Product Spotlight: Nutritional Essentials
One of our favorite products is Nutritional Essentials. This phenomenal product contains an abundance of the basics that are missing from our standard processed diet. We would like to see everyone, especially those in their developmental stages, supplementing with Nutritional Essentials. Easily digestible Nutritional Essentials is one of the best things you can take along with a healthy, natural diet, to assist your body in increasing brain function, supporting your cardiovascular system, and fighting degenerative disease conditions. It is a powerful supplement that provides exceptional antioxidant defense along with a full Vitamin B complex, essential fatty acids, and 22 essential and non-essential amino acids. Here are some of the ways one of our most popular products can benefit you.
Rich Source of Vitamin E
Vitamin E was initially discovered in 1922 by experimentation on rats. The rats became infertile when fed a purified diet lacking the vitamin. When wheat germ oil was added to their diet, their fertility was restored. Hence came the name tocopherols, as tokos and phero are the Greek words for “offspring” and “to bear”. The term Vitamin E refers to a class of fat soluble antioxidants consisting of tocotrienols and tocopherols. Tocopherols were initially thought to be the most potent form of Vitamin E until the discovery of tocotrienols, which are found to be 20 to 6000 times more powerful as an antioxidant than other forms of Vitamin E. Recent studies in clinical nutrition have confirmed that Vitamin E, long considered to be a vitamin looking for a disease, plays an essential role in maintaining the structure and function of the human nervous system.
The primary function of Vitamin E is as a powerful antioxidant that prevents free radical damage and enhances the immune system. Free radicals occur virtually every second in our bodies through a process called oxidation. These radicals spin erratically in our system, wreaking havoc by producing changes at the cellular level. This process makes them the primary factor that leads to many chronic, degenerative diseases. It has been surmised that the life expectancy of mammals is in direct proportion to the ability to control free radicals. As an antioxidant, Vitamin E is well renowned in its ability to stabilize cell membranes and protect tissue. By modifying and stabilizing the circulating blood fats, the blood vessels, heart, brain, and the entire body are more protected from free radical injury. An Australian study suggests that high levels of Vitamin E may help prevent the intellectual decline that can come with aging.
Contains Essential Fatty Acids
Essential fatty acids are very important to the body and to the brain. Our skin is filled with fatty acids which are a main structural component of all cell membranes and are found in high levels in such important tissues as the brain and nerve cells, adrenal gland, retina, and inner ear. In fact, 60% of the brain is made up of lipids that absolutely require the essential fatty acids. They are required for cell and organ respiration and to add resiliency and lubrication to the tissues.
Our body requires the essential fatty acids, but our diet may include a variety of damaging processed fats. When oils are highly processed, they are partially converted to a different configuration called trans fats which do not break down and process in the same manner as the essential fatty acids. These fats create a tremendous amount of free radicals which increase the risk of developing heart disease and interfere with normal immune function.
The body does not burn the essential fatty acids for energy, but rather for special functions necessary for good health and survival. Good health is in part dependent on a proper balance of the different types of essential fatty acids. Minute amounts can cause significant changes in blood pressure, blood clotting, cholesterol levels, inflammatory responses, allergies, hormonal activity, immune function, and neurological function.
Omega-3, one of the essential fatty acids in the Nutritional Essentials, plays a significant role in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. There is evidence that a deficiency of Omega-3 is associated with various skin disorders, arthritis, joint stiffness, prostate problems, irritable bowel syndrome, premenstrual syndrome, depression, phobias, and schizophrenia. A deficiency of another essential fatty acid, Omega-6, may result in eczema, premenstrual syndrome, breast pain and lumpiness, inflammation, autoimmune disorders, hyperactivity in children, and hypertension.
Contains a Full Vitamin B Complex
We would literally be lost without the B vitamins. Besides memory, these nutrients feed and regulate the brain and nervous system. Many of them help form neurotransmitters, which are the chemical messengers of the nervous system. We know of at least 10 different B vitamins, which were initially thought of as just one. Almost 100 years ago, Eijkman, a Dutch physician living in Java, noticed his chickens bore a striking resemblance to his patients suffering from beriberi, which is caused by a thiamine (B1) deficiency. He added rice bran to the fowls’ feed and eliminated the problem.
Medical journals have an abundance of neurological and behavioral conditions that occur when B vitamins are deficient. Inadequate B vitamins can bring on physical complaints, as well as emotional, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms.
Vitamin B6 is used for women suffering from depression due to the birth control pill or premenstrual syndrome. Slightly low levels of niacin (B3) may lead to depression, apprehension, hyper-irritability, emotional instability, and impairment of short term memory.
Amino Acids
Nutritional Essentials also provides all 22 essential and non essential amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. The importance of receiving a sufficient level of all the amino acids cannot be stressed enough. We must have a constant supply of amino acids to build the proteins that create our body tissues and influence the body’s weight, shape, and tone.
Glutamine is one of the most important amino acids for brain function, and is the only amino acid metabolized in the brain. Glutamic acid, with the help of Vitamin B6 and manganese, is also a precursor of an important neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. For this reason, Glutamic acid has been used in the treatment of fatigue, Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, mental retardation, muscular dystrophy, and alcoholism. Supplemented as the amino acid L-glutamine, it penetrates the blood-brain barrier and can be used as a brain fuel to enhance function.
May Help with Diabetes
Nutritional Essentials is not only beneficial for the brain, but for cardiovascular health and in protecting the liver. The liver, the body’s largest internal organ, filters our blood and is the main site of, and the regulator of, amino acid metabolism. As the liver detoxifies our blood, it becomes the most abused organ in our body because of our exposure to toxins in our modern lifestyle. Among its vital functions are metabolizing essential fats (and thus preventing their accumulation in the bloodstream), synthesizing necessary blood proteins, breaking down and eliminating toxic substances, and secreting bile. The liver converts nutrients into a usable form for cells in other parts of the body. Your cells depend on a healthy liver for nutrients.
Vitamin E has a long history as a treatment for severe high blood pressure, kidney problems and diabetes. More recent studies show that rice bran, especially when combined with another starch, potatoes, in non-insulin dependent diabetics, clamps down on cholesterol synthesis and keeps blood insulin and glucose on an even keel.
