Graciously Living, Building Balance

Vitamins & Supplements – A key to good health

Eating nutritious and well-balanced meals can be difficult these days, even quite possibly…impossible. Vitamins and minerals are used up every single day as our bodies create new strong muscles and cells, deal with stress, perspire and go through their daily metabolic actions. Essential nutrients, if not obtained in the proper amounts, or preserved, can lead to serious deficiencies.
Vitamins work inside the body's cells to keep our physiology functioning normally. Basic functions such as growing and healing depend on what vitamins are available to our bodies. Minerals are required for bones and nerve health as well as muscle tone.
Vitamins are obtained naturally from plant and animal foods. Minerals are extracted from the earth and are inorganic, non-living materials which are neither animal nor vegetable.

One important reason to consider adding a high quality vitamin/mineral supplement to our daily dietary intake is that we simply do not have sufficient variety in our diets. My average client eats only 50 different types of foods. The gold star winner of that survey was eating 78 different food types. How many different kinds of food do you consume?

We need to replace valuable and essential vitamins and minerals. They are lost not only during metabolic functions, but also from our exhaustion of them while repeatedly eating the same foods which may not be as vitamin and mineral-rich as our bodies need.

To be sure you are receiving your vitamins from a high quality and superior standard line, I have chosen Douglas Laboratories to manufacture my supplements. With more than 50 years of experience, they continue to deliver supplements with one of the highest and most recognized standards of quality certification. Douglas Laboratories have achieved ISO 9001and ISO 17025 certifications. In addition, they comply with the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), procedures that guarantee the quality of their products to very high standards. They also comply with regulations of The Canadian Ministry of Health and the U.S. Federal Drug Administration. To see ratings on our current vitamin line, please refer to the Comparative Vitamin Guide available in my office.

Completing a nutritional assessment to determine where and if any imbalances exist in your diet is a benefit to anyone of any age. As a recognized health care professional, it is my honour and duty to be sure you and your health are Number One.