Essential Vitamins and Supplements

What's really needed to stay healthy in our modern day lives.

What is meant by essential vitamins?

In my way of thinking, it means, the basic vitamins that give our bodies more of a chance to be healthy and fight off the damages dished out by stress, pollution, viruses, and poor quality of food; just to name a few.

Most of us know we can not get all the nutrition we need from the food we eat. Enter supplementation; which means vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, and immune strengthening supplements.

Which ones do we want to consider? In this information, we are discussing just the bare minimums so we are not entirely deficient in cell building nutrients.

The following is a list of essential vitamins and supplements. I have tried to give a brief description of each. If you want more information on any of the items, please click on it to go to a more detailed page specifically about that vitamin or supplement.

A well balanced multi-vitamin is more often than not being recommended by the medical field. A good multi vitamin should be one that is in balance and addresses the needs of the human body. When looking for a good multivitamin, make sure it has 100% of the daily requirements for trace minerals. Check to see if it has additives such as sugar or anything artificial. (Remember, we are looking for essential vitamins, not man made additives.) And of course make sure it is going to be absorbed by your body. Swallowing it is the easy part. Getting it absorbed by the body and into the bloodstream isn't always guaranteed.

Vitamin C is a must for the cell integrity, health of the eyes, the teeth, the gums, the bones, the muscles, the blood vessels and the immune system. If it has to help that many things, we want a product that is beyond reproach.
B-complex must be balanced with all eight essential B’s. A high quality B-complex helps the health of the cardiovascular system, the energy production, and helps the body use carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It is now known the B vitamin, folic acid, may reduce the risk of a mother delivering a child with brain or spinal cord birth defects.
Vitamin E , an antioxidant, helps promote the health of the heart, the prostate, the lungs, the colon, and increases immune function. When looking for vitamin E, look for the d-alpha tocopherol, which is the real compared to the synthetic dl-alpha tocopherol.

Another product which is a must is a quality soy protein . Be sure that is has all the amino acids our body does not make.
Again look for one that is natural and water washed and is not genetically engineered.

This is a product that made such a difference in my life, I whole heartedly recommend it.

Omega 3 fatty acid , fish oil, is a must for so many reasons. It has many healthy benefits such as helping the heart, the skin, and even brain function. It has even helped some people ward off arthritis Look for one that is not contaminated with mercury nor “cooked” to death during extraction.
And finally, it is essential to have a product that balances the immune system, helping it work and protect the body using the body’s natural interferon can be a real plus in protecting ones health.

Click here for a video on Natural Interferon

Remember we are all individuals and this list is a basic starting point. One of the main reasons we have created this website is to provide information about health and environmental concerns.

There are literally hundreds of products available to you in stores and on the internet. The most important - Essential - ingredient has become the vitamin/supplement company. It is critical that you take the extra step of finding a reliable company with safe, clinically tested and patented products.

I am a Shaklee Independent Distributor. I have done my research and have found the #1 nutritional company in the U.S. While they are the only company and products I recommend, I still encourage you to do your own research. If you are like me and want to only put safe, natural, proven supplements into your body you will end up exactly where I have.

If you have individual needs or problems, please contact us or browse the rest of the site for more specific information.

For another look at some of the essentials you can check out this Nutrition Guide.

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