Nutritional Support
Primary Nutritional Support
Every part of the human body has fundamental needs that must be met in order to restore or maintain health. The primary needs include consistent nutritional intake of every vitamin and mineral that is needed for optimal health, consistent omega-3 intake essential fatty acids, and a healthy digestive system.
Consistent Nutritional Intake
Health depends upon a regular intake of a precise balance of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and metabolic nutrients including micronutrients. This is especially important in people that have chronic health conditions, those on hormone replacement therapies or drug therapies that can deplete certain nutrients. Complete nutritional support is also required to support normal detoxification in the human body and prevent the accumulation of toxins that may further interfere with metabolic processes. A consistent intake of required nutrients is best achieved with high-grade nutritional supplements that are commonly recommended by pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
Recommended Multivitamin/mineral:
Advance MN
Consistent Omega-3 Intake
Omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA’s) are essential to health but cannot be produced by the body. These EFA’s must be provided through foods (such as cold-water, deep-sea fish) or supplementation. These “good fats” are important for immune system development, digestive support, proper hormone function, healthy brain function, soft and smooth skin, and circulatory health.
Recommended Omega-3:
Advance Omega-3
Healthy Digestive System
The core of digestive health rests on the ability to readily absorb nutrients, while at the same time keeping out unwanted bacteria, yeasts and viruses. This is not possible without a consistent supply of probiotics – the beneficial bacteria that are part of the normal gut intestinal flora. While most people have heard that probiotics control overgrowth of unhealthy bacteria and yeast in the digestive system and decrease stress on the immune system, recent research shows that Lactobacillus or Bifidobacteria also have the ability to decrease viral infection by establishing the antiviral state in macrophages (1). This inhibitory effect of the probiotics on virus replication helps decrease the total viral load that the immune system has to control.
- Ivec M, Botić T, Koren S, Jakobsen M, Weingartl H, Cencic A. Interactions of macrophages with probiotic bacteria lead to increased antiviral response against vesicular stomatitis virus. Antiviral Res. 2007 Sep;75(3):266-74.
Recommended Probiotic:
Advance Probiotic