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Hello!
Im Wendy Myers, FDN, CHHC. I founded the health websites Liveto110.com. and
Mineralpower.com.
I center my philosophy around the understanding that the root cause of disease
stems from nutrient and mineral deficiencies and the accumulation of toxic
metals and chemicals in the body so prevalent in our toxic world. These issues
are addressed with my healing and detox program Mineralpower.com.
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Introduction
There is a big debate out there over
whether you should be taking
natural or synthetic vitamins. And
since 50% of the people in the US
take some kind of supplement, this
is an important conversation to be
having.
Bottomline, everyone has to find what works for them as an individual. If food-based supplements dont work for
your body for whatever reason, then you must resort to synthetics. In my opinion, food-based supplements are
best.
But every individual body is different and its important to know what works best for you. This eBook will explore
the debate of food-based supplements versus synthetic ones, while laying out the pros and cons of each to help
you figure out what is right for you!
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Food-based Supplements
You want to take supplements
that are as close to their natural
form as possible. Thats why its
my personal belief that
food-based supplements are
better than synthetics and should
be taken if you can tolerate them.
Pros of Food-based
Supplements
1) Whole foods are
better than refined ones.
Whole foods and are better for you than refined ones, plain and simple. And the same goes for supplements:
synthetic supplements are created in a lab. This means they may not be as readily recognized by the body and less
of them may be absorbed. Refined substances can create imbalances in the body that can lead to health problems
and mineral deficiencies, especially if taken at high doses for long periods of time.
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By taking food-based supplements you can avoid these types of chemical compounds and ingest what nature
intended, instead of what was manufactured in a lab.
Unlike synthetics, the body does not treat food-based supplements as if they were chemicals, toxins, drugs, or
other foreign substances. Since they are closer to their natural source, the body recognizes food-based
supplements and can metabolize them better.
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3) Food-based vitamins cost more.
Food-based vitamins are almost always more costly than synthetics, often two to three times as expensive as their
synthetic counterparts. This is understandable, as it is much more costly to manufacture food-based supplements.
Vegetables and other foods must be harvested, dried, measured, tested, and powdered into capsules.
Food-based supplements also can be far more costly because more pills are needed to achieve the same dose. For
instance, a natural vitamin C I used to take only contained 120mg of vitamin C, requiring me to take 4 capsules to
get the daily 500mg of vitamin C I needed. The bottle of 90 capsules cost $20. The same bottle of
synthetic vitamin C costs far, far less.
Even a food-based vitamin C is extracted or isolated from a plant such as the Acerola cherry. In some cases, the
entire food is dehydrated and put into a capsule, but not always. The word isolate can apply to both food-based
and synthesized products, which is why it is important to always read the labels.
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Synthetic Vitamins
I have taken synthetic vitamins for years
and with them have seen my health
greatly improve. And while today I take a
regime of primarily food-based vitamins
with the addition of some synthetics
(because that is what works for me and
my body), many healing programs use
synthetic vitamins with fantastic results!
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This means that many more tablets must be taken, rendering supplementation more inconvenient. Most cannot
remember that many pills, or are simply not willing to take more than 4+ pills a day just to satisfy their nutrient needs.
Good quality synthetics are absorbed quite well when taken with a meal. But it is worth noting that some of the
cheaper synthetic vitamins are poorly absorbed because they are bound together with cheap binders that dont allow
a release of the nutrients, and not necessarily because the synthetic vitamins themselves are poorly absorbed.
So what can you do? Avoid cheap mass-market synthetics like Centrum, most brands at drug store chains, grocery
store chains, and those found at membership club stores (Kirkland brand).
These types of synthetics contain cheap ingredients that prevent absorption, as well as toxic metals. Not to mention,
rancid fish oil that has not been purified of toxic metals.
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2) The isolated nutrients in synthetics workuntil they dont.
Isolated nutrients work for a little while, then they plateau. This is because, in order for an isolated nutrient to be
absorbed and work properly within the body, all the other parts of that same, whole food must be present.
But with synthetics, they arent and so your body takes the parts it needs from the nutrient stores in your body. And
once these stores are fully depleted, the isolated nutrient from the synthetic can no longer work. More alarming,
however, is that you can start to suffer from a deficiency in the same nutrients you once had in abundance.
So while synthetics can plug the holes left by vitamin deficiencies in the short-term, they are not part of a sustainable
and healthy supplement regime.
When you take any synthetic supplement, you run the risk of the excess nutrients building up in the body, as most of
todays synthetics are highly concentrated and come at extremely high doses that our bodies dont always need.
But the danger for this is higher when it comes to fat-soluble synthetics (like vitamins A, D, E, and K) because they can
build up in your liver and fatty tissues. And that can lead to toxicity. Food-based fat-soluble supplements have a lower
dosage and therefore dont present this same danger as the synthetic forms.
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Know Your Supplements
Like anything you put into your body,
I urge you investigate
supplements before you buy.
Important questions to ask include:
It all may sound like a lot but it can really mean the difference between finding a supplement that will help you heal
and grow into better health versus one that prohibits that.
Its important to know all of this when you formulate your supplement regime; because its not as simple as asking
food-based or synthetic vitamins? but also whats in them.
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Why You Need to Supplement
I cannot stress enough why you need to
take vitamin and mineral supplements. Our
modern food supply is severely deficient in
nutrients, mainly minerals. In fact, a head of
broccoli grown today has 20% of the mineral
content that it contained in the 1920s. The
reasons you need to supplement are due to
many factors:
2) Soil depletion.
Many soils are low in zinc, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, calcium, and magnesium. No matter what diet you
eat, you cannot obtain all the nutrients you need from food alone.
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4) Modern fertilizers do not supply enough trace minerals.
One hundred years ago, manure was used for fertilizer. Today, chemicals fertilizers are used that contain mainly
nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, but are deficient in the trace elements found in manure. This has contributed
greatly to the mineral depletion of the soil and crops. In general, organically grown food is more nutrient-rich because
it is grown on better quality soil with proper farming methods and fertilization. Of course, that is not always the case.
Almost invariably, all the produce grown at every farmers market in Los Angeles is grown using chemical fertilizers. I
know Ive asked every vendor.
These add greatly to our toxic metal burden and require extra nutrients to help remove them from the body.
Additionally, many pesticides work by chelating minerals out of weeds to kill them. They die of malnutrition. The same
effect is at work inside your body when you ingest pesticide residues.
6) Long-distance transportation.
Due to the time it takes fresh foods to get from the farm to your table, 57% or more of the nutritional value can be
lost. Many foods are grown thousands of miles from where they are purchased. Some are grown on the other side of
the planet! On average, they spend a week in transit to reach you. Because of this, produce is picked before it is fully
ripe, preventing maximum nutrient potential. The minute food is picked nutrient levels begin to diminish. Grow your
own garden and eat veggies while theyre still alive!
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significant period of time. Frozen foods are nutritionally better but not as good as fresh vegetables. Its always best to
eat foods as close to their original, minimally processed form as possible. For instance, eat a fresh strawberry, not a
dried one.
9) Weakened digestion.
One result of eating refined, low-quality food with hundreds of food additives is that most peoples digestion is
impaired. This further impairs nutrient absorption and increases nutritional needs. Its a vicious cycle that continues as
long as one eats a poor quality diet. Additionally, eating a lot of sugar and wheat flour depletes your body of vitamin
and minerals. It takes 56 molecules of magnesium to process one molecule of sugar.
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How to Customize Supplements
to YOU
The future of supplementation entails testing to customize supplements to exactly what your body needs. With
customized supplementation, you heal your body and can achieve your highest level of health and functioning. The
goal is a state of health where one feels their best. This is exactly the goal of my program MineralPower.com.
I dont believe in a one-size fits all program. Your body chemistry is one-of-a-kind. And so should your supplements
and detox program. With MineralPower.com, you get the exact supplements needed for YOU.
Mineral Power is a precise approach to supplements. A multivitamin is the shotgun approach to supplementation.
With MineralPower.com, you get the sniper approach exactly what you need to put your body back into balance.
My goal with The MedicinalSupplementsSummit.com, my detox and healing program MineralPower.com, and my
website Liveto110.com, is to illustrate how to live a healthy lifestyle within the context of our modern toxic
environment, while navigating the health myths fed to us by many manufacturers and the pharmaceutical companies.
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Join us for the Medicinal Supplements Summit, an unprecedented online event September 12 19, 2016! This online
summit is dedicated to educating consumers on healthy supplementation and the latest in supplement customization
testing.
The Medicinal Supplements Summit is sure to be a great health tool for anyone looking to heal their body, improve
their wellness, become more informed about supplements, or simply find out the latest news coming out of the
supplement world.
Im so passionate about proper supplementation and helping you make those little distinctions and recommendations
so you can take the right supplements for you as an individual to experience the optimal health you deserve.
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The Experts
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We are so blessed to welcome an exciting lineup of leading health experts, supplement manufacturers, best selling
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it!
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