NO. We believe that the whole A to Z concept is a bit of a con-trick, as the implicit promise is that they will give you all you need. That just isn’t true.
A to Zs generally contain the RDAs (Recommended Daily Allowances) of the vitamins and minerals that have RDAs — but RDAs are designed to prevent deficiency diseases (such as scurvy, beriberi and pellagra). They are not high enough to give you the best chance of long-term health.
Perhaps even more worryingly, we now know of many new micronutrients that are critically important to protect your health — such as plant polyphenols, flavonoids, Omega 3 oils and pro- and pre-biotic fibres — but these do not yet have RDA values, so are not included at all.
YES. Unless you are a full-time athlete, you just can’t eat enough food to provide sufficiently high levels of all the micro-nutrients you need.
Government surveys carried out in America and Europe show that the vast majority of people don’t even get the absolute minimum RDAs of all the vitamins and minerals from their diet. They are therefore suffering from multiple micro-nutrient depletion.
If you eat a lot of processed foods, and/or smoke, or are elderly or diabetic, you are likely to be even more malnourished.
Free radicals are reactive particles, which can be atoms or molecules.
If these are formed inside the body, they can attack cells and tissues, damaging and destroying them in a way which is now strongly linked to the development of various disease states.
We can reduce the damaging effect of free radicals by neutralising them both with anti-oxidant enzymes, and anti-oxidant compounds such as Vitamins C and E, the flavonoids etc. There is a good combination of anti-oxidants in NutriShield Essentials.
You probably are nutrient-deficient, although this isn’t necessarily the cause of your feeling tired, which might be due to anything from an uncomfortable bed to noisy neighbours, or stress-related insomnia.
However, multiple micro-nutrient depletion is frequently implicated, so a good multi-vitamin and mineral supplement such as NutriShield Essentials, is often helpful for making you feel less tired.
Yes. NutriShield Essentials can help, as you need a variety of anti-inflammatory agents, and Nutri-Essentials includes Omega 3 (combined with Vitamins E and C) and curcuminoids. These will help to make the airways less twitchy.
Once the inflammation has been dampened, a lecithin preparation may give additional help. Finally, the smooth muscle of the airways can be made to relax somewhat by switching from standard (sodium) table salt to low-sodium, high magnesium and potassium salt.
With very few exceptions, micro-nutrients work best in combination — and most people are so malnourished they need more than one micro-nutrient anyway.
Micro-nutrients are not like drugs (which are ‘magic bullets’, best used as single therapies). Instead, they are best used in combinations like NutriShield Essentials, specifically designed to rectify the complex metabolic imbalances which are the main cause of the degenerative diseases.
Very few micro-nutrients work well as single agents, and some of them (including Vitamin E, the carotenes, and possibly the mineral manganese) may have adverse effects if used on their own. It is more logical to take a well-designed micro-nutrient combination like Nutri-Essentials.
It's definitely worth including anti-oxidants such as Vitamins C and E, and the minerals selenium, copper, zinc and manganese. NutriShield Essentials gives an optimum supplement intake on top of your diet.
Try to include plenty of carotenes such as lycopene (tomatoes) and alpha carotene (mangoes, carrots), isoflavones such as genistein (soy), prebiotics (FOS) and inulin. Also sulphur compounds in vegetables such as broccoli and kale.
Grapeseed is a rich source of flavonoids, which have a variety of health benefits. Heart and blood vessel protection is combined with anti-inflammatory and some anti-cancer effects.
If you suffer from any chronic inflammatory condition, this is one supplement that you should try — and it's included in NutriShield Essentials.
YES — but only if the infertility is due to selenium depletion. Infertility caused by other factors (and there are many of them) would not respond to selenium supplements.
However, selenium depletion is common in the UK, due to dietary shifts, and is therefore a probable contributory factor in many cases.
NutriShield Essentials contains Selenium at an optimum daily dose of 150mcg — nearly 3 times the minimum RDA.
Not necessarily. It depends on how well the supplements are designed, and how they are consumed (ie. in relation to mealtimes, etc).
Good supplements have actually been shown to provide some micro-nutrients even more effectively than food.
Cod liver oil is a relatively inefficient source of Omega 3. The fish or flaxseed oils in NutriShield Essentials provide high levels of EPA and DHA, which are more powerfully anti-inflammatory, as are many of the flavonoid preparations.
Natural source Vitamin E is almost certainly better. We use natural-source in NutriShield Essentials.
This is because of the complex structure of Vitamin E. The molecule may take up to 8 different forms, and only one of these (dl-alpha) is thought to be fully effective as an anti-oxidant in the body.
Most natural sources provide dl-alpha. Synthetic products contain all 8 forms, and may be considerably less effective, or even counter-productive.
Vitamin C, the B vitamins and the minerals can be taken in tablets/caplets or hard capsules.
The essential fatty acids (Omega 3), and fat-soluble micronutrients such as Vitamins D and K are generally better absorbed when taken pre-dissolved in oil in a soft-gel capsule, or alongside a source of oil.
The combination of 2 caplets and 1 oil capsule in NutriEssentials works perfectly to ensure maximum bio-availability.
Diet is not primarily responsible for acne, but the following combination seems to be useful in some cases: Omega 3 oils, combined with Vitamins C and E, and high dose flavonoids (ginger, turmeric or bilberry). This provides a powerful anti-inflammatory effect, and may also reduce the effect of testosterone on the sebaceous cysts which are involved in the acne eruptions.
So NutriShield Essentials could help.
GPs are only trained in conventional medicine, and many of them know relatively little about nutrition.
Good! Tea contains flavonoids and polyphenols (plant nutrients), with green tea coming out ahead of oolong, followed by the black teas. Green and black teas are leaves from the same plant (Camellia sinensis), but black tea is air-dried and fermented to intensify the flavour and darken the leaves, while green tea is not.
Herbal and fruit teas also contain plant flavonoids of many different types.
Plant polyphenols are thought to be protective against heart disease and cancer. NutriEssentials includes Green Tea Extract, standardised to provide the highest levels of EGCG (epi-gallo-catechin-gallate), the top power nutrient in tea.
It floods your body with a toxic mixture of free radicals and other cancer-causing agents, so please try to quit. It's not just lung cancer you risk; many other cancers and their spread will be made worse by continuing to smoke, and heart disease and stroke risk are also significantly higher if you smoke.
Taking a supplement like NutriShield Essentials can help to repair smoking damage more quickly once you've given up, or counter it to some degree.
Yes, some. Minerals can be toxic in overdose, such as selenium, copper, manganese, and iron. A relatively small overdose of iron (ie 4-6 times the RDA) can kill a small child.
Vitamin A can cause problems in overdose in pregnant women. Doses only a few times the RDA have been linked to an increased risk of foetal malformation.
Even small doses of Vitamin K can cause problems in people taking anti-clotting agents. And both Vitamin E and the carotenes can be harmful if taken in large amounts, unless given in combination with Vitamin C.
Micro-nutrients are potent molecules, and can cause harm if taken unwisely. This is why the regulatory authorities have determined Upper Safe Limits (USLs) for most of them.
In NutriShield Essentials, the levels of all vitamins and minerals are well below the UK's Upper Safe Limits.