Vitamins

[JustTans]

Kathe,

Can you tell us more about the vitamins and why they are better than other vitamins? My boyfriend thinks vitamins make him sick, so I figured he should try these.

[Kathe]

There are a few things about vitamins in general.

First there is no real regulation on them. And not much truth in labeling. Most vitamins are synthetic, not real food, which is why a lot of people have trouble digesting them.

Second, multivitamins in general are worthless. Most are so solidly packed that they don't break down in time to be digested so pass right through into the stool.

Third, most people don't get enough digestive enzymes to break down their food let alone vitamins. Typically we only get 13% of our digestive enzymes from our bodies, the rest should come from our food. Well, Big Mac's don't have much, if you know what I mean. So most of us walk around without digesting much. That is why you see so many commercials for digestive medicines on TV.

Arbonne vitamins are:

Made from real food. No junk, no synthetics. Gold standard ingredients just like the skin care. The best of the best.

Formulated by excellent chemists so the different vitamins work together rather than against each other. This is often the case when someone picks and chooses different vitamins.

Meet USP disintegration rates so the vitamins are absorbed into the body at the right time for maximum integrity.

Are broken up into 6 tablets instead of 1 so the disintegrate. And properly formulated for the particular person: women, men, teen and child.

Both mens and women have a multi vitamin, multi mineral, digestive enzyme (which will help you process and absorb the nutrients in both your vitamins and your food), calcium and the best of all, a super foods antioxidant that is rated at an 8000 ORAC value. (Univ of Michigan says we all need at least 4000 ORAC daily for good health). This is essential for healthy cells. The mens also has a prostate and the women an extra calcium. The womens also has womens health ingredients in theirs.

So that's it in a nutshell. I'll post an ingredient list for both next.

[JustTans]

Thanks! I'm printing this out for him

[Kathe]

Power Packs for women: http://www.arbonnemarketing.com/PK/dl/pk/512_us_eng.pdf

Power Packs for men: http://www.arbonnemarketing.com/PK/dl/pk/511_us_eng.pdf

Teen Chews: http://www.arbonnemarketing.com/PK/dl/pk/516_us_eng.pdf

Power Punch for kids: http://www.arbonnemarketing.com/PK/dl/pk/513_us_eng.pdf

[Kathe]

I always teach to take your vitamins with your meal. Arbonne's are split up to take 1 pack in the AM and 1 in the PM so maximize your health. I take mine with breakfast and dinner.

[JustTans]

Ok, and I remember you telling me a story...I think it was about a guy who worked in a bar. And how much better they made him feel. Besides the fact that these vitamins will make him healthier, what will he feel so he knows that they are better than everything else?

Sorry I'm being a pain, but he is a pain so I figure I need to have all the answers ready!

[Kathe]

This is the test I tell everyone to do. Take them for 30 days. Then stop. See how you feel after about 3 days. You'll want to get back on them fast. You'll just feel better, more energy.

This is the best thing. Once you've been taking them awhile you just won't get sick. We used to have 8 people in our house (before a bunch of them moved out) and when one would get sick everyone got it and kept passing it around. I hated winters. No one gets sick anymore. If someone gets a sniffle it's gone the next day. These vitamins just build up your immune system really good.

Hope that helps.

[JustTans]

Thanks, it does help. Hopefully I can convince the boy toy of this...It will be my test. I suppose I could sell them to him at my cost...but what fun would that be?

[Kathe]

LOL

[Kay]

Kathe is right about most vitamins being synthetic and also about multi-vitamins having antagonistic supplements in them. This is an Article Dave did for Personal Fitness Mag.
It basically explains what Kathe is saying.

NUTRITION IN A NUTSHELL

I’m taking what?

By David P. Hoyt

Vitamins are essential to good health both mentally and physically. Everyone knows this is true, but what type of vitamins should you be taking? Basically a multi vitamin with minerals (one pill) once a day would be a good generic start. The problem is how do you know what you’re getting? Are they any good and will they make me feel any better when I begin taking them?
Lots of questions come to mind so maybe I can help. First of all it takes about three months for the nutrients to sustain themselves at optimum levels before the true effects are realized. Remember that the next time someone comes up to you and says...hey try these vitamins I’ve been taking them a week now and I feel fantastic! This is typical and also psychological, but don’t rain on their parade, if they think they feel good that’s ok. When you purchase a supplement read the label to see if it’s enteric coated. You do not want an enteric coated pill. Anything enteric coated is designed to pass through the stomach and dissolve in the intestines. You want the pill to break down in your stomach just as food does.
Put your supplement in a glass of water, it should break down within 30 minutes. If it doesn’t, throw them away and try another brand. Look for Hcl somewhere in the ingredients. (This indicates hydrochloric acid which helps dissolve the pill)

Beware of the word “oxide”. Typically it looks like this; Iron (oxide) or Copper (oxide) or Zinc (oxide). Put the bottle right back, these are oxidized metals commonly referred to as rust! The human body simply cannot absorb metals in this form and they are totally useless.

If a multi vitamin contains iron and vitamin E, then consider which one is most important to you because these two are “antagonists” and the end result is you receive no benefit from either one.

Check the vitamin B12. What you need to know here is what type it is because most companies use the cheapest way out, they extract nutrients using hexane gas; as a result a portion of the B12 is chemically converted to cyanide! Federal law mandates that this must be shown as part of the ingredients. True B12 is Cobalamin. Adulterated B12 is called cyanocobalomin, that’s right it has cyanide in it! (A harmless amount, but still there.) Another man made B12 is hydroxocobalomin.


Please be aware of what goes into your body, everything that goes in today has a direct effect on your health tomorrow.

David P. Hoyt MS NHP CPT.