| While it's important to eat a healthy diet, you may | | | | as necessary for health. These include antioxidants, |
| still feel like you're lacking some of the essential | | | | amino acids, probiotics, prebiotics, and other organic |
| vitamins needed for an active lifestyle. That's okay, | | | | acids. They help your body's immune system to |
| while it's best to get most of your vitamins and | | | | regulate and dismiss external factors that are |
| nutrients from food, vitamins and kosher | | | | potentially harmful. You will see that the vitamin |
| supplements can help fill in the gaps that your diet | | | | percentages on these whole food kosher vitamins |
| leaves. So when determining what you want to | | | | usually does not exceed 100%. In comparison, the |
| supplement your diet with, it's important to take | | | | cheaper alternatives may have fewer vitamins but |
| some preliminary steps to understanding kosher | | | | with much higher percentages because they will just |
| vitamins. | | | | be flushed out anyway; it doesn't matter how much |
| 1. The U.S.D.A. has created regulatory steps and | | | | you intake. These companies figure that you will see |
| guidelines for what proper human diets should consist | | | | the high percentages and think the more the better. |
| of. Intake of fiber, fats, carbohydrates, protein, and | | | | This is not the case. |
| phytonutrients, a compound from plants, are all | | | | 4. Next, specify your kosher vitamins to your specific |
| decided upon by governmental scientists. | | | | needs. If you are a man or woman, a senior or an |
| Unfortunately in today's society, it is easy through | | | | athlete, there are certain kosher vitamins that have |
| the consumption of fast food and soft drinks to feel | | | | added ingredients for your special requirements. For |
| full and yet be empty of vital nutrients. The more | | | | example, saw palmetto is an additive very beneficial |
| processed the food, the less value it has to your | | | | to the prostate and other male functions. |
| body. Inspecting the ingredient label of foods can be | | | | 5. It is usually good to take vitamins with food so |
| greatly beneficial. Avoid foods with artificial colorings, | | | | that they are more easily processed by your body. |
| and words with the suffix 'ate in them. | | | | Some require two or three pills at a time, and if you |
| 2. Look at your diet. It's important to eat a vegetable | | | | have trouble swallowing - my own kosher vitamins |
| and fruit laden diet to get essential vitamins, but | | | | are like horse pills - take a sip of juice and then |
| where you see gaps, start to look at vitamins. Ignore | | | | swallow the pill and the juice at once. |
| the cheap multivitamins at the grocery store, though, | | | | That's it! Once you've invested in a quality |
| as these are often chemically isolated complexes that | | | | multivitamin, you will be able to tell the difference |
| are flushed out of the body almost as quickly as | | | | almost immediately in your hair, nails, skin and even |
| they enter. | | | | your mood! With everything it needs, your body will |
| 3. Instead, examine kosher vitamins made from | | | | feel more energetic and happier. Trust me, the |
| whole foods that have what your body recognizes | | | | investment is definitely worth it in the long run. |