Vitamin and Supplement Essentials
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Multivitamins
Many farms today use nitrogen fertilizers, which remove minerals from the soil. Depleted soil may lead to less nutritional content in our food and more need than ever to supplement our diets.**
Taking Multivitamins:
- May help fill the vitamin and mineral gaps that may exist in your diet1
- Helps support healthy immune function1
Fish Oil
Your body doesn't produce omega-3s, which are vital to health. They must be consumed as food or taken as a supplement.***
Taking Vitamin D Supports:
- Bone health1
- Intestinal health1
- Immune function1
- Brain health1
Vitamin D
SPF 15 or higher sunscreen blocks beneficial Vitamin D you'd normally gain from sun exposure.****
Taking Fish Oil Supports:
- Heart health1
- Joint health1
Bone and Joint Health
Glucosamine and Chondroitin
Helps promote overall elasticity, flexibility and joint mobility1
Digestive Health
Brain Health
Heart Health
Immune Health
Prenatal Health
Prenatal Vitamins
Taking some vitamins, minerals and key nutrients during pregnancy are vital to the development of your baby1
**Jack A: Nutrition under siege. One Peaceful World (Kushi Institute newsletter), Becket, MA, Spring1998 , pp1 , 78.
***"Harvard School of Public Health." The Nutrition Source. Ask the Expert: Omega-3 Fatty Acids. The Nutrition Source. Web. 22 Mar. 2013.
****"Answers at Walgreens, Vitamins and Supplements" Vitamin D, page 5.
1 These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, these products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
2 "Dietary Reference Intake: The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements"; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies; Editors: Jennifer Otten, Jennifer Pitzi Hellwig, and Linda Meyers; 2006.
3 Institute of Medicine of the National Academies; Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D; November 2010