The second major reason that this Modality should be a significant consideration in evaluating anyone’s capacity to achieve Optimum health and success in life is that further up pyramid they are situated, lower their levels of chronic stress. An overwhelming number of studies have shown that predictability and control over one’s life, one’s body, one’s destiny, one’s finances, etc., is directly linked to stress levels; less amount of control, higher stress levels. And, levels of stress, especially chronic stress which is type most common to this particular Modality, are directly linked to how healthy a person is in each of other Modalities.

So, our aforementioned heads of state may consider themselves to be Optimally healthy in this Modality because of level of control that being in their position affords them. Yet, whether or not they are Optimally healthy in other Four Modalities, is debatable. Depending on what one’s definition of “success” is, having a position that affords ultimate financial control and access to resources, while having chronic ailments related to suppression of emotions does not make for optimum quality of life.

The third reason is that this Modality affects each of other four. It has a direct relationship with Mind, Body, Spirit, and Emotions. Some of factors that have direct bearing on where we fall in Overarch are social dynamics of a particular region; economic strata; one's relationship to his/her surroundings; and accepted wider cultural perception of a person or group. Whether you are male or female, whether you are Asian, Latino, European, or American; whether you are considered Wealthy, middle class, or working class; whether you never finished high school, or have several post-graduate degrees under your belt. All of these factors contribute to where you are positioned in Overarch. And, that positioning absolutely lends itself to how you are perceived by your environment, how your enironment relates to you, and by extension, has capacity to shape your thoughts and perceptions about yourself, your abilities, and what you are entitled to in this world. This all has a profound effect on each of Five Modalities.

In order for Optimum success and health, one must strive to be healthy in all Five Modalities: Mind, Body, Emotions, Spirit, and Overarch, or Social Ecosystem; creating balance, and thus, actualizing maximum potential, through placing equal weight in each Modality.

Copyright Neesha D. Meminger, 2005. All rights reserved.

The very best nutritional products are much more highly absorbable than cheap products delivering many more precious nutrients to your body. You see mis-conception most people have about nutritional products is they read label and cheap product says for example 500 mg Vitamin C, 500 Mg Calcium. Then they read label of high quality and it says essentially same thing.

Except here is big difference - with cheap product your body in some cases only absorbs 5-10 percent of nutrients. While in high quality product your body can easily absorb 5 -10 times or even more of these valuable nutrients.

This is because manufactures are only required to put on label what they put in product before manufacture. This can be a far cry from how much your body absorbs of final product. The high quality products are formulated so your body absorbs a much higher amount of actual product.

Here are characteristics that only highest quality products employ during development.

First let me share with you a little bit about nutrition and herbal industry as a whole.

Raw Materials First of all did you know that they are huge differences in quality of herbal raw materials. There can be big differences in amount of active ingredients based upon where plant was grown, seed used for growing, what part of plant is being used, how plant was harvested, when it was harvested, and even how plant was stored. Plus some batches can have many more contaminants and impurities than others.

Raw ingredients especially herbals should be stored in low humidity and a low temperature environment and yet many aren't stored properly.

Of course a good product starts with strict inspection processes of raw materials.

Raw materials are screened, inspected and even quarantined to assure they meet optimal standards.

Any tablets and capsules go through strict sizing and weight requirements.

Also a good quality capsule, tablet supplement will contain a coating for ease of swallowing and this coating will typically contain a high quality antioxidant like alpha-lipoic acid to help protect tablet against oxidation and loss of potency.

The Product Testing Phase

High quality nutrition supplements will undergo a Battery of Tests like:

Disintegration Testing – tests to insure tablet will disintegrate under conditions found in human body

Dissolution Testing - tests to insure tablet will dissolve in order to be absorbed and utilized by body.

Microbiological Analysis - tests to insure absence of harmful bacteria, yeast, and mold.

Potency Analysis – tests using sophisticated laboratory equipment like Spectrometry, Chromatography and Spectroscopy.

Content Uniformity Analysis – In this test samples are analyzed to make sure that they contain same levels of active ingredients.

Also with high quality supplements manufacturer pays great attention to packaging to assure it protects valuable active ingredients.

So you now have a basic idea of what to look for in a super high quality nutritional supplement.