Nutritional Food

Nutritional Food

Executive Summary about Nutritional Food by Adam J Hutchin and K J Johnson

Eating fruits and vegetables has always been one of the best ways of getting most of the vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients our bodies need to be healthy.

Eating a so-called healthy diet today still requires a good nutritional food supplement to make up for the lack of nutrients.

There’s just not enough time in our day to prepare and eat a nutritionally balanced meal, so we turn to fast food restaurants or packaged and processed foods, also commonly known as TV dinners.

Children and adults alike hate any food that looks or tastes unpleasant, a nutritional food supplement can be pleasant tasting, and comes in tablet, capsule or liquid form.

It is a well known fact that good nutritional food supplements can help to enhancing and revitalize your body’s immune system.

We can no longer rely on the foods we eat to provide the essential nutrients our bodies need to live a full and healthy life today.

Good nutritional food supplements are essential today for optimal health as part of our daily routine.

KJ is a businessman who has been using nutritional food supplements for over 10 years and has had great results. How Do You Choose the Right Nutritional Supplement?

Firstly you should only ever take a supplement at the recommendation of a health care professional. Some supplements can have drug interactions or adverse effects if used irresponsibly so always act on professional advice.

Choosing a Brand

Brands that manufacture their own products are often the best; they care about and can control the quality of their products.

Look for a brand that manufactures to a high standard in a clean room facility. If you are a health care professional yourself and use supplements in practice you might even like to request a visit to the manufacturing facility. Any brand that manufactures a quality product will be pleased to show you around.

Capsules vs Tablets

Nutritional food supplements can come in a range of forms; most commonly capsules, tablets, oils and liquid solutions. A liquid product can be a great way to get a child or elderly person to take a supplement, as liquid vitamin or mineral supplements are often tasteless and can be added to a glass of juice. Most people prefer a plant cellulose capsule.

Flowing Agents

When manufacturing dietary supplements it is common practice to add “flowing agents” to a powder that is to be encapsulated. By adding the flowing agents the powders flow more easily into the capsules when being made and production rates can be increased. Again, many people looking for a high quality product look for one that doesn’t contain any flowing agents.

It is often easy to see whether or not your product contains a flowing agent. A simple test is to find a product that is often easily water soluble such as Vitamin C. Break the capsule open and stir it into a glass of water.

Claims

When choosing a supplement, look for a brand that makes responsible claims about their products. There are lots of less scrupulous brands that make unsupportable claims about their products so check the science behind the supplement.

Bioavailabilty

Look for a manufacturer that focuses on “bioavailabilty”. In some cases a lower quality, less bioavailable product may offer far less of the mineral in question then a highly bioavilable product. This can become a false economy because several of the poor quality capsules may be required in order to offer the same benefit of one capsule of the higher quality, more bioavailble product. Manufacturers often use less bioavailable materials when manufacturing nutritional food supplements because they are usually cheaper and return a higher profit.

Price

As with all things; you get what you pay for. There are as many budget brands available as there are expensive ones but you should never pay more for something than you are comfortable with.

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