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    Daily Danger of Nutritional Supplementation


    Did you know that nutritional supplements (vitamins, minerals, amino acids) can hurt you 4 ways:


    1) Taking the wrong dosage can throw your body ou
    According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
    t of balance and stress organs like the liver
    2) Interactions with medications can cause life-threatening risks
    3) Many nutrients are found to be balanced naturally in nature, but when isolated ca
    ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

    Examples of combination products may in
    cause problems
    4) Too much supplementation can cause inflammation and immune stress


    Nutrient Hype


    Having worked as a Nutritionist and in nutrition marketing we know that most vitamins
    lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

    minerals, and other nutrients (including herbs) are impulse buys. Maybe you've even done one of the following:


    You read an article about Vitamin C - and buy a bottle
    You read about Shark Cartilage
    here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
    - and buy a bottle
    You saw an ad for Focus Factor or some nutritional on TV - and you buy a bottle


    The problem with this approach includes:


    - Single nutrients cost more so you're paying more fo
    d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

    Combination pro
    each bottle
    - Results are hit-or-miss
    - You never really know whether it is working or not
    - You have bottles of outdated supplements in your cabinet


    How To Figure Out What Your Unique
    ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
    Body Needs


    It would be great and affordable if a "One-Size'Fits-All" supplement worked (remember Flinstone Vitamins? or One-A-Day Vitamins?). But your unique body has unique nutritional needs. And
    easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
    hile a questionairre is helpful the only way to really know your body is by biochemical testing.

    A New Affordable Testing and Customized Nutrition


    Fortunately some of the top Testing Labs are be
    nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
    inning to offer affordable testing via in-home tests coupled with affordable customized nutrition matching your bodies chemistry. So whereas a person might spend $300-400 for testing, prices are expected to
    and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
    un $80-100


    SEE HOW TO GET THESE TESTS FOR FREE AT THE BOTTOM

    Some of the top tests recommended for your nutrition needs include:


    1) Oxidative Stress or Anti-Oxidant Levels (In-home Urine
    ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
    est). Your ability to handle challenges to your body’s anti-oxidant system (ie levels of Vit A, Vit E, Vit C, selenium, CoQ10, etc.),


    2) Detoxification Ability - Liver stress (In-home Urine test) the le
    ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

    Following aspects would a
    vel of critical nutrients you currently have available necessary for removing toxic substances (i.e., sulfur, B vitamins, magnesium)

    3) Immune stress (In-home Urine test)your ability to provide specific nut
    dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

    Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
    Which combination prod
    ients to your immune, nervous and cardio-vascular systems (numerous minerals, enzymes and vitamins).

    (Many of these tests are being offered together in order to make it one affordable $80 test)

    Customiz
    cts are meaningful and rational?
    Which therapeutic categories to select?
    Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
    Do combin
    d Nutrition And Your Bio-Chemistry


    One Lab offers the three panels above, including a full report for $80. Health Practitioners and Doctors pay $300 for those same panels. (You do need to commit to
    tions increase the patient compliance?
    What would be the developing cost?
    How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
    least one month of supplements for $45/month). They come in individual “daily” packs and will contain 4-8 capsules, made fresh, with up to 55 high quality ingredients, depending on your unique needs.

    It's r
    t?

    As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
    commended that you re-evaluate your need for the supplements after 9-12 months. This program is particularly important for those of you that don’t have a perfect diet yet, don’t eat enough dark leafy greens a
    ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

    Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
    nd fresh fruit, or regularly consume nutrient-depleting substances such as coffee, alcohol, tobacco and other recreational drugs. Prescription drugs are also notorious nutrient-depletors.

    The Future of Nu
    y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
    rition


    With this integration of testing and customization will come benefits to consumers:

    1) No guesswork
    2) Better health by getting the right nutrition to balance the body
    3) The ease o
    .

    As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
    a few capsules instead of many bottles 4) Freshly made formulas 5) Saving money by removing the overhead cost of Practitioners, TV infomercials and Health Food Stores.
    In the end what might cost $800
    elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

    Companies that provide selfless information through particip
    (and $150 a month) now becomes $110 and $45 a month for better nutrition, from the experts, customized to your body.


    It's the power of nutrition matched to your specific needs to create better health

    tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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