There are a number of reasons why our families take vitamin supplements everyday...

* First of all, it has been found that the vitamins and minerals in the foods we eat are not sufficient enough to prevent what are called "long-latency-deficiency-diseases".

** Also, as a result of the processing of these foods, and the length of time that it takes to get to us, and the storage conditions, the nutrients in the foods we eat have become unstable.

*** But, by taking vitamins everyday, we are able to bypass these problems and ensure that our family is getting all the proper nutrients and minerals they need in the right amounts to keep their body and mind healthy.

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* It is now known that the inadequate intake of nutrients in our body is a contributing factor in several of the major chronic diseases that affect us all...

Fortunately, these diseases (Cancer, Heart Disease, Osteoporosis,and Altzheimers Disease) often take many years to manifest, so we can slow or stop them completely by maintaining a proper balance of nutrients, minerals and vitamins in our bodies.

The single-vitamin nutrient deficiency diseases (scurvy, pellagra. beriberi, goiter, and rickets) are all but gone for the most part but this is only because our food began to be fortified with vitamins and minerals back then.

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Only recently have scientists started to look at the relationship between the lack of vitamins in our food and the effect it has on short and long term diseases.

There are a number of new studies suggesting that the adding of vitamins, with the foods we eat, is the best way to insure our families maintain healthy bodies and minds.

Recently scientists have started to agree that the key to understanding the long-term diseases like Cancer and Heart Disease may be to think of them instead as being "nutrient-deficient" diseases.

So, since our families are not getting enough of the vitamins and nutrients they need in the foods we eat, it is absolutely essential for all of us to take our vitamin supplements every day so we can help prevent these short-term and long-term diseases that effect us all.

Vitamins are the Keys to our Family's Health...

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** The vitamin nutrients in our food is constantly changing due to the changes in the light, heat, and water used to produce this food. And because of this the labels on our foods aren't always accurate.

The nutritional information on labels, tells us what the nutrient amount would have been at the time the food was picked and packaged.

And that is only if the food was grown under ideal conditions...

But unfortunately the growing conditions of food is almost never ideal... It has been found that the Light, Heat and Water all have a profound effect on the nutrient levels in our food.

For example, the lettuce grown can lose up to 50% of its Vitamin C content for each day it is stored at room temperature after it has been picked.

Scientists have also found that when you eat a carrot you may be receiving anywhere from 20 IU of Vitamin A (0.4% of the RDA) to 6000 IU (120% of the RDA).

They have also found that 3 ounces of wheat germ can have anywhere from 3.2 IU of Vitamin E (10.7% of RDA) to 21 IU (70% of the RDA).

And, according to the results published by both the American Medical Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture there is actually no way for them to know exactly how much of any one mineral or nutrient is in the food due to all the changes it goes thru.

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The food that we may think is fresh and full of the nutrients shown on the food label, is actually almost devoid of any of its nutritional value because of the constant changes in light, heat and water.

And also, there is no way for us to be sure just how long or under what conditions the food was grown or how long it has been stored or even what has been done to the food since it was labeled.

So, it appears that somewhere between the farm and the dinner table (growing, storing and packaging of our food), that the vitamins and nutrients are disappearing...

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The following information has been provided by the Vitamin Information Service of (Hoffman and La Roche), that show some examples of the percentage of nutrients lost during the growing, processing and storage of our foods.

** Vitamin A may lose up to 60% of its vitamin and mineral content due the changes in the amount of its oxygen, heat, or light.

** Vitamin B1 will lose up to 80% of its vitamin content from heat, water, and alkaline pH, changes.

** And the Vitamin B2 can lose up to 39% from changes in the water or alkaline pH alone.

** Niacin will lose up to 27% from the water changes.

** Vitamin B6 can have a loss of up to 82% from water changes.

** Biotin will lose up to 50% of its vitamin efficiency from the changes in the light and alkaline pH.

** Pantothenate can lose up to 56% of its vitamin content from heat, water, and alkaline changes.

** And Vitamin C may lose up to 75% of its nutritional value from changes in the light, heat, water or alkaline levels.

** Vitamin D will lose 40% from light and oxygen changes.

** And the vitamin E loses up to 60% of its nutritional value just from the changes in oxygen alone.

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*** So, as a result of the growing conditions, the processing, and the storage of our foods, it is clear that our families are not getting enough of the vitamin and mineral nutrients that they need from the food they eat.

As it turns out, we would have to consume vast quanities of foods to even come close to the amount of vitamins and nutrients our bodies need to stay healthy and prevent diseases.

Most of the scientists now agree that almost none of us are getting the proper levels of key nutrients in the foods that we eat.

Vitamin and mineral supplements will help provide us with a healthy body and mind.

And, when we supplement our diet with vitamins and minerals, we are able to fill many of the gaps that occur in our foods nutrition.

It is only through vitamin supplementation that we can ensure our families are receiving all of the nutrients that they need in order to stay Healthy, Happy and Wise...

**** Vitamins are the Keys to our Family's Health...

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