Are 90% of your vitamins going down the toilet?

Written by Warren Matthews


If you live inrepparttar USA it is likely that you have been exposed to advertising suggesting that 90% ofrepparttar 115629 vitamin tablets that you are taking are going downrepparttar 115630 toilet. Because these claims are so wide-spread I feel that is appropriate to address repparttar 115631 issue of bio-availability and sort outrepparttar 115632 fact fromrepparttar 115633 fiction. Is this claim true or not? The answer is not a definitive yes or no because there is no benchmark given in which to baserepparttar 115634 claim on. I'll try to explain. Supplements are a bit like cars. For example, at one end ofrepparttar 115635 spectrum you may have a Russian built Lada which are cheap, utilitarian and very unreliable (at least they used to be) and cost a few thousand dollars or you may have a Rolls Royce which isrepparttar 115636 ultimate in luxury motoring and reliability and will set you back around a half million dollars. There is no comparison betweenrepparttar 115637 two vehicles. The same principle applies to supplements You can buy cheap supplements atrepparttar 115638 supermarket and what you get is a product which is manufactured to a price. This means thatrepparttar 115639 cheapest possible ingredients are used as well asrepparttar 115640 cheapest excipients which bind repparttar 115641 ingredients together. To give you an idea of just how bigrepparttar 115642 difference of ingredient costs can be I will quote an example of one nutrient... Beta Carotene. The overwhelming majority of manufacturers use synthetic beta carotene (even those producingrepparttar 115643 more expensive brands). The cost of synthetic beta carotene to a manufacturer is around $60 per kilo. However,repparttar 115644 98% pure natural crystalline beta carotene that we use in our Total Balance costs over $2,400 per kilo. The same differences can apply with Vitamin B12 which is generally 3% pure and costs $340 per kilo versusrepparttar 115645 99% pure that we use at $12,000 per kg. The differences do not stop atrepparttar 115646 active ingredient level but can also apply torepparttar 115647 excipients as well. Some cheaper excipients bindrepparttar 115648 ingredients together so well that after swallowing repparttar 115649 tablet a large proportion of it passes right through your system and does indeed end up inrepparttar 115650 toilet. To make matters worse those ingredients that are released are done so inrepparttar 115651 stomach and are largely destroyed by your stomach acids. When using these types of cheap supplements asrepparttar 115652 'yard stick'repparttar 115653 statement of 90% of repparttar 115654 supplement ending up downrepparttar 115655 toilet is indeed true... But, that is like trying to compare apples with oranges... The difference between some supplements are as great asrepparttar 115656 example given earlier aboutrepparttar 115657 motor vehicles, not only in repparttar 115658 quality ofrepparttar 115659 ingredients used but alsorepparttar 115660 delivery system employed or in most casesrepparttar 115661 lack of it. When I am talking about a delivery system I am referring to howrepparttar 115662 active ingredients get into your blood stream where they are needed to do their work. There are only four effective ways in which nutrients can get into your blood stream. 1. By injection. 2. Throughrepparttar 115663 mucous membranes ofrepparttar 115664 mouth. (Only some nutrients) 3. Viarepparttar 115665 lining ofrepparttar 115666 walls ofrepparttar 115667 upper intestine. 4. Viarepparttar 115668 lining ofrepparttar 115669 walls ofrepparttar 115670 colon. The methods which are used are as follows: 1. Injection with a hypodermic syringe... only practical via a clinic or physician. B12 injections for example. 2. Throughrepparttar 115671 mucous membranes ofrepparttar 115672 mouth by a sublingual tablet or liquid. Note: This has limitations because many nutrients cannot be absorbed through these membranes.

Summertime Fitness, Exercise On the Go

Written by Michael Stefano


Whether you’re a seasoned athlete who’s been training all your life, or just getting started on a new exercise program, finding time to workout whenrepparttar warm weather hits can become a rather daunting challenge.

From ballgames to backyard barbecues,repparttar 115628 warm weather brings many activities that can lead to more eating and less exercise. Life is not a dress rehearsal, and for most of us, giving up a day of picnicking onrepparttar 115629 beach or a sunny morning onrepparttar 115630 golf course forrepparttar 115631 dank artificial cool ofrepparttar 115632 local health club, presents no real choice.

So go ahead, bringrepparttar 115633 kids torepparttar 115634 park, spendrepparttar 115635 weekend atrepparttar 115636 shore, do whatever it is your heart desires whilerepparttar 115637 sun sits high inrepparttar 115638 sky.

Exercise and summer fun can go hand and hand –achieving a sort-of two bird with one stone effect. And by following a few simple suggestions, you can turn your day atrepparttar 115639 shore into fun and fitness.

Walk It Off

Instead of just lying onrepparttar 115640 beach all day, take a walk alongrepparttar 115641 shoreline. The extra effort that it takes to walk briskly onrepparttar 115642 soft, sandy surface will contribute torepparttar 115643 overall fat burning effect. While vacationing at your favorite summer getaway, steer clear of cars and cabs, and walk wherever and whenever possible. On a recent trip to Las Vegas, I logged in an average of 6 miles every day (as measured by a pedometer) simply by walking to and from various hotels, restaurants and casinos all day.

Undoubtedly, this helped balance outrepparttar 115644 all-you-can-eat buffet food.

Play Don’t Lay

Get off that beach blanket and join inrepparttar 115645 fun –play some volleyball, toss around a frisbee, go for a swim, or bodysurf. Just don’t lie there for 4 hours roasting inrepparttar 115646 sun. If picnicking with friends or family members, organize or join in a softball game, play horseshoes, or take a hike inrepparttar 115647 woods. Get inrepparttar 115648 middle of whatever happens to be going on.

When vacationing at your favorite all-inclusive Caribbean Island, you’ll be offered to participate in an endless stream of events from an afternoon match of water polo to singing and dancing in a combination employee/guest Broadway like stage production. Don’t passrepparttar 115649 chance to make calorie burning this much fun.

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