top-ten-reasons-to-take-vitamin-and-mineral-supplements

If your are like most of us, todays busy lifestyle and the processed foods do not provide enough of the vitamins and minerals we need to stay healthy and fight the many diseases that attack us. Below are 10 good reasons you should be getting additional vitamin and mineral supplements.

1. Slows The Rate At Which You Age
   You must stop Free Radical Damage which can lead to premature aging and other degenerative diseases.

2. Boosts Your Immune Function
   You should build and maintain a strong Immune system. One vitamin in particular has the power to boost your immune system. Its benefits are legendary. Do you know what it is?

3. Protects Your Heart
   Cardiologists are 5 times more likely than their patients to take this essential heart healthy vitamin! Do they know something you should know?

4. Supports Your Heart Function
   In addition to your heart, your liver, kidneys, spleen, and pancreas need large amounts of this super nutrient.

5. Cuts Your Cancer Risk
   This trace mineral protects you against cancer in 4 ways.

6. Adds Zip to Immune Function
   This one mineral is necessary for the proper action of the sex hormones, thyroid hormones, and growth hormone and for the conversion of vitamin A to its active form.

7. Lowers Your Risk Of Heart Disease
   Homocysteine is a toxic byproduct of the breakdown of methionine, an essential amino acid found in meat and other protein-rich foods. When homocysteine accumulates in your tissues, it wreaks havoc with the functioning of cells. Vitamin B Complex to the rescue.

8. Protects Your Bones
   In a study of adults admitted to a medical ward at Massachusetts General Hospital, 57 percent were found to be deficient in the number one Vitamin needed to build strong bones.

9. Lower Your Risk Of Colorectal Cancer
   in a five-year study of over 125,000 men and women, those who took at least 500 mg of supplemental calcium had a 31-percent lower risk of colorectal cancer than those who took no calcium supplements.

10. Keeps Your Respriratory System Healthy
    This mineral supports healthy respiratory function by helping to relax the bronchial smooth muscles. Asthma sufferers are commonly deficient in this mineral, and this alone can trigger an asthma attack.