Why Vitamins?

     We know they are important to our health, but are we getting enough?

And why are they so important anyways? The best way is to look back at

it's origins. Then we'll get to the real good stuff of how to get them everyday

and what functions each one has on the body.

     The word Vitamin dates back to a polish scientist in 1912. His name 

was Casimir Funk and he was studying the hull of rice believed to be a cure

for a disorder called beriberi. He believed that it belonged to a group

of chemicals called amines. He added the latin word "Vita" meaning life.

So he called the substance a vitamine. An amine necessary for life.

He was not able to separate the anti beriberi substance, it was later shown

to be thiamine. Other studys were shown that not all  vitamines were

amines.  

So what does this have to do with me? Everything!

There are so many different systems to the body such as the Digestive, Skeletal,

Nervous, Muscular and even the sub system of the Cardiovascular the Immune 

system. All of these systems require a certain amount of Vitamins and minerals

and nutrients to operate at an optimum  level!

I'm a firm believer in the Trifecta. Of  Exercise, Clean Eating and Supplementation.

Doing any one or two of these is very good, doing ALL three can have

extraordinary results! We get our vitamins from the foods we eat but it is almost

entirely impossible to get the daily recommended vitamin and mineral levels

from foods. That's why supplementation with a multivitamin is a great way to

insure you are giving your body what it needs day in and day out.

The American Journal of Medicine has even stated that every American

is malnourished and that everyone would benefit from taking a multivitamin.

Are you already active/exercising? Adding this to your repertoire will speed

up the recovery and growth that we are looking for!

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