Nutritional Supplements

ther supplements may include: –

• prebiotics and probiotics
• herbal (botanical) products
• essential fatty acids
• oils
• enzymes

Taking supplements can provide additional nutrients when your diet is lacking or when certain health conditions cause you to develop an insufficiency or deficiency.

Muliple vitamin supplements provide all the basic micronutrients (vitamin, minerals, and some amino acids) that your body needs.

There is now a lot of evidence and scientific research to support supplements and botanical products.

For example-

• folic acid to lower the risk of birth defects.
• activated b3 (niacin) increase hdl and lower               
• cholesterol.
• iron (fe+) and b12 for anaemia.

It is always best to consult your health professional when taking supplements and or botanical products. To ensure that they are taken in correct amounts and at the right time especially when on prescribed medication from your doctor.

Certain supplements work best and are absorbed better taken in the morning or in the evening.

Vitamins and minerals are biologically active organic compounds and controlling agents which are essential for normal health and growth. They are not synthesized in the body but available in the diet or in nutritional supplements and are carried in the circulatory system to act on target organs or tissues. Their absence may cause a deficiency disease or disorder.