| Confused About Finding the Best Supplements? | | | | have found excellent nutritional supplements in |
| Nutritional Supplements are bought by increasing | | | | various categories; vitamins, minerals, food-based |
| numbers of people. Most of that money is | | | | products, amino acids, herbs, and detoxification |
| wasted. Do you know that at least 90% of all | | | | formulas. Not only do they have an enviable |
| nutritional supplements do not live up to the | | | | reputation for effectiveness; they have proven |
| purity, potency, and effectiveness of ingredients | | | | themselves beyond a doubt to me, my clients, |
| claimed on the label? | | | | and family. |
| If you do a search on any health problem, you will | | | | Examples of a Product on Which I Wasted Money |
| find no end of information, no end of websites | | | | Probiotic Hype: Searching for a great probiotic, I |
| telling you 'the best' supplement to solve that | | | | read a book about how 'soil-based' organisms are |
| problem. | | | | the best, most effective probiotic (beneficial |
| But how do you find out which information is | | | | bacteria for the digestive system). I was still |
| correct? How do you avoid wasting money on | | | | embroiled in a herculean effort to heal severe |
| vitamins, minerals, herbs, whole food supplements | | | | health challenges - looking for an 'answer.' The |
| and other products that not only are virtually | | | | story of the author's miraculous healing from near |
| worthless, but may contain pathogens and toxic | | | | death inspired me to purchase his products and |
| material such as pesticides or heavy metals? How | | | | use them devotedly, accompanied by helpful |
| do you know that the supplements you are | | | | phone advice from the company's employees. |
| buying are manufactured using the very best | | | | To my dismay, after taking these probiotics for a |
| technology? | | | | month or so, my condition deteriorated. It was |
| Here's One Example: | | | | very clear this was no 'healing crisis,' but rather, |
| Recently I was deciding on my next choice of a | | | | that the new product in which I had placed so |
| probiotic. There were three products in the | | | | much hope (and money), was bad for me. I |
| running. | | | | stopped taking them and felt better! I later |
| One was made from a bacterial strain found in | | | | learned that soil-based organisms replicate by |
| tempeh, said to be a lactic acid bacteria. This | | | | spores and are a fungal form of life that is not |
| product also contains FOS (fructooligosaccharides). | | | | ultimately beneficial and is hard to get rid of! |
| This is a sugar said to feed the good bacteria in | | | | Mentors I Trust |
| the gut. | | | | Besides over twenty five years as a Certified |
| A number of years ago, the best holistic MD I | | | | Advanced Rolfer (structural body therapist) and |
| went to, Dr. Warren Levin, had a different view. | | | | three decades as a Health Coach, I am fortunate |
| He told me his clinical experience suggested that | | | | to know genuine innovators in today's nutritional |
| FOS tended to aggravate candida and other | | | | supplement industry. They are mentors whom I |
| fungal infestations of the gut. Patients with these | | | | can ask difficult questions when I am stumped for |
| conditions often had worsening symptoms when | | | | an answer. |
| taking products with FOS. | | | | One way I know I can trust the opinions of these |
| The scientist who developed the probiotics I did | | | | mentors is that they do not hype their products. |
| choose said that while it is true FOS feeds good | | | | They are calm and confident, not defensive. |
| bacteria, it also feeds a lot more of the bad | | | | Frequently, they will praise the quality of other |
| bacteria in the gut, thereby making things worse! | | | | similar product lines I ask about. They also will tell |
| How Vulnerable Are You? | | | | me if they think it would not be good to use their |
| Are you desperate to find an answer to health | | | | product for clients of mine with certain health |
| problems? Desperation increases the likelihood of | | | | conditions. |
| vulnerability to hype. You want to believe when | | | | On a More Subtle Note: |
| someone says a product will take away pain or | | | | What if the ingredients listed on the label are |
| limitations, or keep you young. | | | | state-of-the-art, top-quality forms of nutrients? |
| I have more than passing familiarity with that kind | | | | You are not there yet even if the ingredients look |
| of desperation. In a seemingly endless search for | | | | awesome! |
| 'the answer' to my health challenges, I repeatedly | | | | Why? |
| hoped that the next new supplement or technique | | | | Because over 90% of all supplements do not |
| would release me from daily torment. | | | | contain exactly what is listed on the label (see my |
| Who Do You Believe? | | | | article 'Straight Talk About Supplements,' also here |
| How do you know which of the two hundred to | | | | on the Ezine Article site). The problem is so |
| two million sites are 1) giving you the truth about | | | | ubiquitous in the supplement industry that unless |
| your condition, 2) providing correct information on | | | | you know enough to find a company with real |
| supplements that are shown to be helpful and 3) | | | | integrity, the likelihood is that what you buy will be |
| offering nutritional supplements with proven | | | | substandard. |
| potency and effectiveness? With the beyond | | | | In over 30 years involvement with nutritional |
| overwhelming array of excellent to misleading | | | | supplements, I have found some excellent |
| advice the internet can increase confusion rather | | | | companies run by knowledgeable product |
| than diminish it. | | | | developers who are uncompromising about quality |
| Yes, I Wasted Money on Lousy Products! | | | | control. They rigorously monitor all aspects of |
| In the distant past, I bought products that were | | | | manufacture, and track the results obtained by |
| virtually worthless. The good news is that three | | | | their customers. It is only those companies that I |
| decades of experience puts me in a position to | | | | recommend to my clients. |
| save you plenty of time, and LOTS of money! I | | | | |