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Are Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Effective?

An article in the Monday, December 22, 2008, The Gainesville Sun reported that the National Institute of Health concluded that over-the-counter vitamins and mineral offered no help in fighting cancer, stroke and cardiovascular disease.

Scientists remain convinced that vitamins are essential to health. Dr. Blumberg, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Antioxidants Research Lab, is quoted as saying that “you really do need vitamin E, you really do need vitamin C and you really do need selenium.” Blumberg and others believe that a combination of factors, including the version of the vitamins that were tested, were responsible for the confusing results.

This represents a growing trend of research that shows that fractionated vitamins (synthetic vitamins that are only part of the food that the vitamin comes in) are ineffective in preventing disease. That is why the Chance Chiropractic Center carries Standard Process nutritional products.

Standard Process is the leader in organic whole food nutrition. The vitamins from SP are dehydrated organic whole foods, just the way that nature intended. So if your diet is not perfect and you need supplementation, the most effective way to get it is from Standard Process’s whole food nutrition supplements.

The exact supplements that you need can be determined by the doctors through case history, computerized evaluation of the symptom survey and by manual muscle testing.

Standard Process also offers a unique three week detoxification/cleanse program. Our bodies and organ systems are bombarded on a daily basis with toxins. The fruits and vegetables that we eat are loaded with pesticides. The meat products are given antibiotics. Often the clothes that we wear and the bedding that we sleep on are no longer natural but are made from toxic synthetic chemicals. It’s estimated that 100 years ago, there were about 10 man-made toxic chemicals. Today there are over 100,000. The need for detoxification has never been greater.

People often assume that the aches and pains and other dysfunction they are experiencing are part of the normal aging process. However, these abnormal processes can be the result of toxins. Several years ago, Dr. Mike had to give up running because of joint pain in the hips, knees and back. He assumed it was wear and tear from any years of running. After going through the three week cleanse, he was able to resume his running.

Ask for a toxicity symptom survey to see if you would be a candidate for this program.