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Dr. Clive R. Spray with Mayor Pharmaceutical Laboratories offers his predictions on what he thinks will be the big nutrition stories in 2008.
With 2008 here, we all are looking
for that magic pill that will make us look and feel better.
You will find out that the magic pill is no longer a pill,
and nutrition trends of 2008 will put you on the right path.
"Nutrition can be confusing if you listen to all the hype,"
said Dr. Clive R. Spray, a biochemist and leader in
nutrition research for the past 11 years for Mayorlabs.com. How can we improve the health of our family and ourselves?
Here are 7 predictions from our list of 15 that will put you
on track in 2008:
- With all the superbugs going around, like strep, MRSA,
bird flu, etc. ... What can we do? The best defense is to
build a strong and healthy immune system. You already know
you need a good multiple as well as supplementation with
vitamin C and zinc. Research is starting to lean towards
herbs that support the immune system. The top 3 herbs are
Echinacea, garlic and goldenseal. They're best when you can
find them all in one formulation.
- With this New Year, our bulges around our waists are
getting larger. We are all tired of years and years of fad
diets. The nutritional approach to weight loss finally
begins to gain a foothold with the American population.
Research continues to support the fact that obesity is
linked to dietary deficiency rather than purely overeating.
Providing the body the nutrients it needs to sustain daily
activities leads to a marked reduction in overeating and
obesity. You need to find a nutritional program that hits
the 5 keys to weight loss (deficiency, caloric intake, acid
factor, immune, and activity). The diet must include
protein, vitamins, and minerals which effectively curb the
appetite while maintaining optimum health.
- Keep an eye out for the new "super-nutrient" to emerge
in 2008. It will be vitamin D. Throughout 2007 we regularly
read about emerging research on this nutrient, and this will
continue into 2008. We fully expect government guidelines on
the intake of vitamin D to be changed early in the year.
Deficiency of vitamin D is common in the United States and
worldwide. It is known to be important in bone mineral
metabolism, but now we have information that it does much
more. For example: good intake of vitamin D can reduce both
hip fractures and other non-vertebral fractures; it can
improve symptoms of leg weakness; it can improve lower
extremity strength and improve walking for seniors; and it
has even been shown to significantly diminish occurrence of
certain cancers. Other metabolic disorders that may benefit
from vitamin D include type 1 diabetes, hypertension,
cardiovascular disease, possibly type 2 diabetes, and
multiple sclerosis.
- More emphasis will be placed on bringing the body into
balance. Extensive medical research will emerge supporting
the view that too much of a single nutrient can be as
damaging as too little, leading some nutritional companies
to reformulate products and use the synergistic approach to
nutrition.
- Multiple (takes care of dietary deficiency)
- Colloidal Minerals (takes care of dietary deficiency)
- C + Zinc (builds a healthy immune system)
- B12 (energizer)
These four products provide the nutrients the human body
needs on a daily basis, with useful, usable doses that are
easy on the body (and, of course, represent value for
money).
- The most significant trend in the nutritional industry
was a novelty about 25 years ago when it was first
introduced by Vitamist.com. Now accepted in the medical
arena, it will start having acceptance and understanding as
a delivery system for your nutrition. One medicine that is
already being sprayed is nitroglycerin. This is a great
example because it is being used to save lives throughout
the country by EMT's - spray delivery is used because of
purity, improved effectiveness, ease, and instant delivery.
With all that background, vitamin sprays will grab the
country's attention as being the best way to take
supplements.
- The USA continues to lead the world in deaths from heart
disease, despite what is largely regarded as the most
advanced (if not the most available) health care system in
the world. In addition, the availability of doctors, drugs,
and hospitals, all specializing in heart health, is regarded
as among the best in the world. Public awareness of this
growing problem helps to drive a trend towards the "natural"
approach to circulatory health. A simple amino acid,
L-arginine, leads this trend. Nobel Prize-winning work
demonstrated that L-arginine is a major factor for vascular
protection, together with L-citrulline.
- The number one factor inducing health problems is
STRESS!! The use of B-complex vitamins as an antidote to the
effects of stress continues to gain in acceptance. During
periods of extreme stress the body will deplete its reserves
of B-vitamins and will also become susceptible to infection
and disease.
It has been shown that good nutrition is a major key to good
health and a longer life. Use these predicted trends to
change your life for the better in 2008. For the rest of the
predicted trends by Dr. Clive R. Spray, you can go to his
web site at http://www.drspray.com.
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2008 by AlternativeApproaches.com
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