| Herbal nutritional supplements are taken to | | | | boosting your immune system, and to help fight |
| improve our general health and well being, and as | | | | off the viral infections common in winter. Olive |
| an aid to fight disease. Using an herbal nutritional | | | | leaf extract will also boost your health by reducing |
| supplement can improve your general health and | | | | cholesterol and lowering blood pressure. |
| stop illness before it occurs. | | | | Nutritional supplements help remove toxins from |
| By including herbs in your diet it can provide | | | | our bodies that can lead to ill health. They also can |
| vitamins and minerals that are lacking in our | | | | help boost the function of organs such as the liver |
| normal daily diets, and in a more natural form | | | | or protect them when they have to work hard. |
| than standard multivitamin preparations that are | | | | Milk thistle is perhaps the best-known herbal |
| available. The phytochemicals present in herbs | | | | nutritional supplement for this. |
| have been shown to be more effectively used by | | | | An herbal nutritional supplement can be used at |
| our bodies than if we take the chemical in its "raw | | | | the same time as western medicine to help the |
| form". Iron, for example, is very poorly absorbed | | | | treatment along. For example Saw Palmetto and |
| from our digestive tract, and causes many side | | | | lycopene are good prostate tonics, and will help |
| effects, but plant sources of iron are far gentler | | | | men with trouble in this area, even if they are |
| on the stomach, and easily absorbed. Herbal | | | | using western medicine. |
| supplements are available commercially that are | | | | You can boost your energy levels by using an |
| rich in iron, and nettle tea is also a good source. | | | | nutritional herbs. Co-enzyme Q10 is responsible for |
| Using an herbal nutritional supplement can also | | | | all the energy release in the body, but its |
| provide us with other vital nutrients, such as | | | | production is blocked by some prescription drugs, |
| vitamin C, potassium and antioxidants. Often | | | | in particular cholesterol lowering drugs. By replacing |
| these nutrients are the trace elements that are | | | | the lost co-enzyme Q10 with an herbal nutritional |
| difficult to get in a normal diet but are vital for | | | | supplement containing it you can boost your |
| our well-being. | | | | energy levels, while not affecting your cholesterol |
| This boost in nutrients is not the only advantage | | | | treatment. |
| to using an these supplements however. The use | | | | Supplements do have an effect on your body, or |
| of nutritional herbs can also provide us with a | | | | there would be no point taking them, but this |
| boost to our disease fighting capacity or, can act | | | | means that you should obtain them from a |
| to reduce the symptoms of disease and reduce | | | | reputable source and keep your health care |
| our reliance on western medicine. | | | | providers informed of everything that you are |
| Echinacea is the best-known herb for this. It | | | | taking to avoid ill effects. Before embarking on a |
| boosts the immune system and taken as a | | | | course of an herbal nutritional supplement always |
| course during the cold season can stop us from | | | | check that it will not effect any other drugs you |
| catching colds and flu. It also reduces the incidence | | | | are taking, or interfere with any other |
| of skin complaints such as eczema. Olive leaf | | | | treatments. |
| extract is another nutritional herb that is good for | | | | |