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The Willner Window Product Reference Catalog, Summer 2014
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the nutritional supplement professionals
The Add-Ons
Most of us, however, will indeed
have health problems or health con-
cerns that need to be factored into
the program. Maybe our blood pres-
sure is a little high or our cholesterol
reading is above normal. Or we’re
overweight and have diabetes. We
are starting to experience the symp-
toms of arthritis. We feel tired all of
the time. We have trouble sleeping.
We are worried about Alzheimer’s
disease, macular degeneration, or
the symptoms of menopause.
Not that you have to be old to
experience health problems requir-
ing specific supplements. Perhaps
you understand, for example, that
maintaining optimal bone density in
your younger years will lessen your
problems with osteoporosis in later
years. Maybe you have a family his-
tory of heart disease and you don’t
want to fall victim to the same life-
shortening condition experienced
by your parents. You hope to
become pregnant soon and you
know how important preconception
nutrition is for increasing your odds
of having a healthy baby. Or you
exercise regularly and want to max-
imize your performance and mini-
mize your injury-related downtime.
What you need to do is go to Part
Two of this book, The Best
Supplements For Your Health, and
check the Therapeutic Cross-
Reference. Look at the individual
vitamins, herbs, and other nutrients
that are beneficial in treating those
problems of interest to you. Then
check Chapter 6 to find out if there
might be a combination product that
is appropriate.
These supplements, either individ-
ual or combination remedies, should
be taken in addition to your basic
foundation multivitamin-multimin-
eral, not instead of it.
How to Use Supplements
. . . an excerpt from the digital edition
of The Best Supplements For Your
Health, Chapter Three
The widely acclaimed book, The Best
Supplements For Your Health, by Don
Goldberg and Arnie Gitomer, is now being
revised and updated. This will be an ongoing
process, and a free, digital version will be
posted in the Reference Library section of the
Willner Chemists web site,
www.willner.com
At this time, Chapters One through Five are
available online. Below, part of Chapter
Three: How To Use Supplements, is reprinted.
Comments are welcome.
dgoldberg@willner.com
Chapter Three: How To Use
Supplements.
When to Take
Supplements
One of the most common ques-
tions is, "When should I take my
vitamins?" In most cases, this is not
as critical a concern as most people
seem to think it is, but there are cer-
tain situations where it can be very
important.
Our bodies are designed to assimi-
late nutrients from food. This
includes the macronutrients such as
protein, carbohydrate, and fat, as
well as the micronutrients (vitamins
and minerals). To accomplish this,
we secrete enzymes designed to
break down each type of nutrient,
and our body adjusts the acidity or
alkalinity of each section of the
digestive tract to optimize the activ-
ity of these enzymes.
With a few exceptions, then, when
taking nutritional supplements as
sources of nutrients, the best way to
take them is to think of them as
food. Take them with meals or with
food. This will assure that they are
broken down and assimilated most
efficiently.
What does "with meals" mean? We
have seen people almost break out
into a sweat in their anxiety over
whether "with meals" means before
the meal, during the meal, or after
the meal. It's not that important. Do
whatever makes you comfortable. If
you take a large number of supple-
ments, maybe it will be easier if you
spread them out, taking some before
and some after the meal.
The other advantage of taking your
supplements with food is that you
will be less likely to experience any
gastric discomfort. Some people are
very sensitive and find that B-com-
plex vitamins, fish oil supplements,
and others can cause a problem if
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To continue reading, please go to our web-
site, www.willner.com. Links to this chapter,
and others in The Best Supplements For
Your Health, will be found in the Reference
Library section.
Chapter Two: (Continued),The Best
Supplements For Your Health -
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