Importance Of Nutritional Supplements And Nutraceuticals

By Angela Briggs


Nutritional supplements and Nutraceuticals are prepared boost for overall body health and play a secondary role in the dietary needs. Usually are intended to provide the body with inadequate nutrients which are missing in the daily food and enable people live longer and healthy. Research on the food taken shows that there as many factors which deprive off the essential nutrients therefore require to fill these gaps using some external nourishment.

All proven food ingredients helps body in one way or another especially checking the immune system to reduce risk of falling sick. The repair mechanism of a person should be perfect and efficient so that no health manifest can result and in case body can heal properly by its own mechanism. A normal functioning body can resist any infestation by foreign substances and retain its normal state

The list of these ingredients includes vitamins, minerals, herbs, meal elements, natural food and sports nutrition. All these are proven to prevent and cure certain health problems; example is omega 3 which helps in lowering high blood pressure. It should also be known that not all elements are important and if consumed in over dosage can result to body complication, always seek the advice of nutritionist before starting on supplementing diet.

The soil in which the food we eat grows is low in nutrients and when we take in this food it does not have all the required balance diet ingredients. This leads to external food substance addition to the diet to make a fully balanced meal. Also preservation and food processing have the same effect of draining essential substances from the food.

Looking at some of the most supplemented foods are the micro-nutrients vitamins which are small food constituent which are consumed in small portions to support normal body functioning. The levels of vitamins should always remain high and never let to go down. When they are in lower level and natural supply is not sufficient, they can be boosted using the synthetic ones.

Normal functioning of the body is maintained by the minerals in food eaten as they form the cells and enhance their chemical balances. The minerals are in bulk or in small amounts but are very crucial and the right quantities need should be taken in. The minerals start to be depleted in the soil translating to the food grown there.

Another group of supplement is the herbs, sport and meal nutrition which checks on the general health. One can avoid taking these supplement by maintain a general balance diet feeding which is far much effective and has no sides effects. In the matter of health and using the additional food ingredients, nutritionist advice is required.

When needed, nutritional supplements and Nutraceuticals need to be taken in dosage which do not exceeded the recommended prescription. It is not necessary that all that is taken will function but when regulated they have great body improvement effects. In case of heart attack, cancer and to reduce stress it is worth to take these ingredients and help to regain a former health state.




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