SUPER SUPPLEMENTS

Most 'Premium Grade' Health/Vitamin Supplements Are Not As Good As They Claim To Be!

JUST HOW 'SUPER' IS YOUR SUPPLEMENT?

Are you using one of the market's premium super supplements?

One of those marketed as a broad spectrum, multi nutrient,anti aging health/ vitamin supplement. A super supplement to boost your health!

If you are (or you're thinking about it) then your intentions are great. You're aiming to practice preventative healthcare and take control of your own health.

Congratulations and Well Done!

You're clearly aware that you're probably not always meeting the challenge of eating a healthy diet that provides you with a full spectrum of the essential and disease preventing nutrients you need.

The industry's most advanced super supplements help support, rejuvenate, enhance and guard your COMPLETE health (not just 'part' of it like cheaper supplement do!)

BUT... are you actually receiving the type of super supplement benefits you pay for?

Are you getting the FULL RANGE of health benefits you were promised including REAL AND
         TANGIBLE ANTI AGING RESULTS ?

Are you getting GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY? (HOW DO WE MEASURE THIS?)

OR......Have you been DECEIVED by clever marketing presentations?

Perhaps it's time to UPGRADE to a GENUINE SUPER SUPPLEMENT?

Let me show you how supplement companies can deceive and mislead you.

What if Your Supplement Is Missing The
Important Ingredients?

You're bound to know by now that most (but not quite all) HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS ARE MADE TO A SET PRICE!

That means bio-chemists, who are forced to formulate supplements to a given price mark, are NOT ALLOWED TO INCLUDE ALL THAT SHOULD BE THERE!

So, their formulas are NOWHERE NEAR AS STRONG as they could (and should) be!

To read more about why nutritional vitamin supplements are not as good as they should be just follow this link.

Now, if you think you're are using a highly effective super supplement, does it contain these particular ingredients...?

• L-Glutathione (Low Molecular Weight - 'Reduced' form)


• SAMe


• L-Carnosine


• Bilberry


• Polysaccharides


• Resveratrol ('Trans' form, high potency 40-50%)


• Turmeric (high potency >95%)


• Zeaxanthin


• Tocotrienols


• Chrysin (Men's versions)

These are 8 especially important, highly effective (and expensive) key ingredients that
ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE THERE!

A GENUINE SUPER SUPPLEMENT WILL CONTAIN ALL OF THEM.



MEDICINAL HERBAL EXTRACTS:

Now, what about those powerhouse ingredients - Medicinal Herbs!

A number of leading (so-called) 'elite' grade health supplements contain a pitiful 3 or 4 key medicinal herbs! A super supplement contains a GOOD DOZEN of the MOST EFFECTIVE, broad spectrum medicinal herbal extracts - super herbs for a super food supplement - for super nutrition.

They're VITALLY IMPORTANT ingredients for protecting against and treating chronic disease. Many of their unique properties have been established for centuries.

To learn the names of the best medicinal herbs for supplements (particularly those offering multiple health benefits) just use this link: nutritional supplements and herbs


IMMUNITY:

What about the most potent immunity enhancer identified thus far: Polysaccharides!!
(best sources are Aloe Vera, Beta 1,3 Glucan and Tea polysaccharides)

Are they there in your super supplement? Are they backed up by several other well established, highly effective immunity boosters? (Black Cumin, Olive Leaf, CoQ10, Quercetin, Manganese, Zinc, Beta Carotene....)

Click this link to open a pdf file which shows the names of the most effective ingredients for your immune system AND ALL your organs and systems.

Real super supplements ALSO contain these VITAL ingredients in the following categories. These are usually missing in many so-called super health supplements:

• Amino Acids


• Enzymes


• Gender Support Nutrients

The female and male support nutrients are special ingredients which address common health conditions specific to each sex.

Examples of THE MOST POWERFUL AND CLINICALLY ESTABLISHED female support ingredients are:

• Black Cohosh


• Red Clover


• Dong Quai


• Wild Yam


• Isoflavones

These are the 5 key hormonal precursors which balance the female hormonal cascade.

Leading support nutrients for MEN are:

• Chrysin


• Beta Sitosterol


• Corn silk Extracts


• Lycopene


• Saw Palmetto


• Zinc Aspartate

Chrysin is a wonderful bioflavonoid and natural aromatase inhibitor which helps inhibit testosterone conversion to estrogen while the other ingredients are the most clinically proven prostate protectors.

How many ingredients does your super supplement have? The supplement I trust my health to has 97!

What If Your Supplement Is Like Almost All Others And Tackles ONLY ONE Of The Primary Causes Of Aging?

Virtually all nutritional vitamin supplements tell you they offer anti aging benefits and that's true - they do give you 'some' because they contain some antioxidants.

Those products marketing themselves as super supplements would also have you believe that they can normalize your aging process by slowing it down - you only have to read through all the marketing literature and you'll definitely hear this.

The problem is of course that they can't do this - well, actually 99% of them CAN'T!

The single greatest devastating health problem that an overwhelming majority of people now face is PREMATURE AGING!

The constant and inescapable environmental and dietary toxins and stressors which come with 21 st century living have impacted on our health to cause a speeding up of our aging process!

The undeniable result is that each and every year an increasing percentage of the population is contracting major degenerative disease(s) at earlier and earlier ages.

So, nutritional health supplements need to address premature aging, in addition to optimizing health by having a formula capable of targeting every organ and system in the body and of course correcting any nutritional deficiencies that may be present.

To be capable of actually slowing down your aging process to a significant degree and bringing it in tune with what nature originally intended, there MUST be specialized (and costly) ingredients which target and address the 4 key components of aging, namely:

• Free Radicals


• Glycation


• Methylation


• Inflammation

I mentioned above that 99% of health/vitamin supplements simply can't do this. This comes back again to the fact that they are made t+ o a price. The supplement companies are under constant shareholder pressure and with large, ineffective organizational structures and marketing systems, they simply cannot afford to include the specialised ingredients necessary to address these four CRITICAL 'aging components'!

So what do they manage to do instead?

They approach the task via ONE APPROACH ONLY - the reduction of free radicals via the use of antioxidants! This includes almost all of the really well-known, so called "elite" vitamin nutritional supplements (the FAKE super supplements)!

Supplements which can do this while still being affordable are the industry's true super supplements! They slow your aging process by:

• Using Antioxidants to reduce and control your free radical production


• Prevention of Glycation which leads to Age's


• Balanced Methylation for Healthy DNA


• Reducing Chronic Inflammation which contributes to degeneration

Now, to the names of the LEADING ANTI AGING INGREDIENTS that MUST be there to successfully target and normalize your aging process?

Use this link to open my effective super supplements hubpage and scroll down to the sub-heading "Free Radicals - you'll find all the answers from there on.

Then come on back here and read on to discover the unique and affordable multi ingredient health supplement I use which contains all the specialty anti aging ingredients to tackle not only free radicals but equally importantly glycation, methylation and inflammation!

What If Your Supplement Is Put Together By Contract Manufacturers?

Did you know that 95% of all nutritional vitamins supplements manufactured in the U.S. are CONTRACTED OUT?

This is FARRRRR from the ideal situation.

This means you cannot put the control of the manufacturing processes into the hands of a third party manufacturer.

When this happens you lose control of vital components:

• Ingredients


• Blending Protocols


• Top Notch Manufacturing Know-How!

And the answer I want to see is that the supplement company self manufactures and controls EVERY aspect of the production cycle.

You see, supplement quality is not only dependent on the manufacturer INDEPENDENTLY testing that the raw ingredients are what the Certificate of Analysis (COA) CLAIMS they are (Note: many manufacturers don't bother testing for compliance with COA's so they can reduce expenses) .....

..... but also that they adopt manufacturing procedures to ensure the finished supplement contains the correct dose amounts for each and every ingredient and is manufactured professionally.

Unfortunately the incentive is simply not there for most contract manufacturers to do this as they are producing for a third party and therefore they are in a very competitive bidding situation.

Want to know more: nutritional supplements and contract manufacturing

What if Even One Of The Raw Materials Used In Your Supplement Is Contaminated Because All Ingredients Haven't Been Fully Tested And Properly Certified?

Contaminated ingredients!

IT HAPPENS A LOT MORE THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT!

Particularly in herbal supplements! Those of us who have worked in the supplement industry know what a real problem this is and the credibility issues it creates for the supplement industry.

That means you should do whatever you have to check up on the quality assurance measures for your supplement (including products marketed as super supplements).

Scour the company's website first and if there's nothing there or not enough detail to reassure you then SEND OFF AN EMAIL. If they don't respond that should raise a big red flag for you!

Why Gamble With Your Health?

Don’t trust, and possibly throw your money away, on a so called super supplement unless you’re 100% sure it makes the grade.

You can however TRUST the one of a kind multi ingredient super supplement my family and I use because I've already done the research and evaluations.

It passed with flying colors and destroyed all its competition along the way!

It's called Total Balance and you can learn about the advanced technology used in the production of Total Balance here




NOTE: The new 'PREMIUM VERSIONS' released Aug 08 are awesome - these are 6th Generation formulas (in just 9 years) - which have set a completely new standard in the industry!


View Total Balance Men's Premium Version


View Total Balance Women's Premium Version

Read My Total Balance review here

What If Your Supplement Manufacturer Doesn't Check For HARMFUL Components Of An Ingredient?

That's right! That's how SERIOUS it can get if your supplement manufacturer doesn't have a professional and experienced bio-chemist formulating it's supplements.

For example: MANY supplement manufacturers include Gingko Biloba extract as an ingredient but do they check, or have a limit on, the level of Gingkolic acids that affect the neurochemistry of the brain?

What about the popular ingredient 5-HTP.

I'm sure many disreputable companies as well as manufacturers lacking first class manufacturing know-how, don't check for the levels of Peak X, a component implicated in an outbreak of Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome some years back?

They just don't know!

This is yet a further reason why you MUST check up on the company that manufactures any nutritional health supplement which you are considering buying!

What If Your Supplement Is Actually Giving You
Poor Value For Money?

Genuine super supplements have to be highly effective AND be capable of preventing, treating and even reversing chronic disease while also maximizing your health and wellness.

In other words genuine super supplements help do far more than just act as routine 'nutritional insurance for poor diets' which most people associate as the main reason for taking vitamin supplements.

So, the first thing to do when measuring the value for money factor in the best vitamin supplements is to work out what percentage of one tablet is made up of vitamins and minerals.

Super Vitamins

What about supplement vitamins?

One of the cheapest vitamins is good old vitamin C (ascorbic acid). It costs only around $15 a kilo and this is one eightieth the price of some of the really important ingredients (like L-Glutathione).

From my research I know of several well known and highly popular multi ingredient vitamin supplements which market themselves as super supplements, but the huge amount of vitamin C they contain makes up a WHOPPING 40% of their ENTIRE formula!

Did you know that if you take more than 400mg of vitamin C in one hit it actually changes to being a PRO-OXIDANT in your body! That's means it becomes the opposite of an antioxidant - it will actually create free radicals rather than remove them!

Calcium and magnesium are extremely common examples of other very cheap vitamins and minerals which supplement companies sneak in with crazy over-the-top dose amounts.

Now, don't get me wrong here. You do need a full spectrum supply of all vitamins and minerals, except iron which is a pro-oxidant.

But you absolutely don’t need a supplement mostly full of high doses of vitamins and minerals!

Sooooo many of the more expensive, self claimed best vitamin supplements are a whopping 70% - 80% JUST vitamins and minerals

The most elite super supplements contain primarily potent phytonutrients, medicinal herbs, amino acids, enzymes and gender support nutrients, with vitamins and minerals playing an important synergistic supporting role as nature's supplement!

What if Your Supplement's Manufacturer Isn't Working To The Highest level Possible?

Super supplements are put together with top of the line professional manufacturing processes and blending protocols, along with state of the art equipment.

To manufacture at the highest level your supplement's manufacturer needs to manufacture at a PHARMACEUTICAL LEVEL and nothing less.

The only thing I like about pharmaceutical companies is the RIGOROUS standards they follow to ensure that what they say is in their products truly are. It is rare that a pharmaceutical drug is contaminated or spiked with additional ingredients or that its contents don't match the label.

That's why its SO IMPORTANT that your supplement's manufacturer follows pharmaceutical level processes. because the current dietary supplement regulations DO NOT ensure that supplements contain what they say they do!

If a supplement manufacturer uses Pharmaceutical GMP you'll easily know about it because they'll have it highlighted in huge letters on their website. It differentiates them from all the others.

Very few companies can and do manufacture to this STRICT level!

Manufacturers of super supplements use complex pharmaceutical blending protocols which involve blending in several stages over several hours.

These are FAR SUPERIOR to the common method of simply putting all the ingredients together at the same time and dumping the mix into a big tumble blender. The mix is then blended for around 20 minutes ONLY!

The greatest concern here is an uneven mix due to ‘STRATIFICATION’ where the heaviest ingredients settle at the bottom of the mix.

What If Your Supplement's Supplier Isn't Accredited And Properly Inspected?

I'm sorry to have to tell you this but there are a lot of dishonest and disreputable supplement manufacturers out there producing ineffective and even unsafe supplements.

Then there are many others who just don't have the superior manufacturing know-how to produce a professional grade supplement.

Cost-cutting measures result in nasty short-cuts that consumers know nothing about. Add to this some technical oversights from a lack of top grade know-how and in no time at all supplement quality is speeding downhill.

Super supplements are made at facilities which are US FDA cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant.

In June 2007 the US FDA released its final new rules on GMP for the manufacture of dietary supplements. It's taken the FDA over 5 years to revise these and I believe they are now the MOST IMPORTANT accreditation you need to look for.

You absolutely should checkup on whether your supplement's manufacturer currently meets or HAS BEGUN the process of meeting the US FDA's new cGMP.

Depending on the number of employees, companies have until June 2010 to become compliant.

Don’t take anything for granted when it comes to your health and your family's health. Every detail is worthy of your attention!

What If Your Supplement's Manufacturer Isn't Using The Most Advanced Equipment?

It goes without saying that to achieve superior quality control a manufacturer needs to use state of the art equipment which is the best of its kind.

So, can you guess what the most important piece of equipment is?

Yes - It's the blender that mixes all the ingredients together!

Cheaper blenders don't get the job done as well and what do you think that means for you?......

.....THAT THE CONTENTS OF EACH TABLET ARE NOT THE SAME and they're not a true reflection of what's being advertised on the supplement label.

What's the best blender available you ask?

It's called a 3D Blender and it achieves a PERFECT BLEND particularly for complex formulas with low dose ingredients of varying densities.

Pharmaceutical companies commonly use 3D mixers because they are subject to extremely strict regulations and their super pills must contain exactly what's on the label.

But 3D mixers are rarely used in the supplement industry!

That's because they are mighty expensive so not many companies use one (even though they should).

If your supplement company uses a 3D blender you're on a WINNER!

And once again you'll know about it because they'll definitely be screaming it out on their website loud and clear as well as in their marketing literature.

Has YOUR super supplement been put together in a 3D mixer?

What If Your Supplement Has Too Many Excipients?

Have you ever wondered about that section on a supplement label that says "Other Ingredients"?

In the industry the ingredients listed there are known as EXCIPIENTS.

These ingredients are inactives!

They don't provide any health benefits but small number are necessary to assist the manufacturing process.

The leading Super Supplements contain an absolute minimal number of excipients - about 5. Having such a small number can in fact often create certain manufacturing difficulties leading to additional expense but this is what is required in the manufacture of quality natural supplements.

I know of one extremely well-known multi that contains an UNBELIEVABLE 62 EXCIPENTS. The name of the brand starts with the letter C_ _ _ _ _ _.

Now the other thing to watch out for here is that ALL EXCIPIENTS COME FROM NATURAL SOURCES!

You absolutely don't want artificial anything in that list - Colors, Flavors, Preservatives, Fillers, Binders (think of it like a nature supplement). Nor do you want potential allergenic substances such as lactose, gluten, wheat and yeast.

To find out if those "other Ingredients" in your supplement are natural or not visit my tablet binders, fillers and other excipients page.

Which Of The Super Supplements Gets My Vote?

You already know this from above.

It's Total Balance from the Xtend-Life Company based all the way down in New Zealand.

You might be interested to know that the supplement regulatory environment in New Zealand has been (and still is) FAR STRICTER than in the U.S.

Only professional, high quality supplements make it out of New Zealand!

Total Balance is a GENUINE SUPER SUPPLEMENT.

It was formulated by a world renowned bio-scientist who has been hired by many countries around the world to develop formulas that their own scientists couldn’t master, including brain formulas for the NASA SPACE PROGRAM.

And the formula has been revved up (reformulated) 6 times in the past 8 years as new developments in nutritional science come along.

View Total Balance Men's STANDARD

View Total Balance Women's STANDARD



View Total Balance Men's PREMIUM Version

View Total Balance Women's PREMIUM


View Total Balance CHILDREN'S Version

Each dose of Total Balance is chocked full of:

• Rare and Specialized ANTI AGING NUTRIENTS



• Dozens of high potency PHYTONUTRIENTS



• Fourteen POWERFUL MEDICINAL HERBS (All standardized)



• A Full Range of AMINO ACIDS



• Standardized ENZYMES



• Special gender based MALE AND FEMALE SUPPORT NUTRIENTS



• A Potent IMMUNITY BLEND (a formula within a formula)

The formula is truly UNIQUE and definitely one of a kind. To achieve it's hefty goals the Total Balance formula is based on a broad spectrum of all these nutrient categories:

• Antioxidants 


• Amino Acids 


• Anti-Glycation Agents


• Neuronutrients 


• Flavanoids 


• Carotenoids 


• Methylation Agents


• Adaptogens


• Calorie Restriction Mimetics


• Herbal Extracts


• Co-factors


• Vitamins 


• Minerals 


• Trace Elements 


• Enzymes  

Good Health Always!



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