In order to function optimally your body
needs over 34 vitamins and minerals in various amounts.
Your nutritional needs should be met through healthy eating,
however, eating a healthy, balanced diet doesn't always
provide sufficient amounts of these nutrients. Studies
have shown that in order to receive adequate amounts of
every vitamin and mineral, you would need to take in over
3000 calories worth of very specific fruits and vegetables.
Supplementing your diet will provide more
nutrients than diet alone. A multivitamin is designed to
supplement, not replace, healthy foods you should be
consuming on a daily basis. Your body is unable to create
adequate amounts of most vitamins and minerals required for
optimal performance, so you need to supply it in a form of
food or supplement. Taking the right multivitamin can help
prevent nutrition deficiencies and help to protect against
health conditions resulting from vitamin and mineral
deficiencies.
Multivitamins and other
Vitamin Supplements
Pre and Post Workout Supplements
Generally, pre-workout supplements are designed to
give you nutrients that will enhance your workout. They
offer important benefits such as increased energy, increased
blood flow, better mental focus, decreased recovery time,
and enhanced muscle pumps.
During exercise your muscles use up vital nutrients that
need to be replaced in order to build stronger, healthier
muscle. Post-workout supplements provide proteins and
sugars lost during workout. Proteins help rebuild the
structural aspects of the muscle that was degraded during
exercise, and sugars increase glycogen storage, and increase
protein repair. A post-workout supplement should be
taken immediately after the workout.
Antioxidants
Antioxidants are natural substances that can significantly
reduce the risk of developing diseases such as cancer, diabetes,
Alzheimer’s disease, strokes, heart attacks,
arteriosclerosis, cataracts, and many more.
They do that by eliminating free radicals that damage the
body. Antioxidants
also tend to boost the immune system and keep harmful
cholesterol from clogging your veins.
Antioxidant
Supplements
Weight Control
Supplements
Weight control supplements are helpful when
combined with a healthy, balanced diet and physical
activity. Their role should be to aid in your efforts
to maintain a healthy weight not as a means to do so.
Different supplements target different aspects of weight
control such as appetite suppression and regulation of fat
and carbohydrate metabolism. No matter how good the
supplement is, it will not take the place of proper
nutrition and exercise. Supplements are made to
complement healthy weight loss while using a healthy eating
plan, as well as regular physical activity.