to the vitamins found in plants, but studies show that they aren’t as beneficial. That’s why vitamins from Spirulina and Chlorella are typically superior to those in pill form.  And you do not have to worry about dosages because they contain virtually perfect ratios for optimal nutrition: hence they are often called “perfect foods”. You can eat these in large quantities without worrying about taking too much of any single vitamin.

Minerals

Just about all Americans are deficient in certain minerals like magnesium, calcium and  zinc. That is because most of the valuable mineral content of processed foods are removed in the manufacturing process. When a food processing factory refines wheat berries to make white flour, it takes out as much as 98% of certain minerals. The resulting pulverized ingredient — white flour — is nutritionally substandard and cannot  properly nourish our bodies.

That is why they have to “enrich” these flours: by law, some vitamins must be replaced in order to prevent the most obvious diseases like beriberi and ricketts. Does that make sense to you? If it sounds a little crazy, it is.  In fact it is immoral, done just for the sake of profit. The price we pay is with our lives.

By consuming these overly refined foods and not ingesting enough “natural” foods like chlorella and spirulina, most Americans do not receive enough magnesium, zinc and many other trace and macrominerals. Furthermore, nearly all low-carb dieters are calcium deficient, not because they do not consume calcium, but rather they lack the vitamins and minerals – such as magnesium and vitamin D – that enable their bodies to absorb the calcium.

What we all lack is mineral balance in our diets. With chlorella and spirulina, however, we can address these mineral deficiencies with superfoods that are abundant in minerals. An ounce of chlorella contains a lot more calcium than an ounce of milk. And pound for pound, spirulina contains a lot more protein than beef.

Vitamin K was discovered by Henrik Dam in 1929 when he realized that a compound in cholesterol could prevent bleeding. Vitamin K is “fat soluble”, which means that it is better absorbed when ingested with fat. The “K” is derived from the German word “koagulation.” Coagulation refers to the process of blood clot formation. While a normal healthy body can produce vitamin K, supplementation is advised for those with poor diets or as a general insurance.

When vitamin K deficiency does occur, it is most likely to happen in newborns, especially if they are premature, breastfed, or their mother was taking anticoagulant medication. Babies are born with sterile intestines; therefore, there’s no bacteria in the gut to produce vitamin K2, making them more susceptible to vitamin K deficiency if their diet has inadequate amounts.

Deficiency [...]]]> Vitamins are an essential part of nutrition and vital for the proper functioning of our bodies. Vitamins play an important role in most body processes and other essential molecules and nutrients are derived from vitamins or produced by using them. Vitamin K is one of the most important vitamins in the body, and it is necessary to get adequate quantities through our diet and supplementation.

Vitamin K was discovered by Henrik Dam in 1929 when he realized that a compound in cholesterol could prevent bleeding. Vitamin K is “fat soluble”, which means that it is better absorbed when ingested with fat. The “K” is derived from the German word “koagulation.” Coagulation refers to the process of blood clot formation. While a normal healthy body can produce vitamin K, supplementation is advised for those with poor diets or as a general insurance.

When vitamin K deficiency does occur, it is most likely to happen in newborns, especially if they are premature, breastfed, or their mother was taking anticoagulant medication. Babies are born with sterile intestines; therefore, there’s no bacteria in the gut to produce vitamin K2, making them more susceptible to vitamin K deficiency if their diet has inadequate amounts.

Deficiency is also more likely in people who have problems absorbing fats, such as in obstructive jaundice, celiac disease, chronic diarrhea, intestinal bypass surgery, chronic pancreatitis, and liver disease. People who have been injured, have impaired kidney function, or use antibiotics for extended periods of time are also at greater risk for vitamin K deficiency.

Vitamin K has two main forms – phylloquinine(vitamin K1), which is also known as phytonadione – and menaquinones(vitamin K2). K is further sub-divided into 1) produced by plants and 2)produced by bacteria. In humans it is naturally occurring in the digestive tract where bacteria produces it in the colon.

Vitamin K plays a major role in bone health, by empowering secondary modification of the protein osteocalcin required to bind calcium to bone matrix. Thus it helps regulate the body’s calcium and also aids calcium absorption. Improper levels of calcium can damage the brain if accumulated and vitamin K helps prevent this buildup. It also produces GLA, a “glue” like amino acid that helps keep calcium in the bones. Especially for postmenopausal women, vitamin K is important for helping to keep osteoporosis at bay, as studies have shown that taking a supplement of 45mg of vitamin K daily for 3 years improved bone density.

Vitamin K is also important for healthy skin. Vitamin K Cream has become increasingly used as an effective treatment for spider veins and bruises. Popular in topical skin care products, Vitamin K helps strengthen vein and capillary walls, coagulate seeping blood, and aids in the treatment of general redness, bruises and spider veins.

Many dermal problems are caused by pooling or seeping of blood near the skin’s surface. Bruising is caused by trauma to the blood vessels. The tell-tale discoloration associated with bruising is caused when the blood leaks into surrounding tissue. Vitamin K has recently been studied for its effects on reducing bruising following certain dermatological procedures. Those patients who applied the Vitamin K after the procedure noticed a significant reduction in the severity of bruising. Also, dermatologists have recently found Vitamin K to be successful in the treatment of dark circles under the eyes.

Niacinamide, a derivative compound, has been shown to be an effective skin lightening agent, especially for skin conditions where hyperpigmentation may occur on the face or other visible part of the body. Recent studies also noted that niacin and its derivatives have chemopreventative effects. When applied to mouse skin, topical nicotinamide produced a 70 per cent decrease in ultra-violet-induced skin cancer.

“The benefits to the skin after application of nicotinamide can be useful for patients with atopic dermatitis, who often experience dry, irritated skin when the disease flares,” suggests Dr Smith. “This could be another promising treatment for ageing skin, which often becomes dry and flaky as we age.”

“Vitamins continue to be reorganized as having an important role to play in the health of the body,” says Dr David Smith, chief researcher at SkinWhite Research Labs. ‘New studies have shown that Vitamin K and niacin are beneficial to the skin, particularly for the problems involving pigmentation and dry skin.”

Studies have shown that a minimum 1% solution (concentration by weight or volume) helps reduce the appearance of bruising and spider veins with extended, consistent use. Typically, results require application twice per day for two or three months. Results vary, but the longer and more religiously creams are used, the better the results.

Vitamin K Cream is effective for treating skin redness and rosacea. Rosacea and skin redness are symptoms of seeping blood, inflammation and irritation. When cream formulas include active ingredients such as Emu Oil, Aloe Vera and Phytotonine, redness and inflammation are reduced and fading and healing can hasten.

Outside its ability to increase capillary and vein wall strength, vitamin-enriched creams are well suited to penetrate surface layers of the skin encouraging healthy cell reproduction, elastin fiber health, and helping to repair and heal vein and capillary valves. It also prevents the hardening of the arteries which also improves the general function of the circulatory system. It was found that by feeding rats a K2 rich diet for 6 weeks, further hardening of the arteries was prevented and a 37 per cent reduction of existing hardening. As currently no treatment exists for hardened arteries, cardiovascular specialists are extremely excited by this finding. Vitamin K is not an instant fix. It takes the body time to absorb and begin properly healing leakage or repairing poorly functioning valves. For accelerated fading and healing, Vitamin K Cream should be on your list for a well-rounded skin care regimen.

Vitamin K aids in supporting long life. It aids in converting glucose into glycogen for storage in the liver which promotes healthy liver function. This nutrient plays a vital role in the body’s intestines. This vitamin is believed to aid in the prevention of cancers that aim at the inner linings of the organs. This nutrient also may increase resistance to infection in children.

Since vitamin K is soluble in fat it is associated with the synthesis of proteins that are required for blood clotting. Without this, uncontrolled bleeding would occur and the result could be fatal.

Antobiotics can interfere with the body’s ability to absorb vitamin K. Antibiotics also increase the need to supplement the vitamin for one’s body. Antibiotics kill bacteria and this vitamin is synthesized by bacteria in our intestines; when we take antibiotics it interferes with this procedure. Of course, antibiotics are very unhealthy and should only be used in an emergency to control infection. Colostrum can be substituted for antibiotics in 99% of cases.

Often used by dermatologists and cosmetologists as pre- or post-treatment care, Vitamin K is also a powerful antioxidant that has been approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in some countries including Japan. It has also been shown that it prevents the calcification of arteries and other soft tissue which make them more rigid and more susceptible to damage in event of an injury.

Others also state that it is a very important anti-aging vitamin and can help you look better and live longer. It is also believed that a lack of vitamin K may have something to with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, so it is also used in connection with preventing this condition as well.

The nutrient gets into the body mainly by synthesis. The body synthesizes it by “friendly” bacteria normally present in healthy intestines. Vitamin K can be found in foods and herbs such as Asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, dark green leafy vegetables, liver, rye, kale, mustard greens, green peas, soybeans and wheat all contain this vitamin. Other foods include blackstrap molasses, Brussels sprout, cauliflower, egg yolks, oatmeal, and safflower oil. This vitamin can be found in these herbs; alfalfa, kelp, oat straw, and shepherd’s purse. Other herbs containing the nutrient are green tea and nettle.

Vitamin K may play a role in the regulation of blood sugar which can aid many people including diabetics and people who are hyper and hypoglycemics.

Vitamin K is necessary in the production of a molecule that is a powerful inhibitor of kidney stone formation. That may explain the lower incidence of kidney stones for individuals who are vegetarians.

Prevents elevations of IL-6 (interleukin-6) which is a chemical messenger in the immune system that promotes inflammation. Inflammation has become a critical focus in new theories of aging and disease.

Remember that if you are already on anti-coagulants, you need to consult your doctor before you decide to start taking vitamin K supplements. The reason is the fact that both vitamin K and other anti-coagulants help our blood to clot, it is not a good idea to have excess of this nutrient in you body.

The best vitamin k will come in natural supplements free from harmful toxins. Always make sure that you buy the most natural versions of vitamins available.

When used together, vitamin K and vitamin C have been shown effective for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. One study showed 91% of participants had complete remission within 72 hours when the vitamins were used together. When the vitamins were administered alone they had little effect.

If you are under medication of some sort, it is important to note that supplement may interfere with the functioning of some anti-clotting medication such as Warfarin. Certain heart conditions show symptoms of blood viscosity which require treatment using anticoagulant drugs. When taken with vitamin K supplements, the interaction could neutralize the effects of such drugs, rendering treatment ineffective.

A new study published in the International Journal of Cancer by researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center found that higher levels of the alpha-tocopherol form of Vitamin E resulted in a 53% reduction in lung cancer. Cancer of the lung is the most common and deadliest form, from which more people die than any other type.  Only 25% of people diagnosed with lung cancer live for more than a year.

There are two main groups of vitamin E – tocopherols and tocotreinols – both of which contain the 4 varieties alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta. This study examined the tocopherol group. Unlike alpha-tocoferol, the beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherol forms of vitamin E failed to show significant benefits when considered by themselves.

This is thought to be the first study of its kind to distinguish between the different forms of Vitamin E with respect to lung cancer.  This is important as most people don’t realize there are so many different forms of vitamins, including natural vs. synthetic. Many studies of vitamin E, for example, may only use one of the sub-optimal or synthetic forms and then generalize the results to all [...]]]> Great news for you vitamin lovers.

A new study published in the International Journal of Cancer by researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center found that higher levels of the alpha-tocopherol form of Vitamin E resulted in a 53% reduction in lung cancer. Cancer of the lung is the most common and deadliest form, from which more people die than any other type.  Only 25% of people diagnosed with lung cancer live for more than a year.

There are two main groups of vitamin E – tocopherols and tocotreinols – both of which contain the 4 varieties alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta. This study examined the tocopherol group. Unlike alpha-tocoferol, the beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherol forms of vitamin E failed to show significant benefits when considered by themselves.

This is thought to be the first study of its kind to distinguish between the different forms of Vitamin E with respect to lung cancer.  This is important as most people don’t realize there are so many different forms of vitamins, including natural vs. synthetic. Many studies of vitamin E, for example, may only use one of the sub-optimal or synthetic forms and then generalize the results to all forms of vitamin E. This is a common propaganda  trick and sloppy science.

It is thought that the alpha-tocopherol form of vitamin E is the most important lipid (fat)-soluble antioxidant, and that it protects cell membranes from oxidation by reacting with lipid radicals produced in the lipid peroxidation chain reaction. This would remove the free radical intermediates and prevent the oxidation reaction from continuing, an important element in the “free-radical” theory of aging and disease.

Antioxidants protect cells from the damaging effects of free radicals, which are molecules that contain an unshared electron. Free radicals damage cells and might contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and cancer [5]. Unshared electrons are highly energetic and react rapidly with oxygen to form reactive oxygen species (ROS). The body forms ROS endogenously when it converts food to energy, and antioxidants might protect cells from the damaging effects of ROS. The body is also exposed to free radicals from environmental exposures, such as cigarette smoke, air pollution, and ultraviolet radiation from the sun. ROS are part of signaling mechanisms among cells. . . vitamin E might help prevent or delay the chronic diseases associated with free radicals [emphasis added]. . . The mechanisms by which vitamin E might provide this protection include its function as an antioxidant and its roles in anti-inflammatory processes, inhibition of platelet aggregation, and immune enhancement.
- http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamine.asp

So be careful when you read the junk studies and media propoganda by interest groups such as pharmaceutical companies and the mainstream medical establishment, both of which have a vested interest in keeping you as unhealthy as possible, as they try and convince you that vitamins are useless or even harmful to your health. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The main function of alpha-tocopherol in humans appears to be that of an antioxidant. Free radicals are formed primarily in the body during normal metabolism and also upon exposure to environmental factors, such as cigarette smoke or pollutants. Fats, which are an integral part of all cell membranes, are vulnerable to destruction through oxidation by free radicals. The fat-soluble vitamin, alpha-tocopherol, is uniquely suited to intercept free radicals and thus prevent a chain reaction of lipid destruction. Aside from maintaining the integrity of cell membranes throughout the body, alpha-tocopherol also protects the fats in low density lipoproteins (LDLs) from oxidation . . . Oxidized LDLs have been implicated in the development of cardiovascular diseases (See Disease Prevention). When a molecule of alpha-tocopherol neutralizes a free radical, it is altered in such a way that its antioxidant capacity is lost. However, other antioxidants, such as vitamin C, are capable of regenerating the antioxidant capacity of alpha-tocopherol (2, 3). . . Several other functions of alpha-tocopherol have been identified that are not likely related to its antioxidant capacity. For instance, alpha-tocopherol is known to inhibit the activity of protein kinase C, an important cell-signaling molecule. Alpha-tocopherol appears to also affect the expression and activities of molecules and enzymes in immune and inflammatory cells. Additionally, alpha-tocopherol has been shown to inhibit platelet aggregation and to enhance vasodilation (4, 5) . . . Scientists at the Linus Pauling Institute feel there exists credible evidence that taking a supplement of 200 IU (134 mg) of natural source d-alpha-tocopherol (RRR-alpha-tocopherol) daily with a meal may help protect adults from chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, and some types of cancer [emphasis added].
- http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminE/

For example, the government website quoted earlier from the National Institute of Health concludes this about vitamin E and cancer as of this writing: “The inconsistent and limited evidence precludes any recommendations about using vitamin E supplements to prevent cancer.”

Whoa, wait a minute! How can the government say vitamin E cannot be recommended to help fight cancer when studies are coming out showing massive health benefits when supplementing with the proper form? It has been well established that the government often tries to protect the profits of the pharmaceutical industry  – even at the expense of your health – and does not want people to take too many vitamins and become too healthy. If the FDA had its way it would ban vitamin use altogether, and has in fact tried to regulate it in the past. The FDA also is trying to regulate and control the use of safe and healthy hormones like DHEA.

The studies referred to above are a part of an exploding mountain of evidence supporting the powerful disease-fighting and anti-aging properties of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Higher levels of vitamin E in other studies have also been correlated with better health, memory and cognitive function in the elderly, and improved cardio-vascular, cholesteral, and eye health, protecting the skin from ultraviolet radiation, in addition to benefits for diseases such as diabetes.

The American diet leaves most people with unsufficient levels of vitamin E as it is not easily found in abundant quantities in the most commonly consumed foods. For example, commercial food processing removes 50%-90% of vitamin E from wheat.  Sorry, but fries, doritos, beer and twinkies just don’t contain a lot of vitamin E.

Foods naturally high in vitamin E include, avocados, green leafy vegetables such as spinach, broccoli and asparagus, nuts such as almonds and hazelnuts, seeds, olives, beans, wholegrain foods, milk, eggs, kiwi, mango and wheat germ. Many vegetable oils such as canola, corn, cottonseed, red palm, sunflower, rice and soybean also contain high levels of vitamin E.

One of the benefits of making foods rich in vitamin E-nuts, seeds, spinach, mustard greens, peppers and olive oil-a part of your healthy way of eating is an up to 50% reduction in risk of developing bladder cancer, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research, Orlando, FL, May 23, 2004 . . . Bladder cancer, which kills 12,500 Americans annually, is the fourth leading cancer killer among men, and is four times more common in men than women. The study, which included 468 bladder cancer patients and 534 cancer-free controls drawn from residents of Houston, TX, collected data using eating habits questionnaires. Those whose vitamin E intake was in the top 25% had half as much bladder cancer as those in the lowest 25%.
– http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=111

What are current public health recommendations for vitamin E?

In 2000, the National Academy of Sciences established the following Adequate Intake (AI) levels for vitamin E:

* Males and females, 0-6 months: 4 milligrams
* Males and females, 6-12 months: 5 milligrams

In 2000, the National Academy of Sciences established the following Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for vitamin E:

* Males and females, 1-3 years: 6 milligrams
* Males and females, 4-8 years: 7 milligrams
* Males and females, 9-13 years: 11 milligrams
* Males and females, 14 years and older: 15 milligrams
* Pregnant females, 18 years and older: 15 milligrams
* Lactating females, 18 years and older : 19 milligrams

Have you been eating enough fruits and vegetables lately?

PS. It is important to know that some studies have suggested that supplementing with vitamin E actually increases certain types of cancer. This is possible because vitamins are not meant to be taken alone, in isolation from other supplements. And it is vitally important to take natural forms of vitamins, not the synthetic forms that biased researchers love to use to skew their results.

Vitamin E, like most vitamins, should always be taken with a wide variety of other supplements, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to balance their effect and allow them to work synergistically, the way nature intended. Taken properly,there is no way that vitamin E will increase cancer risk. No way.