They also found that those people who had only recently started taking supplements had no protection in short term and that benefits only manifested themselves over long term. This is an important point to remember. Start early not later. Increasing your immunity from cancer is a steady building up process over long term.

This study ties in with another well known study in which selenium (in correct form) was found to reduce incidence of all cancers by 37% and overall mortality from cancer by 50%.

These two studies only deal with vitamins and one mineral. They do not include many reputable studies that have clearly established antioxidants on their own also play a major role in cancer prevention. Unfortunately most people never get to hear about most of these studies. If they did and they acted upon it a lot of pain and suffering could be avoided.

Now here is something to think about!

If risk of cardiovascular disease and other diseases brought on by poor immunity can be reduced significantly by a simple multi vitamin, and further, that risk of colon/rectal cancer can be also reduced by 30% through multi-vitamins, and in addition, if risk of other cancers can be reduced by 37% by just one mineral,selenium.

What would happen to your overall risk profile if you did following?

* You took all key nutrients proven in clinical studies to be effective for cardiovascular health * Digestive health * Hormonal health * Key organ health including brain * And included selected enzymes and immunity enhancing herbal extracts * Used latest scientific knowledge of synergy and metabolic pathways to magnify effects of individual substances and you put them all into a capsule or tablet?

I know answer because we have done just this when we produced Total Balance which was developed firstly for protection of my own family and secondly for benefit of our customers world-wide. But... I can't tell you what I believe is answer because I would get into trouble with authorities as it is not proven as yet by clinical trials. Instead we can only relate to clinical studies that have been carried out on individual nutrients that we use.

But... I can leave it to your imagination. To help your imagination whilst pondering on this I can tell you that multi-vitamin products are very weak (but they are inexpensive).

Other vitamin like products such as quite common alpha lipoic acid are many more times potent that common vitamins. Same thing applies to some of other amino acids, herbal extracts and enzymes.

I've related to you results of studies from a just a few vitamins and one mineral. I think that you would get picture and understand what I am getting at if you studied ingredient list of Total Balance. The efficacy of Total Balance formula for overall health is not just a few times greater than a typical multi, but hundreds of time more potent. This is not an idle comment but one based on science.

It is important to aim to enter your latter years free from negative effects of pharmaceutical drugs. It is never too soon to start your prevention program!

Warren is the Chairman of Xtend Life Natural Products, designer and manufacturer of Total Balance, a highly advanced supplement designed to provide complete immune support. Total Balance is the worlds first multi-nutrient supplement featuring an enteric coating. This unique coating allows your body to absorb virtually 100% of it's 85 nutrients.

But they are still depressed because they only lost a lousy 2 pounds! Right? Are we sure???

We now check their body fat and it is now 36% not 40%. Let’s do a little math.

200 lbs at 40% body fat means that 40% of them is fat, which equals 80 lbs of FAT, and 120 lbs are muscles and everything else (called lean body mass).

198 lbs at 36% body fat means that 36% of them is fat which equals 71 lbs of FAT, and 125 lbs of lean body mass.

This person actually lost 9 pounds of FAT (the stuff we are trying to lose) and gained 5 pounds of lean body mass (mostly muscle mass, which is a good thing because this will allow their body to burn more calories!)

You need to measure and focus on PERCENT OF BODY FAT, AND NOT WEIGHT!

But don’t worry, when your body fat goes down, as your body fat decreases so will numbers on scale!

Dr. Jeffrey Banas is a Chiropractic Sports Physician, practicing in Mesa; AZ. Dr. Banas personally lost 60 pounds in 2003 and now uses his experience to help others struggling with their weight problems. Dr. Banas can be reached at his office at 480-633-6837, or by visiting his web site at www.personal-weight-loss-help.com