Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
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If there’s one thing women need, it’s to be healthy. Women are continuously on-the-go. That means their energy levels need to keep up. But what happens when you’re exercising regularly and eating the right foods, but you still seem to lack energy? A women’s multivitamin mineral formula could be what you need to help you boost your energy levels and combat nutrient depletions.
Nutrient depletions occur when your body is not receiving the correct amount of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids and other nutrients. This can be caused by numerous factors, such as an unhealthy diet, prescriptions drugs and medications, and free radical damage.
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“We live in an increasingly polluted environment, loaded with toxins; the soil we grow our food in is often nutrient-depleted and many consume processed, factory-made foods supplying scant nutrients. Ironically, our bodies wind up requiring even more vitamins and minerals to effectively metabolize nutrient-depleted foods. Add that depletion with less time spent outdoors, minimal exercise, prescription drugs and medications, and chronic stress, and the result is that many individuals are truly nutritionally deficient,” reports Archana Gogna, MS, CNS, MBA, Director of Nutrition for InVite® Health. For these reasons, healthcare professionals are advising their patients to start taking a safe, reliably-made, high-quality multivitamin mineral formula on a daily basis to fill the nutritional deficits in their diet.
According to a recent USDA survey 37% of Americans do not get enough Vitamin C, 70% do not get enough Vitamin E, nearly 75% do not get enough Zinc, and 40% do not get enough Iron. But not just any commercially available nutritional supplement product will meet these needs!
There are simply other nutrients and minerals that women need that differ from what a man, child or athlete’s body need. Further, commercial brands of vitamins do not provide quality behind their products. These brands do not take the necessary steps to provide their customers with the most well-researched, pure, non-GMO ingredients available.
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Women need a series of B-complex vitamins, which support healthy cell growth, help to maintain skin and muscle tone, and support metabolism, immune and nervous system functions. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the body, which is involved with energy production. Ubiquinol CoQ10, or Coenzyme Q10, is an important energy-releasing nutrient that allows calories from food to be absorbed and utilized as energy. Tocotrienols, or Pine Bark Extract, are powerful protectors for artery walls, the heart, liver and for sexual organs. It acts as a cellular protector against free radicals. A simple multivitamin formula may have that, but InVite® takes it even further.
Scientific Director and Pharmacist, Jerry Hickey, understands that women need different vitamins and minerals. Because of this nutritional need, he has developed a superior Women’s Multivitamin that provides all of the necessary vitamins and minerals, with a superior twist – four ingredients that naturally support women’s health.
InVite®’s superior Multivitamins are designed around a core of energy-producing nutrients along with powerfully protective food-derived antioxidants. Each Multivitamin is designed to address the replenishment of core nutrients depleted by commonly prescribed drugs, to support physical activity, and to support the increased need for particular nutrients during the aging process. Additionally, they are designed to help protect vision and memory health.
Capsugel® Liquid-filled Vegetarian capsule technology (Vcaps® and Licaps®) ensures maximum absorption, while protecting the delicate liquid constituents from oxidation. Our tablets are coated with natural annatoo, making them easier to swallow. All InVite® Multivitamins contain ingredients used in human clinical trials, are gluten-free, non-GMO and are made using cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices).†
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Eating a ‘clean’ diet for a couple of weeks allows the body an opportunity get a break from stimulants, inflammatory foods and alcohol as well as other sugary and processed foods.
Laughter isn’t just a way to convey a feeling of being genuinely happy. Harvard Medical School’s website, Harvard Health Publishing, laughter may also benefit our brain and health, as well.
Heart Health
In 2010, neuroscientists began compiling evidence to study whether laughter triggers chemical responses in the brain that lead to feelings of pleasure and a sense of well-being. Arteries, according to the website, respond to laughter in healthy ways that could improve blood flow and long-term health.
At the University of Texas in Austin, researchers asked 17 healthy adults to watch a humorous 30-minute video of their choosing or a documentary, with before and after tests of blood flow. The biggest differences between the two groups were seen in measures of artery function and flexibility. Both metrics improved immediately in the volunteers who watched a comedy, and it stayed that way for almost 24 hours. In those who watched a documentary, artery function actually decreased a small amount.
Michael Miller from the University of Maryland Medical Center and William Fry, a psychiatrist at Stanford University School of Medicine, who began studying the effects of laughter on the cardiovascular system in the 1970s, hypothesize that brain chemicals called endorphins, which are released during mirthful laughter, latch onto opiate receptors in the lining of blood vessels. This interaction, according to Harvard, stimulates blood vessels to release nitric oxide, which is know to relax arteries, making them more flexible and wide and permitting easier blood flow.
Energy
Published in the International Journal of Obesity, researchers set out to measure energy expenditure (EE) and heart rate (HR) during genuine laughter. Forty-five adults between the ages of 18-34 years old with body mass index’s of 17.9 to 41.1 participated in the small study. Results showed that genuine laughter caused a 10-20% increase in EE and HR above resting values, which means that 10-15 minutes of laughter per day could increase total EE by 10-40 kcals.
Though these are small studies and larger, more advanced trials would need to be performed in order to test real health benefit, it seems more laughter doesn’t hurt.