1st CHOICE

MEGA VITAMINS -MINERALS-CHELATES-ENZYMES-AMINO ACIDS

Nutrition experts such as the American Dietetic Association recommend we obtain our vitamins and minerals from our diet but we are unfortunately a nation of overfed and undernourished individuals. Few of us eat a perfect diet and supplements can provide us with the nutrients missing from the food we eat. Supplements cannot make up for a poor diet, you still have to limit your intake of fast food, fatty food and sugar as well as eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, grains, poultry and fish. But, if a healthy diet is not always possible, supplementation with a multiple vitamin and mineral is the second best way to get all your nutrients. In his newsletter, "Ask the Doctor", Dr. Michael Murray , ND, writes, "At the very least, I believe that virtually everyone needs to take a high quality multiple vitamin and mineral supplement. Taking a high quality vitamin and mineral supplement serves as a foundation upon which to build great health."

Rice protein is a well documented source of vegetarian non-hypoallergenic protein. Rice protein, more effectively used by the body, is suitable for use by those with food allergies and has been used for tube feeding in infants, elderly and severely ill. After consumption, protein is broken down into amino acids which aid the human body in the repair growth and development of muscle tissue as well as production of the body's enzymes which aid in normalizing moods, concentration, aggression, sleep, and attention.
Vitamins work hand in hand with enzymes which activate the multiple chemical reactions occurring in the body. To quote James and Phyllis Balch from their book,

"As coenzyme, vitamins work with enzymes, thereby allowing all the activities that occur within the body to be carried out as they should."
"Minerals are needed for the proper composition of body fluids, the formation of blood and bone, the maintenance of healthy nerve function, and the regulation of muscle tone, including that of the muscles of the cardiovascular system. Like vitamins, minerals also function as coenzyme, enabling the body to perform its functions, including energy production, growth and healing. Because all enzymes activities involve minerals, minerals are essential for the proper utilization of vitamins and other nutrients.", state James and Phyllis Balch.

Essential amino acids
Humans can produce 10 of the 20 amino acids. The others must be supplied in the food. Failure to obtain enough of even 1 of the 10 essential amino acids, those that we cannot make, results in degradation of the body's proteins-muscle and so forth-to obtain the one amino acid that is needed. Unlike fat and starch, the human body does not store excess amino acids for later use-the amino acids must be in the food every day.

The 10 amino acids that we can produce are alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine and tyrosine. Tyrosine is produced from phenylalanine, so if the diet is deficient in phenylalanine, tyrosine will be required as well. The essential amino acids are arginine (required for the young, but not for adults), histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. These amino acids are required in the diet. Plants, of course, must be able to make all the amino acids. Humans, on the other hand, do not have all the the enzymes required for the biosynthesis of all of the amino acids.