Nutrition Supplements Blog
About Vitamins – Everything you need to know! Learning about vitamins can be confusing, especially when you are trying to figure out just what type of supplements you should be taking. We’ve all been told at one time or another, that if we ate a nutritionally balanced meal three times a day we wouldn’t need dietary supplements or need to know about vitamins, but of course, this just isn’t realistic in our society. A huge number of us are stressed out on a routine basis, and don’t always have time to eat at all let alone a nutritionally balanced meal...
Enhance Vitality with Healthy Mangosteen Nutritional Supplements Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree from the Guttiferae family that grows primarily in Thailand, parts of India, the Malay Peninsula, and the Philippines. The tree yields a sweet, edible dark purple fruit that is parthenogenesis, meaning it doesn’t require fertilization. Besides being eaten in its natural raw state, it’s also used in jellies, jams, fruit juices, and a wide variety of mangosteen nutritional supplements. Mangosteen in the Health Food Market Mangosteen is not only a delicious fruit, but is also emerging as what is often called a super fruit in today’s health...
New Effort To Verify Supplement Labels There’s news that may make concerns about the safety of dietary supplements easier to swallow. While millions take them each year, many consumers don’t realize that supplements, which include vitamins, minerals and other nutritional products, are not regulated by the government as stringently as medications. Fortunately, steps are being taken to make sure that what’s stated on the label is what’s actually contained in the product. To help consumers make good purchasing decisions, United States Pharmacopeia (USP), a leading organization that verifies dietary supplements, has created a program to help inform consumers who use...
Endurance Sports Nutrition: Keeping Yourself Hydrated And Fueled What keeps a triathlon athlete going in spite of the heat and long hours of vigorous physical activity is a properly hydrated and fueled body. In endurance sports, nutrition is equivalent to keeping oneself hydrated at all times, especially during the game. If you don’t give yourself the proper nutrition it needs, your game performance will suffer. Sports that require special attention to endurance nutrition (and thus help you level up your performance) are: running, swimming, triathlon, cycling, rowing, mountain biking, adventure racing, cross-country skiing, mountaineering and trekking. Let us say that...
Vitamin Supplements Buying Guide Today, more and more people are taking vitamin supplements of some form. In the United States alone, more than half of its population do so. While their primary intention is to be healthy, some things need to be considered first before buying these supplements. – Do you really need it? Good health is the rage right now especially since awareness on obesity is quickly spreading. Yes, you need supplements to keep yourself healthy. The only trouble is that a lot of people think that taking supplements is enough. They should go hand in hand with regular...
Supplements And Nutrition A well-balanced diet and affinity for all food groups ensure right amounts of much-needed nutrients. However, not all people are blessed with a liking for vegetables or tolerance for milk. There are also people with allergies to nuts and poultry which are excellent sources of protein and good fat. What if you are one of them? How can you be sure that you get proper nutrition without force-feeding yourself brocollis? This is why supplements and nutrition should work together. Before taking supplements, it would be wise to seek your doctor’s advice. After all, you want to be...
Get Healthy With These Simple Nutrition Tips Nutrition is an important aspect of everyone’s life. Nutrition consists of eating and drinking properly to maximize fitness of your body and increase your overall health level. Sometimes practicing proper nutrition can be hard. In order to make practicing proper nutrition easier, follow the tips in this article. To add more nutrition to your soda fix, try mixing a citrus soda with a complimentary fruit juice. This way you can still get your carbonated drink fix, but also add some nutritious and useful calories to the indulgence. Over time, you should reduce the...
Health Products that Make a Difference In a world where we’re stressed, overscheduled, and often overwhelmed, it’s easy to neglect our health. Stress negatively impacts our autoimmune system, making us more susceptible to garden variety viruses and bacteria. Over time, the cumulative effect of stress can lead to more serious chronic illnesses, as well as to life-threatening conditions. Even though we’re well into the New Year, it’s not to late to resolve to take steps to improve our health and well-being. Thankfully, there are a number of health products on the market that can help us in our efforts. Joint...
Proper Education On Sports Nutrition Sports nutrition is not that straightforward as it seems. To achieve desired results, there has to be some form of an education about the functions and processes of the human body, its reaction to the environment, its requirements for certain nutrients, and many others. The bottom line here is that there has to be an appropriate sports nutrition education before anything is done to the body. A good sports nutrition education program must lay down the basics. First, it must advice the intake of the right amount of fluids at the right time. Also, it...
Nutritional Supplements: Are They Really Essential For Good Health Why should I take nutritional supplements? Can’t I just eat healthy, exercise, drink plenty of water, etc.? A fair question. After all, quality nutritional supplements are not cheap. Let’s look at the arguments for taking nutritional supplements in addition to a healthy lifestyle. Argument #1: Our foods no longer contain the nutrition they should Due to modern processing and farming methods, foods that should be high in certain nutrients no longer are. For example, the tomato is an excellent source of phytonutrients, specifically, lycopene. But when you buy a tomato from...
