Dear Friend,
By the time you finish reading this page, you'll know exactly
why and what kind of nutritional supplement you should include
as part of your daily health protocol.
Let's face it, almost everybody wants to live a long, healthy
life. But, maintaining the strict dietary and exercise regimen
needed to do this isn't so easy.
One of the best ways to "cheat," however, is to include a
powerful nutritional supplement as part of your daily routine.
It's a lot easier to take a high quality supplement everyday
than to avoid all fast food, eat spinach around the clock or
devote 2 hours a day to exercise
If you're health conscious at all then you probably already
take a daily multi-vitamin. That might be a good start - if
it contains the right type of nutrients and if the
manufacturer uses the right delivery system so that the
nutrients are released in the right place at the right time.
A daily nutritional supplement is important because the foods
that we eat (even if we try to eat healthy) are not nearly as
nutritious as they once were. This is simply a result of
modern farming practices. Many studies show that even healthy
foods like spinach, tomatoes, corn, potatoes and other crops
have a great deal less vitamin and mineral content than they
did 30, 40 or 50 years ago because of the way foods are
farmed which affects the soil they are raised in.
To make matters worse, many respected doctors, scientists and
researchers believe that most chronic and life-threatening
diseases are caused by nutritional deficiencies or imbalances.
Everything within the body is about balance. Too
much of one substance and not enough of another
throws that balance off. This causes damage to the cells of the body and
leads to aging. For example, free radical molecules perform
some necessary functions within the cells of the body but,
without the balancing presence of antioxidants, they go hay-wire
and start damaging DNA strands. This DNA damage is one of the
causes of aging but it is not the only cause.
Chronic inflammation, another example, had been linked to
a variety of health problems. Arthritis is an obvious one
but heart disease and cancer are also caused by
chronic inflammation. Researchers have found that synthetic
anti-inflammatory drugs are not effective against chronic
inflammation although they may provide some temporary relief
from joint pain or other symptoms of inflammation.
Natural anti-inflammatory agents present
in fruits, vegetables, fish and other foods can effectively
fight chronic inflammation. Other foods, such as high amounts of
saturated and transfats, cause inflammation. The nutrients needed to
reduce and prevent inflammation include flavonoids, alpha
lipoic acid, carnosine, turmeric, glutathione and resveratrol.
You may have heard of inflammation and the
damaging effects of free radicals. But, have you heard of
glycation or methylation? Glycation is even more dangerous to your
health than free radicals. The process of glycation is complex but,
basically, it interferes with the cell's ability to get the
amino acids that it needs from the protein-rich foods that you
eat.
The digestive system breaks down large protein molecules into
smaller amino acids which are then re-combined to form the
different proteins that are needed to create cells, fibers,
tendons, ligaments, cartilage, joints and bones. When
glycating agents, which are primarily simple carbohydrates and
sugars, interfere with this process, cellular reproduction
slows down.
The result is pain, muscular weakness, fatigue and,
eventually, chronic disease. As antioxidants prevent free radical damage,
carnosine, an amino acid complex, prevents glycation and is an
effective anti-aging therapy.
Methylation is something like the opposite of glycation.
Methylation is essential to life and, if it is not working at
optimum levels, you'll start to have health problems which
may include heart disease, liver disease, depression and high
cholesterol.
The
body's methylation processes naturally slow down due to
age, disease and malnourishment. To restore the
balance, the necessary nutrients include the B vitamins,
folic acid, tri-methyl-glycine (TMG) and
S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM-e).
The importance of
SAM-e (pronounced "Sammy") to improve methylation is significant. But most
supplements that contain it are ineffective because stomach acid
renders it inactive. A supplement must have what is called an enteric
coating that allows it to pass through the stomach and into
the small intestine where it can be broken down and enter the
bloodstream where it goes to work.
Your daily multi-vitamin probably contains some antioxidants
and B-vitamins but very few supplements on the market contain
antioxidants like flavonoids, alpha lipoic acid, turmeric,
glutathione, resveratrol, B-vitamins, carnosine, TMG or
SAM-e. An enteric coating is rarely included because it
costs more.
The importance of carnosine, resveratrol, TMG and SAM-e are
not heavily advertised because, again, they
are expensive ingredients. A pharmaceutical company is about to
release their own line of resveratrol supplements although they
are calling them prescription drugs. Those of us that pay
attention to research concerning unique nutritional
supplements have been taking resveratrol for years and will
continue to do so without paying the price that the
pharmaceutical company will charge.
There is another problem with most vitamin supplements on
the market. The antioxidants that they contain are synthetic -
not natural. The synthetic versions of vitamins are similar to
those found in nature but they are not identical and they
do not provide the same health benefits.
For example, numerous
studies have shown the health benefits of vitamin-E in the prevention
of free radical damage, improvement of circulation, tissue
repair, to reduce inflammation and reduce the risk of
cancer. But, when researchers try to duplicate these results
using the synthetic form of vitamin E, it cannot be done. In
fact, synthetic vitamin-E may actually be bad for your health
because it is derived from toxic petroleum by-products.
The bottom line is that most supplement companies do not use
the correct form of a nutrient (natural) and they do not use
the correct delivery system which, in most cases, is a tablet
with an enteric coating.
Here's where things get good. Through years of research and
being a health-buff, I have found one nutritional supplement
that offers everything discussed here so far.
To get all of the nutrients mentioned above, as well as all of
the nutrients listed below, such as:
Vitamin D
Minerals
- including calcium, magnesium, potassium and zinc
Trace
elements - including iodine and molybdenum
Enzymes
- including amylase and lipase
Other
amino acids - including ATP, arginine, lysine, proline
and taurine
Carotenoids (vegetable forms of the A-vitamins)
Herbal extracts like green tea and ginkgo biloba
You could take a handful of different pills and spend
hundreds of dollars or more per month. Or, you can do what I do now
and take
Xtend-Lifes Total Balance Supplement.
If you take the recommended dosage, the cost is $48.25 per
month and you get 76 different bio-active ingredients -
every day. There is no better value for the money that I have found
and I've been taking and researching supplements for 20 years
vigorously.
Over the years, I have thrown away bottle after bottle
or simply pushed it to the back of the shelf. Not only were they
ineffective, some of them, like B-vitamins without an enteric
coating, actually made me feel sick until I stopped.
I say
please stop wasting money, get healthier and, probably,
extend your life span. The benefits of each of the 76 different
supplements are explained in great detail at the
Xtendlife website. Visit their site
and learn more. With no exaggeration, it could be the best thing
that you ever do for your health.
