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Up to 90% of Americans are lacking key nutrients in our diets.
Why Supplement?
Ensuring we are getting the nourishment needed to support our bodies’ optimal functions can be a challenge, but nutritional supplementation can help fill in those gaps. Countless research studies and health experts agree that supplementing with key nutrients, including a multivitamin & multimineral complex, phytonutrients, probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids, provide a good nutritional foundation.
To understand the relationship between supplementation and long-term health, the first-of-its-kind Landmark Studyiiwas conducted in collaboration with researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Researchers gathered a group of long-term (20+ years) multiple-supplementiii users and compared their health to non-supplement users.
The Findings
Researchers discovered that the overall health of long-term multiple-supplement users was dramatically different from that of nonsupplement users. The multiple-supplement users had improved levels of important heart-healthy biomarkers.
As expected, the multiple-supplement users also had substantially higher levels of nutrients in the blood.
Lower Risk of Disease
As a group, the multiple-supplement users had a lower risk of high blood pressure (39%) and diabetes (73%), and multiple measures of cardiovascular risk trended in favor of supplementation.
Quality supplements can help fill nutritional gaps left by less-than-optimal food choices, our overworked bodies, and our toxic environment.
i What is America Missing? ii Block G, Jensen CD, Norkus EP, Dalvi TB, Wong LG, McManus JF, Hudes ML. Usage patterns, health, and nutritional status of long-term multiple dietary supplement users: a cross-sectional study. Nutr J. 2007 Oct 24;6:30. PMID: 17958896.
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