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DO WE NEED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS?

We live in an environment that leaves us quite vulnerable. According to NHANES 2001-2002, in “What We Eat in America”, 93% of US population does not meet Estimated Average Requirements for Vitamin E, 56% for Magnesium, 44% for Vitamin A, and 31% for Vitamin C, to name a few. While this study is already dated, it corresponds quite closely to the nutritional status of many of my clients. (EAR is a daily intake to meet the requirement of 50% of the healthy individuals). According to data from the US Department of Agriculture involving vegetable quality, over the entire 20th century, the average mineral content of such vegetables as cabbage, lettuce, spinach and tomatoes declined from 400mg to less than 50mg. 

QUALITY OF SUPPLEMENTS

There is a lot of junk science, and there are equally many junk supplements that are unregulated and possibly contaminated or unsafe. This line is pharmaceutical grade professional brands created for health professionals and their clients. This company follows and exceed GMPs, Good Manufacturing Practices, promulgated by FDA. Click here for details on FDA’s current regulations.  Quality, the forms of the ingredients, ratios of nutrients put together, the therapeutic dosages of the ingredients, and all the “other ingredients” in each formulation. Read here to learn why you should not buy nutritional supplements on certain popular websites. Be careful what you buy in stores too-many use binders, fillers, chemicals and dyes. You have to be educated!  

Many adults and children in the United States take one or more vitamins or other dietary supplements. In addition to vitamins, dietary supplements can contain minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, enzymes, and many other ingredients.  Some dietary supplements can help you get adequate amounts of essential nutrients if you don’t eat a nutritious variety of foods.  Some dietary supplements can improve overall health and help manage some health conditions. For example: 

• Calcium and vitamin D help keep bones strong and reduce bone loss. 
• Folic acid decreases the risk of certain birth defects.
• Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oils might help some people with heart disease. 
• A combination of vitamins C and E, zinc, copper, lutein, and zeaxanthin (known as AREDS) may slow down further vision loss in people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). 

The FDA has established good manufacturing practices (GMPs) that companies must follow to help ensure the identity, purity, strength, and composition of their dietary supplements. These GMPs can prevent adding the wrong ingredient (or too much or too little of the correct ingredient) and reduce the chance of contamination or improper packaging and labeling of a product. Talk with Your Healthcare Providers

Tell your healthcare providers (including doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and dietitians) about any dietary supplements you’re taking. They can help you determine which supplements, if any, might be valuable for you. Keep a complete record of any dietary supplements and medicines you take. The Office of Dietary Supplements website has a useful form, ”My Dietary Supplement and Medicine Record,” that you can print and fill out at home. For each product, note the name, the dose you take, how often you take it, and the reason for use. You can share this record with your healthcare providers to discuss what’s best for your overall health. 

 It is almost as effective and as fast as IV, delivering nutrients to the absorption site within 5-8 minutes and absorbing 90-95% of the formulation

This line is particularly beneficial to highly compromised patients with malabsorption and multiple deficiencies. The nutrients in the isotonic solution mimic the bodily fluids, require no digestion, and are recognized as self, and absorbed in minutes. 

Isotonix have a pleasant taste and are well liked.  Many people replace their morning juice with Isotonix.  Great to cut back on sugar! The Isotonix powders have no fillers, binders, coatings and lubricants that are common to tablets and capsules

Because this line offers an entire array of vitamins and minerals, it is a great option for individuals who for any reason are not able or willing to swallow capsules.  Also, able to completely customize a formulation for individual needs- “Custom Cocktail”.

More and more of these products have been tested and certified to be GMO-free. Most are vegetarian, gluten and dairy free. 

Isotonix vitamins and minerals are very well designed as synergistic formulations. For example, Vitamin D3 has the right dose of 5000IU and contains K2, which is exactly how Vitamin D should be taken. Calcium is made up of a very conservative dose of 375mg, 5 types of calcium and all needed cofactors in the right dosages like Mg, Mn, or Boron.