Multivitamins Show Little Benefit in Disease Protection
The news about vitamins keeps getting worse from an article by Karen Kaplan of the Los Angeles Times 02/24/2009.
There were numerous high-profile studies in the last few years shows that a variety of popular supplements, including calcium, selenium, and vitamins A, C, and E, don’t do anything to reduce the risk of developing heart disease, stroke or a variety of cancers.
But what about multivitamins?
These combination pills, which contain 10 to 30 vitamins and minerals, are the most popular dietary supplements sold in America. A report recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests they shouldn’t be.
The study tracked 161,808 participants in the Women’s Health Initiative, a long term effort to identify risk factors for cancer, heart disease and bone health in postmenopausal women.
The women who took multivitamins took, however, weren’t any more likely to ward off a diagnosis of breast, ovarian, lung, stomach, bladder, kidney, colorectal or endometrial cancer than were women who didn’t take multivitamins.
These multivitamins in general were no more helpful in preventing heart attacks, strokes, blood clots or reducing the risk of death from any cause during the study period.
The study provides convincing evidence that multivitamin use has little or no influence on the risk of common cancers, cardiovascular disease or total mortality in postmenopausal women the authors wrote.
So they wondered, “Why do millions of Americans use a daily multivitamin for chronic disease prevention when the supporting scientific data are weak?”
Some physicians continue to recommend them as a backup for patients whose diets may contain nutritional gaps. And because they don’t require a prescription, many people simply assume they are safe.
By Karen Kaplan
Los Angeles Times
02/24/2009
This article is an example of nutritional supplementation that is beneficial (Our bodies need Vital Nutrients) for people whose diets may contain nutritional gaps.
Vital Nutrient Supplementation
Your body is made up of many components working together in sophisticated harmony. Everything you consume either adds to this harmonious orchestration or impairs it.
Achieving optimal wellness is as simple as taking positive steps to be informed about nutrition and being determined to get the nutrients you need for good health.
Choose Wellness Instead of Treating Symptoms
Wellness is the constant, conscious pursuit of living life to its fullest potential. It is a matter of health and happiness. Wellness is a choice to assume responsibility for the quality of your life.
Why Wellness?
The body is designed to balance, support, protect, and nourish itself IF it gets the tools it was intended to have. But an apple a day just won’t do! Conditions are not the same for us living in the 21st century as they were for our ancestors. Today the world moves a little faster.
As a result, good nutrition, proper rest, and an active lifestyle often take a back seat. And so does our quality of life. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Intelligent vital nutrient supplementation approach to wellness helps provide your body with the nourishment nature intended.
Supplement to Stay Healthy
One of the most important, effective ways to nourish your body’s systems and organs is by supplementing your diet. Supplements provide what you need to maintain your health, nutritionally support natural repair and regeneration processes, and achieve balance throughout your body.
Certain vital nutrients support the optimal health of every system and organ in your body.
Wellness Begins Within
At Plus Wellness 4 Women we know the cell is the structural and functional unit of all living organisms. It is the building block of life.
We understand that overall wellness begins with cells. We believe healthy cells equal healthy bodies.
Every cell has basic needs:
• Balance me• Support me• Protect me• Nourish meAnd to achieve overall wellness, each person needs:
• Healthy cells• Healthy digestion• Adequate hydration• Activity and optimal weightAnswering the Basic Needs of Your Cells
Balance Me
When your hormone levels are balanced, you are balanced.
This is where your endocrine system comes in. A healthy endocrine system provides a full array of hormones that can help balance and regulate your cells and organs. You need nutrition that will help support your endocrine system’s natural function.
Support Me
Your cells need each other. Just as you talk with your family and friends to determine wants and needs, your cells communicate their needs.
Optimal cellular communication is the foundation for supporting every function of the body. Glyconutrients, a blend of plant polysaccharides, can help support cellular communication and wellness.
Protect Me
Your body is under attack. Free radicals can attack and damage every component of your body cells, including the genetic instruction material called DNA. In fact, free radicals attack your cells an estimated 10,000 times every day, which can lead to constant stress.
Studies have shown that antioxidants protect cells from the damaging effects of free radicals.
Nourish Me
Good nutrition is tough to get. Most people don’t get the whole-food nutrition they need to maintain optimal wellness.
Research suggests that vitamins and minerals in natural plant-based forms may be absorbed and utilized more effectively by the body. There is a clear need for dietary supplementation.
So once people receive the vital nutrients they are lacking, their cellular health will improve. When cells improve, organs like the brain, heart, liver and entire body improves.
So, what do you do? The smartest and safest thing to do is consistently use supplements that are not synthetic, but actually contain vital nutrients that give your cells what they most need. (Vital nutrient supplements rather than beneficial nutrient supplements.)
Remember, the most important nutrients for you are the ones you are most missing. If you would like to know the ones I use in my practice, please contact me at pluswellness4women@gmail.com.
While no micronutrient or supplement directly prevents or cures any disease, they do enable and empower the DNA, cells, organs, hormones, and body to function properly, which is the only pathway to health recovery or maintenance. To me, that seems like a smart thing to do. What do you think?
The body is programmed for wellness. Our job is to help maximize the body’s innate capability by supplying it with the vital nutrients it requires.
Begin With Knowledge
A regular dietary program of 4 key building blocks assures the healthy development and growth of new cells and protects the body against the relentless attack from stress, trauma, toxins and the toll of nutritional deficiencies.
New Cells in the Body Are Being Created Daily
The cell is the basic unit of the body. Make healthy cells, you will have a healthy body.
Should you want to know the 4 vital supplements that have been proven successful over the years of my practice please send me an email at nursewellness@gmail.com and I will share them with you.
What to Do About Specific Diseases?
Medicine or Wellness! It’s Your Choice!
The bottom line is that only the body can heal itself! Simply stated doing all you can to stay healthy is your best protection against disease and getting full enjoyment from life.
The body is programmed for wellness. Wellness is your best option. This is accomplished everyday through your choices regarding nutrition, exercise and lifestyle.
Most doctors agree that the body when functioning properly has the ability to heal itself. Our immune systems are continuously destroying viruses, bacteria, fungi, cancer cells to keep us disease-free.
When we fail to supply our body with vital nutrients it fails to protect us not only from disease but from hormonal balance and premature aging as well.
Too much health emphasis today is on the magic bullets advertised on television to fix sickness. You may have been thinking that drugs cure disease. To learn more about the use of drugs as a treatment option Click on the email attachment we sent with this newsletter.
Wellness is about the body not symptoms and a disease name. Even with drugs, the body does the healing.
Drugs are designed to offer symptom relief by blocking or intercepting natural biological activity until the body fixes itself. The medical profession will openly admit they have no cure for autoimmune diseases and only treat to offer relief to its patients.
I asked a pharmaceutical rep one day what was his job? His answer was to take care of people who won't take care of themselves.
By definition all drugs are toxic and have serious side effects. Taking drugs should never be a casual decision. Taking multiple drugs can be deadly. Always inform your doctor of all the drugs you are using before adding more.
If you are taking medications for a disease and you change your nutrition, your requirements for medications may change. It is important that you follow the instructions from your doctor on changes of medication.
Certain diseases are known to have deficiencies in certain cellular functions (one of the four noted above) and extra nutritional support could be given but remember this is not treatment.
