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10/26/2007
Fatigue, tired and Plain Worn out
Are you fatigued?
Do you feel worn out?
Do you lack enough energy to get through the day?
Is the wear and tear of modern life exhausting you?
Are you burning the candle at both ends?
You may not be alone. Doctors will tell you the most common complaint people have is FATIGUE. Even though all of people suffer from fatigue, it is not a normal condition.
What causes fatigue?
*It could be you are experiencing long hours of wakefulness and lacking sleep.
*It could be you have a large amount mental work and stress in your life.
*It could be because you are involved with excess amount of physical work.
Whatever the reason for your fatigue, a tired body and a tired mind does not function well. Perhaps you have experienced crankiness and irritability when you have felt fatigued. Perhaps you have spoken harshly to your spouse or kids after a long hard day? Have you ever acted impulsive and later regretted it, then noticed it was when you were worn out?
Fatigue can impair our judgment, impair our initiative, impair our creativity, impair our forethought and impair our reason.
How our body functions
The more work we do the more energy we use. The brain uses glucose for energy. The brain is very sensitive to the lack of glucose. Have you noticed when your kids are hungry they are irritability? And when you give them food, their attitude improves?
Even when a person is well rested, there is a normal fluctuation of energy that flow through our body everyday. For an example, the cortisol hormone is initially high at the beginning of the day and then in the afternoon the secretions are much lower.
7 Steps to Fight Fatigue
1. Get adequate sleep. Most people require 8 hours of sleep each night. Determine how much you need. Keep your bedroom cool, quiet and dark. Relax before retiring. Avoid eating a heavy meal before bedtime. Tonight’s sleep provides tomorrows energy.
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day. Morning or early afternoon is preferred. Avoid exercising right before bedtime.
3. Set aside regular time of recreation and diversion. Take time off to have some fun. We were not meant to keep working at an intense pace.
4. Eat a wholesome diet and drink plenty of water.
5. Avoid alcohol, caffeine and nicotine. You may feel more tired the first few days after eliminating these from your life.
6. Set healthful priorities. It is crucial to be in control of your emotions and actions for your own self respect and dignity.
7. Add natural supplements to your diet. For example, LimuPlus and Vitaone.
Is it worth feeling better? It’s up to you. You are the only one who can set priorities to fight fatigue. You can control your fatigue by conforming to the natural laws stated above.
When you conform to the natural laws, you will make better decisions in your life. When you are rested, you can accomplish much more. When you are energetic, you will be more efficient because you will be functioning at a higher level.
To your health,
Monique
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10/15/2007
Does It Matter What Form My Nutritional Supplements Come In?
Vitamark believes in liquid nutrition as evidenced by its phenomenal Limu Plus drink. We believe in tableted and encapsulated nutrition too—so we're often asked the question, "Are liquid vitamins absorbed better than tableted or encapsulated nutritionals?" I hope the following answer satisfies your query.
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When considering the question, "Are liquid vitamins absorbed better than tableted or encapsulated nutritionals?" there are many points to consider. First, exactly how and where are nutrients absorbed? Unless they are taken sublingually or injected, they are absorbed in the small intestine. In the digestive process, a supplement whether in liquid or tablet form, must first go through the stomach where it is broken down before entering the small intestine for absorption. The tablets, especially those that meet the United States Pharmacopoeia standards requiring full disintegration within 30-45 minutes and the established guidelines for dissolution (Vitamark's products meet both guidelines), are in their most bioavailable form when they reach the small intestine.
Bioavailability is defined as the degree and rate at which a substance (as a drug) is absorbed into a living system or is made available at the site of physiological activity. Whether or not vitamins and minerals come in tablet, liquid, powder, or food form, they have different absorption rates—the form usually doesn't make much difference. Take Calcium for instance. The standard absorption rate is 25-35%. Knowing this doesn't it make sense to choose a tableted delivery system, which is capable of delivering an increased amount of active ingredients (almost 3 times as much as capsules and much more than a liquid or spray). Because tablets have been shown to be a very efficient delivery system, most pharnaceutical medications are in tablet form. Why would vitamin and mineral supplements be any different? Tableted delivery systems are also generally more stable than liquid systems.
Many other factors can affect the absorption of vitamins and minerals in the body. The function of the person taking the nutrient is dependent on the age of the person, the integrity of their digestive system(which is why the inclusion of digestive enzymes in VitaOne is so significant), the state of their health, time of day, gender, and whether or not the supplements were taken on a full or empty stomach. People whose nutrient needs are greater, such as growing children, pregnant or lactating women and those who are currently deficient may have significantly enhanced absorption rates for certain nutrients. These individual differences make some company’s recent claims of 98% absorption for everyone seem questionable. Even absorption of minerals from food sources can vary significantly. Iodine, molybdenum, and boron can be absorbed from a food source at over 90% while the average absorption rates of copper, zinc and selenium can range from 30-80% depending on the form. Doesn't it make sense that stating an average absorption rate is misleading?
Because the Vitamark tablets are formulated to the United States Pharmacoepia standards of disintegration and dissolution, we believe that the vitamins and minerals found in our supplements are properly absorbed into the body and are very beneficial.
By creating innovative formulations (the inclusion of enzymes, for example), we have been able to optimize nutrient bioavailability. Each batch of Vitamark tablets are tested against finished product specifications to ensure that they meet standards for weight, identity, thickness, hardness, disintegration, potency, purity and microbial counts.
Vitamark's vitamins and minerals, when combined with a healthy diet and, in the proper forms and amounts, will provide an extremely safe, bioavailable, efficient and effective product.
... from Jana Mitcham
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