Take a good quality nutritional supplement every day.

Why Do We Need Supplement?
- HIGHER nutrient requirement with today’s lifestyle.

- LOWER nutrient values in today’s food due to modern commercial agriculture, food processing and storage.

For years, the American Medical Association has questioned the necessity of vitamin supplementation. Doctors ridicule supplements as “expensive urine”.

But now the conservative establishment is beginning to recognise the importance of vitamin supplementation. In a landmark article in 2002, a JAMA review noted “… it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements.” Below is the article:

Another common mistake of thinking is that degenerative diseases (An example is heart disease)  are an inevitable result of old age. It is the result of cumulative damage to our cells by FREE RADICALS come from pollution, radiation, cigarette smoke and herbicides. We can protect our cells from damage and degeneration using antioxidant nutrient.

However, many people approach nutrition by looking for the “Magic Bullet”. Every so often, a new supplement will come on the market claiming to be the “one” product that will solve all our health problems.

So people go around trying out new products – aloe vera, noni, lingzhi, spirulina, mangosteen – in the hope of finding one that is suitable for them.

While these plants have a role in addressing specific health issues, no one single natural product can contain all the nutrients our cells need in the right amount and balance.

The real role of a nutritional supplement is to provide us a broad spectrum of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants in sufficient quantity and proper balance, so as to support our long term health.

Variety and balance is important because nutrients often work synergistically. Thus, USANA comes out a products called "Essence" that contains all the nutrients our cells need. Below is the ingredients it contains:

In determining your personal USANA nutritional needs, please consider the following points:

- We believe it is prudent for everyone to take a basic, good quality, multi-viatimin, multi-mineral, multi-antioxidant supplement. The younger we start, the healthier our cells remain.

- However, some of us may require additional supplements because of our specific dietary deficiency or our lifestyle needs. So, we can add specific supplements on top of the basic essential nutrients. For example, fish oil may be added for someone whose diet is lacking fish.

- Always take the recommended dosage, and stay on it. Many people expect to feel better within weeks of starting on a supplement. They are often disappointed because it may take months for people to feel a difference.

- Start young. The older or weaker we get, our bodies’ ability to absorb and utilise nutrients may be lower, even with supplementation.