There are so many different types of vitamin supplements on the market today that it can be hard to distinguish what vitamins you should take and how you should take them.
Vitamin Supplements are so abundant you can barely talk to someone without vitamins or nutrition coming up at some point. So what is all the hype about vitamins?
Well vitamins are required by the body to help aid a variety of metabolic processes one of the main ones being your energy pathways. If you are not receiving enough vitamin intake from normal food consumption then you may notice feeling quite lethargic during the day.
If you are interested in what vitamin supplements you should take then please visit my information page What Vitamins Should I Take
There are thirteen vitamins classified as water soluble (C and B complex) or fat soluble (A, D, E and K). To give you further information on these classifications of vitamins I have created the two pages below
Taking a vitamin supplement can certainly be an easy way to top up your daily intake of vitamins but where possible your should gain as many of your vitamins as possible from your food intake. In saying this there are reasons why you may need to take vitamin supplements on top of your daily food intake.
Some of these reasons are
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Active people (ie you go to the gym regularly
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Pregnant women.
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Women who are breastfeeding.
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People who drink alcohol above the recommended safe amount (two standard drinks per day for women and four for men).
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Cigarette smokers.
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Illegal drug users.
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Crash dieters or people on chronic low-calorie diets.
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The elderly (especially those who are disabled or chronically ill).
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People who live sedentary lifestyles.
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Some vegetarians.
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Women with excessive bleeding during menstruation.
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People with allergies to particular foods.
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People with mal absorption problems such as diarrhoea, coeliac disease or pancreatitis.
When it comes to choosing a vitamin supplement you want to know that you are choosing not only the best supplement available to you but that it is of the highest quality you can find.
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Things to look for in a Vitamin Supplement.
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High quality products that are produced at GMP registered facilities and meet all quality control methods
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A product that has been scientifically proven to work and has been correctly calculated to work synersgetically with all other vitamins within the same product
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Has a good delivery system and contains no fillers (a poor delivery system will stop approximately 40% of the vitamin being absorbed by your body) so that you know the vitamins are actually going to make it into your body and be used as they should.
We have found a particular company that meets and exceeds all of the above requirements. Xtend-Life Products which are made in New Zealand and have even stricter guidelines to follow then what the U.S FDA sets out, have developed an overall health and wellbeing product called Total Balance.
Total Balance is in my opinion the best vitamin supplement on the market and contains all the fat soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins that your body needs, not to mention various high quality herbal extracts, minerals and essential amino acids.
I have personally been using Xtend-Life Products for quite some time now and the effect it has had in my life is very remarkable.
I have noticed a more proficient ability to cope with stress, higher energy levels throughout the day and in the gym, the ability to operate at a higher level of mental capacity and an improvement in memory retention. I am thrilled with the quality of their products and especially Total Balance