WHAT ABOUT LIFESTYLE FACTORS?

Not only are our diets deficient in enough vitamins, minerals and other essential food factors to maintain good health, but lifestyle factors create a need for extra nutrients. Do any of these situations apply to you?

• Are you on a weight-loss diet or are you a light eater? It is difficult to get the US Daily Value of vitamins and minerals on a diet under 2,000 calories a day unless you supplement.
• Are you under stress? At best, stress causes fatigue; at worst, it is dangerous to health. People experiencing stress need to maintain a nutritious, well-balanced diet with special emphasis on replacing the nutrients (C, B-Complex, calcium, iron, copper and zinc) that are depleted during stress.
• Do you have food allergies? Eliminating even one rich source of vitamins and mineral can have a profound effect on a person’s total nutrition. In addition, allergies place additional stress on the body which, in turn, reduces other nutrient levels.
• Are you taking medications? Regular use of many drugs and common medications can interfere with nutrient metabolism.
• Do you frequently catch colds, the flu, or other infections? Fighting infection is stressful to the body and depletes stores of vitamins A, C, E, B-complex and many minerals.
• Do you smoke? Each cigarette causes at least 25 mg of vitamin C to be used up by the body.
• Do you exercise strenuously? Although strenuous exercise on a regular basis can be very good for the body, it demands additional nutritional requirements not normally found in the average diet.
• Are you a woman? Women have special nutritional needs which change as they grow older. Throughout life, however, calcium and iron remain two key nutrients most women are deficient in.
• Are you a teenager? Teenagers require extra nutrients, especially calcium, zinc, magnesium and vitamin C.
• Are you over 65? Seniors require extra minerals and often do not get the right balance of nutrients due to the inconvenience of food preparation and decreased appetite.
• Do you eat fast foods on a regular basis? If this is the case, you are probably getting too much salt, sugar, fat, cholesterol and calories, but not enough vitamins and minerals.

If you answered Yes to any of these questions, you probably need to supplement your diet with vitamins, minerals, protein, herbs and other important food elements.

What do the experts say……

“The human body can heal itself – if it has the materials it needs. It is not our bad habits that produce ill health; it’s what we fail to get in our diet that leads to disease.”

Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee

“The human body is a healing system beautifully designed to meet most of its problems without outside intervention.”

Linda G. Rector-Page, N.D., Ph.D

“In view of the fact that medical care costs are rampantly out-pacing inflation, prevention and more rational approaches to diseases and aging are mandatory.”

Richard Schweicker, Former Secretary of Health & Human Resources

“Now that we have begun to understand the origin and progression of the major human disorders, what, if anything, can we do about then now? Is there, in fact, enough known to launch some type of action at this time? This answer is…yes!”

Harry B. Demopoulous, M.D.

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Information obtained From the Field, October ’98 Issue

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