With so many supplements (upbeat music)
out there where do you start?
Taking supplements can vastly improve your life,
alleviating pain, boosting energy,
and aiding in many other ways.
So in this video, I'm gonna give you a crash course
on how to get started.
Think of it as Supplements 101.
According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition,
68% of Americans take dietary supplements.
That's over half the nation.
They also say 78% of Americans agree
that dietary supplements is a way to move
toward a healthy lifestyle.
So how can you move towards that healthier lifestyle
and create a supplement plan that works for you?
I'll explain how to choose your supplements,
how to determine what your body needs,
how to find safe options,
and how to take supplements.
And at the end of this video,
I'll share a free "Supplements 101 Guide"
that will help you make the right decision
for your health journey.
When you begin to look into supplements
for the first time, a bunch of questions
might start popping into your mind.
What do I need?
What brands are the best options?
Are these supplements gonna be safe for me?
Will it conflict with the medications I might be on?
Are there any side effects?
Questions can go on forever.
Supplements must be taken seriously.
Although multivitamins are a great source of nutrients
for the average person, in all seriousness,
there is no true one-size-fits-all.
Everybody's biochemistry is different,
everybody's absorption is different,
and everybody might need different variations
of vitamins, minerals, or herbs.
So where do you begin?
Let's break this into a three-step process.
Step number one is to determine what your body needs.
The best way is to get nutrients through food,
high energetic, live, raw foods will provide
a lot of the good vitamins and minerals your body needs.
However, creating a diet that provides 100% of what you need
is almost impossible.
So tracking the foods you eat is one place to begin
to reveal what your body is getting
and what it's not getting.
Another important factor to consider
is your state of health, your age, your energy levels,
any medical conditions that can greatly impact
the type of supplements you may need.
Someone who has osteoporosis should pay attention
to calcium and vitamin D.
Somebody with thyroid issues should pay attention
to selenium and iodine.
Medical conditions can also provide warnings
against certain supplements.
For example, someone taking blood thinners
should avoid certain herbs and vitamin K.
So although we just talked about some factors
to consider on your own, it's valuable
to do your own research, to look online,
or even get a professional health consultant,
or doctor, or naturopathic, or chiropractor
to help you along your journey.
Not only that, what I recommend and what I've seen
is the most successful way to kickstart your body
is to cleanse the body first.
Many times I've had patients or individuals
that have come in with bags full of supplements,
supplements they bought from the drug stores
or the supermarkets.
When you do that, you take all these supplements
into your body, but you haven't cleansed your body
or detoxified your body first, you might not be able
to utilize these vitamins.
Your body might not be able to break them down effectively.
So I always recommend before starting
any supplement program, take two steps back
and clean your gut, clean your intestines,
clean your liver, clean all the harmful organisms
out of your system, clean all the chemicals
and heavy metals out of your system.
Once your body is clean and functioning,
then you're really going to be able to benefit
and get the maximum use
out of the supplements you choose.
Now, step two is exploring your options.
And that means when you're buying supplements
to be cautious.
Unfortunately not all supplements are good
and safe supplements.
And some contain ingredients that aren't even listed
on the label and can be toxic to your body.
So how do you determine whether a brand is reliable?
Well, you'll have to check the certifications
and the ingredients very closely in the product.
The one thing I usually look for
is the other ingredients tab.
I can tell if a supplement is good or bad
almost instantaneously by looking
at the other ingredients.
If it has magnesium stearate, if it has silicon dioxide,
if it has toxic fillers or binders or excipients,
that would mean that the company most likely
is not going above and beyond and looking to create
a supplement product with 100% safe ingredients in it.
So another thing I recommend, go to the company.
Are they are a reputable company?
Read the supplement company's website.
Are they transparent about sourcing.
Are they using certified or organic herbs.
Call the customer support line.
Find out if anyone even picks up.
Ask them about the supplements.
Ask them about the quality control that they have in place.
A good place to start is asking them
if all of the ingredients are responsibly sourced,
if they're all organic, GMO-free, vegan friendly,
dairy-free, and soy-free.
In addition to evaluating a reliable brand,
read the label of each bottle.
The nutritional information on a supplements label
is typically divided into two sections.
What we talked about earlier, the other ingredients
and then the active ingredients
under the supplement facts panel.
Active ingredients are what support your health.
The other ingredients are the inactive parts
of the supplement.
And those can also include dyes and films
and glues and anti-caking agents and all these other things
that aren't really necessary
and not all of the other ingredients are bad,
but a good rule of thumb is the fewer the better.
So it's smart to get comfortable
with the information on labels.
It's very important to understand the serving size,
the suggested use, the key ingredients,
the percent daily value if you're taking a mineral
or a vitamin supplement, and the other ingredients
as well as maybe some cautions,
maybe some interactions with your pharmaceuticals
if you're taking any, hopefully you're not.
But really looking at the benefits
of the active ingredients as well.
A lot of the supplements that you're going to purchase
from drug stores or from cheap online stores
or from grocery stores
are going to contain synthetic nutrients.
I don't even wanna call them nutrients
because a lot of times they're actually toxins
to your body.
So just because you might be able to find
a cheap supplement brand,
that doesn't mean that that calcium
is going to be good for your body.
For example, calcium carbonate
can actually take calcium from your body.
So it's very important to choose
and to spend your money wisely
on very efficient, nutrient-dense
bioavailable supplements, the ones
that the body can actually use
versus the nutrients that may be synthetic
that actually harm the body.
So just because you see an ingredient on the label
doesn't mean you're going to benefit from it.
Quality is always the biggest factor.
It's better to just spend more for that quality
to make sure that it's gonna be absorbed and utilized
by your body.
So it's very important for you to do your own research.
There are so many different supplement brands out there,
so many different herbs out there,
but once you secure the supplement you wanna take,
the story isn't over.
It just brings us to the next category
which is the implementation or step three,
or the best practices on how long you need to take this,
how you need to take it, should you increase
the amount of your dosage every day,
should you decrease it?
It's basically you figuring out what you need.
And everybody is different.
So when it's time to actually take your supplement,
it's important to follow the instructions completely.
If you're taking the correct dosage,
if you're taking it as directed,
you can check with your natural healthcare provider.
Maybe they want you taking a little bit more
or a little bit less.
So after taking the supplement, be on the lookout
for any changes that happen in your body
or, for that matter, changes that don't happen
in your body.
This'll give you a good feel
of if the supplement's working or not.
Just pay attention to any signs.
Are you getting a little bit more sleep at night
or is your energy coming back up?
All of these things will cue you in the right direction
for if that supplement is working for you or not.
The next stage is how you store your supplements.
I personally recommend storing your supplements
in a dark, cool, dry place
and kinda make sure that your supplements
are not accessible to your children and your pets.
Some vitamins last longer than others
so it's important to check the expiration dates regularly
and be sure to avoid supplements past their prime
or past their expiration date.
Now, Global Healing uses the cutting edge science
as far as nutraceuticals are concerned,
as far as herbs are concerned,
as far as our manufacturing processes are concerned.
We use the highest quality ingredients
to provide the best supplements on the market today.
So check out our website to read all about our company
and products to learn more.
So with all this in mind, here's my number one secret.
Listen to your body and cleanse your body
on a regular basis.
Keeping your body clean and listening
to your body's symptoms
will help you decide what supplements you may need.
No supplement is a substitute for a healthy diet.
A well-designed, organic meal plan
with a balanced approach to essential nutrients
will do more good than all the pills, powders,
tablets, capsules in the world.
Supplements just fill that gap in the plan.
And now for the free giveaway.
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with each and every one of you,
we are happy to do so.
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our free supplements guide
that has all the information you need
and also really great information to guide you
on your health journey.
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