We do recommend supplementation for our clients. Here are just three important reasons for this:

Depleted Food

Today’s diet is not the same it used to be. Not only so, the quality of “healthy” food is not as good as it used to be. The agriculture, packaging, shipping and refinement methods today have depleted our foods of nutritional value. As well, contamination of foods through additives and environmental toxins (pollution, pesticides etc.) are another burden that our bodies must bear. From the soil to our mouth, food is damaged and empty in value.

Stress – the #1 on the enemy list

We assume that stress is a way of life. Stress is an accepted epidemic of the North American culture. It is also a contributor to weight gain, illness, and fatigue. Chronic stress uses up vital nutrients, stresses organs, fattens us, eats away at muscle and ages us prematurely. Even when we think we’re relaxed, there is outside stress – heavy metals, pollution – acting on our bodies, exposing it to damage.

Nutrient Absorption and Digestion

Without proper digestion, vitamins and minerals do not get absorbed efficiently into our cells, especially when our cells are full of toxins. Signs of poor digestion are heartburn, gas, bloating, constipation, fatigue, bad skin and poor liver function, to name a few – again, something that is commonly accepted. Ultimately, bad digestion suppresses the immune system and provokes disease. This obstacle makes for fat loss and muscle development to be harder to come by.

Nutrition

Although it is easy to create ‘bodily damage’ by the foods you eat, you are also to prevent damage by making sound decisions with your diet.

Unfortunately, most people are never very honest about what their diet is like. The mentality that you can always ‘cure’ something, has gotten us where we are today with an abundance of diseases and illnesses. If I got paid for every time I’ve heard one of these lines, I’d be a very wealthy guy.

“I eat really well…my diet is good”

But…

“…I’m still overweight.”

“My diet is excellent…”

But…

“…I never have any energy and I crash in the afternoon.”

“I avoid bad food…”

But…

“…I’ve got high blood pressure, cholesterol, and type II diabetes.”

Obviously these are all lies. If you ate really well, if your diet was perfect, or if you made good nutritional choices, these would not be problems. So, the best way for you to get started in improving your diet is to follow these five rules:

1. Eat often; 5-6 times per day without a long delay between meals

2. Include lean, complete protein every time you eat.

3. Include good fats in your diet.

4. Include vegetables at every meal and snack.

5. Consume carbohydrate-rich foods only after exercise, when your body is ready to absorb them.

These guidelines are a good start to a healthier routine, but more is needed to make your diet complete.

Nutritional Supplements

Many professionals suggest that supplements aren’t necessary when the diet is complete. Just because our culture has more options when it comes to food, doesn’t mean it is more complete. In North America, the diet is pretty much never complete. Believe that 68% of the population is deficient in calcium, 90% in chromium, 75% in magnesium, 80% in vitamin B6, and 95% in omega-3 fats? Omega-3 fats are what complete our DNA- how can we be healthy when what we’re made of is lacking in vital nutrients? We can’t.

Beyond this, other research has shown the following:

• Less than 3% of men and 5% of women get the minimum number of fruits and veggies per day (3-5 servings).
• On average, women get only 80 g of protein per day (when their needs are closer to 120-140 g) and men get only 120 g of protein per day (when their needs are closer to 170-190 g).