| Take a delicious, nutritious, wholesome fruit, and a | | | | supplement form? Most fruit juices are really just |
| generous helping of GREED, and you've got a | | | | water and sugar, since those are the major |
| TALL TALE designed to part you from your hard | | | | ingredients in fruit. If you want a juice product, go |
| earned money. | | | | drink some orange juice. But a fruit can be turned |
| YUCK ! | | | | into a powder that gives more concentration to |
| Save yourself... | | | | the good nutrients and slows the oxidation |
| Save Money... | | | | process. |
| Save time and frustration... | | | | * Satisfaction Guarantee - A company that |
| Read THIS article to learn "How To Evaluate A | | | | expects you to have good results with the |
| Nutritional Supplement"! | | | | supplement after using it for several months, will |
| There are a lot of deceptive, dishonest and fraud | | | | have a money-back satisfaction guarantee. |
| supplement companies out there that are scams!! | | | | * Company Size - Anybody can hide behind an |
| Even some " good " companies... are selling you | | | | internet webpage. Make sure that they have a |
| worthless "gimmicks"... | | | | physical address and contact details. I would |
| Yep, there are some companies that you have to | | | | recommend that you call and talk with them. Ask |
| watch out for that may not want to rip you off, | | | | about how the supplements are manufactured |
| but they are simply just a ma and pa kind of | | | | and where. If the facility is close, see if you can |
| group trying to make and sell supplements out of | | | | go and tour the the manufacturing plant. Do they |
| their garage, having no idea that their supplements | | | | have 2 employees or 20 employees? Do they |
| are actually useless, or potentially harmful. | | | | ship out 5 packages a month or thousands? |
| I could not believe what I read the other day on | | | | * Age of the Company - Is it a brand new |
| a company's sales site for their processed fruit | | | | fly-by-night kind of company, or is it 10 or more |
| and vegetable supplement. I laughed when I found | | | | years old? |
| one site that actually said the following directly on | | | | * Standardized Ingredients - A recent 3rd party |
| their site: | | | | study evaluating hundreds of different |
| "We really don't feel that any research is needed. | | | | supplements out there from all different sources |
| Our product only contains fruit extracts, | | | | and showed that a staggering number of |
| vegetable extracts, and enzymes... the health | | | | supplement companies do not even use |
| benefits of which are all widely recognized and | | | | standardized ingredients, let alone have the |
| accepted." | | | | technology to begin to do so if they were |
| Run the other direction from companies like that! | | | | required to do so. "Standardized" means that |
| And run fast! They obviously know nothing about | | | | what is labeled on the outside of the bottle is |
| what they are doing. There is more of a science | | | | really going to be what you are getting in your |
| to nutritional supplementation than just tossing | | | | body. It also means that each bottle is going to |
| different ingredient together like a salad. | | | | be consistent with the next bottle from the same |
| Tips on how to evaluate a nutritional supplement: | | | | company. |
| * Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMPs) - Do | | | | People have asked me to check out this product |
| they follow any company GMPs? GMPs refers to | | | | and that product. I am always open-minded and I |
| the "control and management of manufacturing | | | | review juices and supplements as they emerge. |
| and quality control testing". Many nutritional | | | | In conclusion, I just want to say to be proactive |
| supplement companies are trying to cut on costs | | | | with your research. It may surprise you to know |
| and do not implement GMPs. | | | | that only 5% of supplement companies out there |
| * Testimonials - I usually don't really trust written | | | | do any kind of research and testing on their |
| testimonials on a site. Anybody can write these | | | | actual supplements that they sell. Some of them |
| up. Call the company and see if the person | | | | will try to share with you research that has been |
| answering the phone actually uses that same | | | | done on the "ingredients" or even fruits in their |
| supplement them self. What is their testimonial | | | | product, but not on their actual product. I hope |
| and experience with the supplement? | | | | that this article helped you at least to learn how |
| * Research - Does the company have any | | | | to evaluate your nutritional supplements. |
| scientific research and testing done in the lab and | | | | I did a lot of research before finding the right |
| more importantly, in live human beings? Is there | | | | supplement that I trust, from a trustworthy, 14 |
| ongoing research and development going on for | | | | year old, Research and Development company |
| the supplements? Do they have doctors studying | | | | that has their own team of over 20 full-time |
| and using the supplement? | | | | scientists that work in the company lab to bring |
| * Accurate and Appropriate Claims. Look at the | | | | about the most superior supplements on the |
| label. If statements are unclear or the label makes | | | | planet... a product used by hundreds of Olympic |
| preposterous claims, the company most likely | | | | athletes for athletic gain, as well as being used by |
| does not follow good quality control procedures. | | | | ordinary people seeking more energy, a stronger |
| * Juice vs Powder vs Capsule - What is their | | | | immune system and weight loss that works! |