Have you heard about the recent University of Minnesota Study on long term nutritional supplement use? Based on the findings, researchers concluded that vitamins offer little benefit and may even cause harm. Don't be fooled, however!
HOW CAN A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT HELP YOU WHEN IT CONTAINS
HARMFUL INGREDIENTS?
As with any nutritional study, the BIG question should be "what nutritional supplements were the subjects taking?" When I saw the results of this study, I was not at all surprised! This is because there are numerous nutritional products on the market and many have been found to contain very harmful contaminants! This is a very profitable industry and many companies are more concerned about profits than quality! Below are two good examples of this:
FDA Lead Study (2008) - http://tinyurl.com/2f4ae76
FDA found Lead in 320 out of 324 brands of multivitamins. This link allows you to see what brands were tested & the amount of Lead in each.
Omega-3 Lawsuit (2010) - http://tinyurl.com/36qulaq
Fish Oil supplements found to contain PCB's (toxic industrial chemicals) in them. Some of these companies include Omega Protein (the largest producer of Omega 3 fish oil in the world), Pharmavite LLC which manufactures the NatureMade brand, GNC, Solgar, TwinLab Corp, etc.
In comparison to the U of M study mentioned above which was "observational" only, the Landmark Nutritional Supplement Study actually drew blood samples from people to gather it's data. This study was done at U.C. Berkeley and the results were so impressive that they were published in Nutritional Journal 2007. This study compared 3 groups of people:
1) Those taking high quality nutritional supplements for more than 20 years (which were actually SHAKLEE users exclusively)
2) Those taking another multivitamin
3) Those taking no vitamins at all.
The Results: people who took Shaklee supplements had "Markedly" better health than the other two groups. They had 33% Lower Triglyceride Levels, 60% Lower Levels of C-Reactive Protein, 36% Lower Levels of Homocysteine and more! To learn more about this study, go to www.LandmarkStudy.com.
Omega-3 Lawsuit (2010) - http://tinyurl.com/36qulaq
Fish Oil supplements found to contain PCB's (toxic industrial chemicals) in them. Some of these companies include Omega Protein (the largest producer of Omega 3 fish oil in the world), Pharmavite LLC which manufactures the NatureMade brand, GNC, Solgar, TwinLab Corp, etc.
In comparison to the U of M study mentioned above which was "observational" only, the Landmark Nutritional Supplement Study actually drew blood samples from people to gather it's data. This study was done at U.C. Berkeley and the results were so impressive that they were published in Nutritional Journal 2007. This study compared 3 groups of people:
1) Those taking high quality nutritional supplements for more than 20 years (which were actually SHAKLEE users exclusively)
2) Those taking another multivitamin
3) Those taking no vitamins at all.
The Results: people who took Shaklee supplements had "Markedly" better health than the other two groups. They had 33% Lower Triglyceride Levels, 60% Lower Levels of C-Reactive Protein, 36% Lower Levels of Homocysteine and more! To learn more about this study, go to www.LandmarkStudy.com.
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