Here's a line of nutritional supplements that I can recommend! I've been searching for a product line such as this for a very long time, and have not been happy with what I've found... until now. Everybody, regardless of their diet, should be using the daily multi-vitamin-mineral product. Those who weigh more than nature intended should consider using Slim, and those who consume animal products should use Cardio Plus and Antioxidant Plus.

Why Take a Supplement?
Most people do not get all the nutrients they need from their diet. Cooking, processing, not eating enough of the right foods, caloric restriction, loss of freshness, and devitalized soils contribute to sub-clinical malnutrition. When the body doesn't get enough nutrients, you continue to have an appetite even though your caloric needs have been met. This is one of the causes of an overweight condition. And lack of essential nutrients contributes to all major degenerative diseases. Taking a supplement is a nutritional insurance policy. I eat what is probably the healthiest diet there is (100% uncooked, plant-based diet) and even I take a multi-vitamin. When it comes to my health, my philosophy is, it's better to be safe than sorry.

All Supplements are Not Created Equal
Less than 10% of all supplements conform to OTC pharmaceutical grade standards which the AmeriSciences line surpasses. As a result, the ingredients many companies use may be impure and unsafe. (A recent study showed that of seven off-the-shelf products tested from a leading national retail supplement chain, four contained levels of lead higher than that considered safe for daily intake.) Although safety is the number one concern, effectiveness is a close second. If you're using a product that passes through your body undigested and unassimilated, you're not only throwing your money down the drain, but the benefits you're taking the supplement for aren't there. One of the differences between many supplements sold in stores and supplements such as the AmeriSciences line is the amount of compression used to form the tablet. Pharmaceutical standards compress to no more than 30 PSI. Supplements manufactured to food grade standards can have a compaction level as high as 300 PSI; this is why they can pass out of your body undissolved.

What Makes a Truly Effective Supplement?
Formulating an effective nutritional supplement is not a matter of simply cramming high doses of vitamins and minerals into a product, it is an art performed by experienced nutritional scientists. The correct interaction of high quality ingredients in proper combinations based on the latest research is the only way a product's nutrients can be retained and utilized by your body to their maximum capacity. AmeriSciences products are formulated to be quickly and effectively absorbed. Forty-five minutes after taking an AmeriSciences supplement, at least 95% of the nutrients are absorbed. Tests show that during the same period, nearly two-thirds of the nutrients in most supplements remain undissolved or are excreted.

The Recommended AmeriSciences Nutritional Products

AS Life Multi Daily Dietary Supplement
One of the best, if not the best, multi-vitamin-mineral formulation made today! Even mainstream health organizations agree that everyone, regardless of diet, should take a multivitamin. And I'll add that it should be the best one you can get.

AmeriSciences Prenatal
Prenatal has been formulated with the highest quality multivitamin ingredients that the CDC recommends for pregnant women before and during pregnancy. Proper nutrition can reduce the risk of serious birth defects. It's amazing how many prenatals (even prescription prenatals) don't have an appropriate bioavailable amount of folic acid! (They may say on the bottle that it has the RDA of folic acid, but the ingredient doesn't pass the standard for dissolution; meaning, it's in the pill, but ultimately you aren't going to take advantage of it. And in the case of folic acid, if there's not enough in your diet, a baby would be at risk.) If you're eating a healthy diet, the kind advocated on this website, you needn't take the Prenatal Complete, just the Prenatal.

And in the Targeted Solutions category there is now an eye-care formula (OS2 - Ocular Support Solution) that people who have, or are at risk for, macular degeneration should seriously consider taking. And for those who want the BEST odds of avoiding Alzheimer's who feel they may be at risk, look at the product called Cognivite.