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Tips for Choosing Nutritional Supplements
Vitamins,
minerals and other nutrients work best when they're combined in a way
that mimics nature as closely as possible. Look for nutritional
supplements that have nutrients combined to make use of the natural
synergy between them.
Companies willing to give a full disclosure and description of their ingredients have usually put more effort and
research into their product.
For example, instead of just saying "Calcium" the label should be more detailed like this:
"Calcium (from 2430 mg Citrate, Malate, Ester-C)". This description indicates that higher quality ingredients and
more up-to-date research was used for the supplement.
Verify
that the supplement was produced at a pharmaceutical GMP (good
manufacturing practices) facility. Since compliance to GMP standards is
voluntary it's important to do your own research to verify that
macro-biological testing is done at every stage of production.
(This issue shouldn't be taken lightly - as mentioned above,studies by Consumerlab.com have shown that some supplements
don't have the true amount of ingredients as stated on the label, or may harbor toxic contaminants.)
Pharmaceutical grade supplements (sometimes called nutriceuticals) are made for "professional" use in the health
care field by natural health care providers and consumers who want the best.
In
the past decade pharmaceutical grade supplements have become more
available to the general public and this type of nutritional supplement
will provide the health benefits that you're looking for, often for a
very reasonable price.
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