No matter your age, you want to look your best. But looking your best on the outside means taking care of yourself on the inside. After all, beauty is more than skin deep. That’s why USANA created the MyHealthPak™: Beauty Edition.
Are you concerned with getting essential nutrition for good health while maintaining a youthful appearance with radiant skin, strong nails, and shiny hair? Take the guesswork out of deciding which products to order! The Beauty Edition of USANA MyHealthPak gives you the nutrition you need to look great and feel great with ingredients scientifically proven to benefit skin, hair, and nails, as well as protect against oxidative stress, which damages cells and impacts health and appearance.
Why can’t I buy a bottle of supplements from my local store?
Many of the nutrients in the MHP: Beauty Edition work synergistically to provide benefits that wouldn’t occur if taken alone, or if you took other supplements. The nutrients in this pack are able to work together to provide excellent skin support. Not only is the Beauty Edition a product for beauty, but it also supports good health with optimal levels of important nutrients, including high-potency vitamin D in Mega Antioxidant and a powerful blend of grape-seed extract found in USANA Vitamins Proflavanol® 180.
And of course, MHP: Beauty Edition is packed with the USANA Difference—safe, pure, effective, and potency guaranteed. Why would you trust anyone else? Take your beauty into your own hands today.
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Beauty starts from within—the science behind the supplements
MyHealthPak: Beauty Edition contains a special blend of nutrients working together in perfect harmony. Science and skin care—it’s a beautiful thing!
BiOmega™ (AM/PM)—Omega-3 fatty acids support the skin’s natural defenses against harsh ultraviolet radiation while helping to regulate cellular function and maintain elasticity and suppleness in the skin
Chelated Mineral (2 AM/2 PM)—Contains essential minerals that play a crucial role in skin integrity, including magnesium, and copper and zinc, which helps to develop elastin, the fibers that work with collagen to support skin structure from underneath
Mega Antioxidant (2 AM/2 PM)—Contains various vitamins and antioxidants that are essential for the integrity of healthy skin, including vitamin C, vitamin B6, biotin, and beta carotene
Procosa® II (AM)—Research suggests that glucosamine compounds may have several beneficial effects on skin or skin cells, including improved skin hydration and decreased wrinkles
Proflavanol® 180 (AM)—Neutralizes reactive oxygen species found in and on the skin while stimulating the renewal of vibrant, rugged, perfectly coiled collagen strands to support the skin’s integrity for a more youthful appearance
Visionex® DS (AM/PM)—Not only helps to maintain long-term eye health, but also contains lutein, which supports physiological mechanisms to maintain or restore a healthy skin barrier
AO Booster™ (PM)—Turmeric extract, rosemary extract, resveratrol, and green-tea extract all add to the antioxidant cocktail that is so vital to healthy skin appearance, making them an important defense over a large spectrum of toxins found in the environment
CoQuinone® 100 (PM)—Contains CoEnzyme Q10, which works with other antioxidants to help defend skin from visible effects of photo aging, plus alpha lipoic acid, which promotes healthy cells by providing antioxidant defense against damage caused by sun or pollution
Showing posts with label 5-HTP Supplements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5-HTP Supplements. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Essential Supplements
Not so long ago, vitamins, minerals and herbs were not mainstream supplements. Health food stores were not as prevalent as they are today, and people who used dietary supplements were often regarded as “health nuts”.
How things have changed. According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, more than 150 million Americans take some sort of dietary supplement annually, whether that supplement be a multivitamin / mineral formula, a homeopathic remedy or an herbal preparation. This means that close to half of the United States’ population uses supplements – to prevent disease, to treat a condition or simply to promote overall health.
Until the early 1990s, supplements were regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which made it difficult for manufacturers to introduce new supplements to the American market.
In 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which allowed nutritional supplements to be regulated under a different set of rules. DSHEA made manufacturers responsible for the safety of their products and allowed the FDA to remove a product from the market should it prove unsafe.
Under DSHEA, any product with a history of safe use before 1994 can quickly be brought to market. If a product has been used for thousands of years by herbal healers in other cultures, or for decades in other countries where the product is regarded as safe, then that product can be produced and sold in this country without undergoing FDA approval.
Blessing or Burden?
On one hand, this new freedom in the supplement industry has been a boon to consumers. In 1995, the first year after the new laws took effect, an astounding 20,000 new supplements were introduced to the American marketplace. Each year since, thousands more have been introduced. A simple stroll through the aisles of any health food store clearly demonstrates the widespread effect the new regulations have had on the availability of nutritional supplements.
On the other hand, this new freedom has created an interesting dilemma for consumers, especially for those new to natural health products. It might seem that more products and more choice would benefit the consumer, but things aren’t always so simple.
Since the passage of DSHEA, there has been a virtual avalanche of nutritional supplements. And like any industry that presents an opportunity for profit, the natural products industry has attracted some unscrupulous manufacturers, advertisers and marketers who mislead consumers with miraculous health claims and unsubstantiated hype. Whether you’re reading the newspaper, watching television or surfing the Internet, you’ll find no shortage of products claimed to “fight cancer”, “relieve PMS”, “provide an amazing energy boost” or “give you the figure you’re always wanted”.
This is not to say that there aren’t nutritional products that deliver what they promise. The problem is that the sheer quantity of new products and their accompanying claims leave many of today’s consumers feeling overwhelmed and uncertain of which supplements they should be taking. It seems that only people with the time and resources to wade through the incessant flow of health claims and research could have a reasonable understanding of which supplements provide real and lasting results.
It is the current state of the nutritional supplement industry – the influx of new products, the barrage of conflicting “expert” advice and the promises of miraculous results – that sparked the idea for the educations books on nutritional supplements.
How things have changed. According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, more than 150 million Americans take some sort of dietary supplement annually, whether that supplement be a multivitamin / mineral formula, a homeopathic remedy or an herbal preparation. This means that close to half of the United States’ population uses supplements – to prevent disease, to treat a condition or simply to promote overall health.
Until the early 1990s, supplements were regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which made it difficult for manufacturers to introduce new supplements to the American market.
In 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which allowed nutritional supplements to be regulated under a different set of rules. DSHEA made manufacturers responsible for the safety of their products and allowed the FDA to remove a product from the market should it prove unsafe.
Under DSHEA, any product with a history of safe use before 1994 can quickly be brought to market. If a product has been used for thousands of years by herbal healers in other cultures, or for decades in other countries where the product is regarded as safe, then that product can be produced and sold in this country without undergoing FDA approval.
Blessing or Burden?
On one hand, this new freedom in the supplement industry has been a boon to consumers. In 1995, the first year after the new laws took effect, an astounding 20,000 new supplements were introduced to the American marketplace. Each year since, thousands more have been introduced. A simple stroll through the aisles of any health food store clearly demonstrates the widespread effect the new regulations have had on the availability of nutritional supplements.
On the other hand, this new freedom has created an interesting dilemma for consumers, especially for those new to natural health products. It might seem that more products and more choice would benefit the consumer, but things aren’t always so simple.
Since the passage of DSHEA, there has been a virtual avalanche of nutritional supplements. And like any industry that presents an opportunity for profit, the natural products industry has attracted some unscrupulous manufacturers, advertisers and marketers who mislead consumers with miraculous health claims and unsubstantiated hype. Whether you’re reading the newspaper, watching television or surfing the Internet, you’ll find no shortage of products claimed to “fight cancer”, “relieve PMS”, “provide an amazing energy boost” or “give you the figure you’re always wanted”.
This is not to say that there aren’t nutritional products that deliver what they promise. The problem is that the sheer quantity of new products and their accompanying claims leave many of today’s consumers feeling overwhelmed and uncertain of which supplements they should be taking. It seems that only people with the time and resources to wade through the incessant flow of health claims and research could have a reasonable understanding of which supplements provide real and lasting results.
It is the current state of the nutritional supplement industry – the influx of new products, the barrage of conflicting “expert” advice and the promises of miraculous results – that sparked the idea for the educations books on nutritional supplements.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
5-HTP
In the days when tryptophan supplements were available, studies showed that popping a tryptophan pill decreased the time it took to fall asleep by up to 50% and improved the soundness and length of sleep. Since you can’t get tryptophan pills any more (they were banned back in the 1980s because of a serious contamination problem), companies now make a replacement, 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan or 5-HTP. The body makes 5-HTP from tryptophan, and like tryptophan, 5-HTP is converted to serotonin in the brain.
Supplements of 5-HTP show promise in helping with insomnia, weight loss and even panic attacks. Numerous studies show people sleep better and longer when they take 5-HTP. Safety issues linger, however, and no one is quite sure about the best dose quences of taking 5-HTP for months and years. Enteric-coated tablets are recommended to increase absorption and minimize potential side effects, such as stomach discomfort, nausea and vomiting. The less you take, the less likely you’ll suffer side effects. If you are considering taking 5-HTP, consult your physician first, especially if you are pregnant or breast-feeding, have high blood pressure or diabetes or take mood-altering medications or herbs.
Supplements of 5-HTP show promise in helping with insomnia, weight loss and even panic attacks. Numerous studies show people sleep better and longer when they take 5-HTP. Safety issues linger, however, and no one is quite sure about the best dose quences of taking 5-HTP for months and years. Enteric-coated tablets are recommended to increase absorption and minimize potential side effects, such as stomach discomfort, nausea and vomiting. The less you take, the less likely you’ll suffer side effects. If you are considering taking 5-HTP, consult your physician first, especially if you are pregnant or breast-feeding, have high blood pressure or diabetes or take mood-altering medications or herbs.
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