Smart Food Combining

The term “food combining” refers to those combinations of foods which are compatible with each other in digestive chemistry. In other words, the goal of food combining is to aid the digestive processes. By combining your personal blood type foods correctly and applying the following principles, your nutrition will be enhanced, since only food which is digested is capable of nourishing us. Additionally, we will avoid the poisonous byproducts of indigestion, along with its unpleasant symptoms.

Efficient digestion also has a beneficial influence on the body’s energy level. The amount of energy expended to digest three conventional meal has been estimated to be the equivalent of 8 hours “working” energy. By selecting compatible food combinations the digestive task is lessened, which allows more energy for other activities.

Digestive Factors

Although food combining will aid the digestive processes considerably, it will not guarantee good digestion. There are other factors which may reduce our digestive capacity, such as overeating, eating under stressful
conditions, eating when fatigued, eating just before or soon after strenuous exercise, and eating during strong emotional experiences. Also, whenever fever or inflammation are present, the digestive powers are diminished
to conserve energy. Substances such as condiments (including table salt), vinegar, alcohol, coffee and tea all irritate the digestive tract and considerably retard digestion. All these factors must be considered if one desires good digestion, and consequently, a well-nourished body.

On the next post, we’ll discuss digestion and how it works.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The information provided in this publication is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional. This information should not be used for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. You should consult with a health care professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem.

The publisher and the author are not responsible for any goods and/or services offered or referred to in this blog and expressly disclaim all liability in connection with the fulfillment of orders for any such goods or services and any damage, loss or expense to person or property arising out of or relating to them.

Banana Boost

Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes.

But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Banana Benefits

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school (England) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana smoothie, with water, juice (preferably pear juice -no acid fruit juice, use only sub acid juice, if at all)) and sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the water re-hydrates your system.

PMS: Forget the pills – eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body’s water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Click here for our Banana Breakfast Bowl Recipe

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a ‘cooling’ fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood Enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out.

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around.

Also never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!

Water vs. Soda?

The weekend will be nice and with nice weather also comes a plethora of events and activities that aren’t friendly on our health and diet goals.  You’re at a BBQ and they offer you a Soda – in your mind you are probably thinking “Hey, why not, it won’t kill me!”.  THINK AGAIN.  Below are some statistics and facts on why that thought of “hey, why not” should never enter your vocabulary when choosing a soda over a refreshing water garnished with simple flavors like lemon or mint.

Learn the benefits of water and why we need to drink more as well as the shocking things that soda contain:

WATER

1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (This probably applies to half of the world’s population).
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it’s often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even mild dehydration will slow down a person’s metabolism by as much as 3%.
4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5. The #1 trigger of daytime fatigue is lack of water.
6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79% and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
9. Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?

SODA

1. In many U.S. states, the highway patrol carries two gallons of Soda in the truck if it is necessary to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Soda and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet, pour a can of Soda into the toilet bowl and let the “real thing” sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Soda removes stains from vitreous china.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers, rub the bumper with a rumpled up piece of aluminum foil dipped in Soda.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals, pour a can of Soda over the terminals to bubble away corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt, apply a cloth soaked in Soda to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To remove grease from clothes, empty a can of Soda into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent and run through a regular cycle. The Soda will help loosen grease stains.
8. Soda can clean road haze from your windshield.

FURTHERMORE

1. The active ingredient in Soda has a pH of 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days and will leach calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
2. To carry Soda syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of Soda have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!

Now, the question remains: would you like a glass of water or that one harmless Soda?

 

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. The information on this Blog is not intended to diagnose, teat, cure or prevent any disease

How to Achieve The Wagner Way to Wellness

The Current State of Our Health – The Wagner Way to Wellness

The United States has become one of the sickest nations in the world. We have the most obesity, illness and disease, with cancer now rivaling heart attacks as our #1 killer. Even our young children are being diagnosed with cancer, obesity, late diabetes, autism, celiac disease, high cholesterol, high triglycerides and signs of narrowing and hardening of the arteries. Recent research presented at the American Heart Association’s scientific meeting in New Orleans, in the fall 2008, stated that more than half of the 70 youngsters ages 10 to 18, enrolled in the Children’s Mercy Hospital Study had a “vascular age” about 30 years older than their actual ages, putting  them at risk for early heart attacks, strokes and death.

These findings are unprecedented and unacceptable. Our children are our future and the future is not looking so bright. It’s obvious that what we’re doing now is not working. Basically, we tend to treat our symptoms and not the cause of those symptoms.
To achieve true health, we need to learn to practice preventive medicine, live a healthy lifestyle and take responsibility for our actions. We can’t pass the buck to the doctors, looking for the magic pill of health. It’s not their responsibility, it’s ours!

If a foundation is weak, the structure will collapse. If we work on fixing our basic physical foundation – the way we live, eat and think – we can take charge, be in control and have long healthy lives. Essentially, we
become the “cause” and not the “effect.”

Let’s Be Honest

Illness is the result of poor nutrition, bad eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle. Natural foods include foods that are organically grown, as well as those that are not processed, refined or stored for any length of time. Consuming processed, refined, and chemically treated foods is not only unnatural; it can be dangerous and can rob the body of its own natural resources. If left unchecked, it can potentially contribute to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, arthritis and Alzheimer’s. Through dietary improvements, the effects of these deficiencies may be eased, thus helping to alleviate their symptoms.  In fact, I find that with every new client, my first recommendation is to change their eating habits, so we can decrease the artificial and increase the natural. Once that happens, we’re on our way to a healthier lifestyle.

Achieving “20 Forever”

The motto at my clinic is “20 Forever,” meaning how to maintain a youthful, vibrant existence with the energy and health of being 20 for your entire life! I have thousands of clients achieving this state of health by following my life-changing 7 step program called The Wagner Way to Wellness®. The Wagner Way to Wellness is a positive lifestyle change. It is not a quick fix or diet. It is a powerful way of living and something you do every minute of every day of your life. My intention is to help educate you and support your growth, so you can go anywhere in the world, make good decisions, and look, feel and be your best at all times.

We are typically programmed to buy into the old-age mentality of “Oh, you’re 40 now, not 20 anymore; you have to accept that you are getting old and you will be facing health issues.” It doesn’t have to be this way; many of these health issues can be avoided. It has been shown that if we learn how to replenish our bodies, replace the things we stop producing as we age, eat and live correctly, we can recapture our youth, (which by the way, you begin to lose in your early 20s), and maintain that recaptured youth as long as we are here. You can be an active participant with a quality life. It is definitely a new mindset. Old age should not be part of our personal universe.

In order to achieve the attitude and wellness of “20 forever,” you need to know the rules so you can play the game…and win! The purpose of this Blog is to teach The Wagner Way to Wellness so you can master the rules to win the game.

In future posts coming soon, we’ll be explaining how you can implement the  Wagner Way to Wellness to improve your health.

Disclaimer: The information provided in this blog is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional. This information should not be used for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. You should consult with a health care professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem. The publisher and the author are not responsible for any goods and/or services offered or referred to in this blog and expressly disclaim all liability in connection with the fulfillment of orders for any such goods or services and any damage, loss or expense to person or property arising out of or relating to them.

21 Benefits of Enzymes and Why You Need Them

Enzymes – A Major Key To Life

I have already written a summary of the importance of enzymes in a previous article. Here is more detailed information explaining the value of enzymes in the diet for people of all ages.

Enzymes are protein-based substances found in every cell of every living plant and animal, including the human body. Without enzymes, life would cease to exist. All life processes, such as digestion and breathing are regulated in part by a complex series of chemical reactions we refer to as metabolism.

Despite their importance in metabolism, according to Dr. Edward Howell, considered the father of enzyme research, the number of enzymes each cell can produce is limited. To multiply our “enzyme store,” we must replenish them from our foods.

Deficient Diet

Today’s diet can be deficient in enzymes. Instead, the popular diet consists of hamburgers, french fries, sugar loaded soft drinks, coffee and other fast foods. Moreover, most of our foods are fried, microwaved, baked, canned, frozen, dried or irradiated, all processes that deplete valuable enzymes. With our food potentiators destroyed, vital nutrients are not available to fuel the body. This puts the body’s digestive system under stress, which can manifest itself in fatigue, headaches, excess weight, heartburn, bloating, constipation, gas, allergies and other digestive disorders.

Therefore, many children and adults are lacking digestive enzymes that are sufficient for proper digestion and assimilation of nutrients. This can show up as chronic bowel dysfunction. Thus, in some children and adults, enzyme replacement therapy may be crucial for good health.

 

Signs Of Enzyme Deficiency

While not all signs of enzyme deficiency are obvious, the following symptoms can be considered early warning signs:

• Disturbed Digestion
• Weight Problems
• Allergies
• Indigestion
• Low Energy
• Bloating
• Heartburn
• Fatigue
• Gas
• Slow to Heal
• Excessive Aging
• Headaches
• Stomach Upset
• Slow Recovery
• Constipation

Proper Process

The role of digestive enzymes is to break down the foods that we eat into smaller compounds that can be readily absorbed and put into the bloodstream. The enzyme class of proteases breaks down proteins into amino acids. The enzyme class of lipase is responsible for breaking down fats to fatty acids, and the carbohydrases break down carbohydrates into simple sugars. The body will then be able to reassemble these components into specific forms it needs. If this process does not function properly, the body will lack the building blocks needed for growth and health maintenance. Another consequence is that the food not absorbed will trail down to the bowels and provide nutrient rich materials that foster the growth of unhealthy bacteria and yeast.

Enzymes To The Rescue!

The addition of full spectrum enzymes to each meal can significantly assist digestion and help to alleviate digestive disorders.

A good enzyme formula is a complete food grade multi-enzyme complex composed of all plant based enzymes. It should be a broad-spectrum blend of enzymes that are normally found in a healthy child and adult’s body. These enzymes are of critical importance for everyone’s body to help properly digest and assimilate food and food supplements they are taking.

Look for an enzyme complex that is formulated to work in a wide pH range (from 3 to 9+, this is the most common range in the body). This complex should include:

• Proteases (protein digesting enzymes)
• Carbohydrases (carbohydrate digesting enzymes), including amylase, cellulase, lactase, maltase, invertase or diastase.
• A proprietary acid stable lipase along with peptizymes SP (peptidase) or alpha-galactosidase.
• Bromelain and/or papain.
• Hemicellulase to assist in the breakdown of indigestible fiber.
• A prebiotic blend that helps cultivate healthy probiotics, which aid in digestion and absorption.
• The Benefits of these ingredients that have been shown to help include:
• Peptizymes SP enzymes hydrolyze (break down) difficult-to-digest proline-containing peptides
• Amylase assist in the hydrolysis of carbohydrates and starches
• Proteases help keep the intestines free of parasites, bacteria, yeast and protozoa
• Proteases help break down proteins
• Proteases are stable through a wide pH range of the digestive tract
• Lipase works with the bile from the liver to break down fat
• Lactase assists in the breakdown of lactose
• Invertase Diastase and Maltase assist in the digestion of carbohydrates, beans & legumes
• Invertase and Diastase catalyzes (causes or accelerates) the hydrolysis of sucrose
• Maltase catalyzes the hydrolysis of the disaccharide maltose
• Maltase and Alpha-Glucosidase in relieving gas, bloating and upset stomach
• Hemicellulase assist in the breakdown of indigestible fiber
• Hemicellulase catalyzes they hydrolysis of hemicellulose
• Hemicellulase aids the digestion of the cell wall of Candida, helping the yeast die
• Hemicellulase helps support the intestines, reducing gas and bloat
• Cellulase catalyzes the hydrolysis of cellulose
• Bromelain aids digestion, helps reduce inflammation and helps digest proteins
• Papain aids digestion and helps you break down proteins so they can get to your muscles.
• Papain has been shown to help make nutrients available for your body’s energy needs.
• Papain may help support joint health.
• Prebiotic enhancers (Jerusalem Artichoke and/or Fructooligosaccharides) that help cultivate healthy probiotics, which aid in digestion and absorption.

• cultivate healthy probiotics, which aid in digestion and absorption.

Quality Matters

Look for products that are formulated in FDA registered manufacturing facilities using Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). A full spectrum enzyme complex formulation should contain no artificial ingredients, colors, flavors, additives, stimulants, gluten, casein, wheat, dairy, gliadin, avenin, sugar, or preservatives that can rob you of your good health, and should be manufactured with a process that does not require the use of lubricants or flow agents assuring the purity of the enzymes and bypassing the need for any superfluous ingredients.

Summary

If your family diet is enzyme deficient that can trigger or aggravate uncomfortable symptoms. These common symptoms often signal digestive insufficiencies that can lead to more advanced metabolic challenges.

By adding a pancreatic blend of food grade multi-enzymes and synergistic co-factors to optimize digestion of fats, starches, carbohydrates, proteins (including gluten, casein and soy) and sugars (including lactose) with Prebiotics that help maintain digestive health through a wide pH range (3-9), you and your entire family will see a world of difference, have much better digestion, help overcome metabolic challenges and reward your bodies with the necessary digestive nutrients to assist your whole family  to achieve total body wellness.

To Your Good Health,

Dr. Bo

Top 5 Supplements Everyone Should Be Taking

While there are many supplements that are beneficial for men, women and children, there are 5 supplements that I feel should be thought of as mandatory daily essentials for everyone. These five supplements should be thought of as our daily fuel. Every car needs gas, oil, water, transmission fluid and brake fluid. Anyone of these missing and the car will malfunction. Well every man, woman and child needs their personal equivalent. If anyone of these five essential supplements are missing a person will not function at their prime.

You could have oil, water, transmission fluid and brake fluid in a car but without gas you are going nowhere. The same goes for the five essentials for humans. There is one that is needed to make all the others work. To breakdown, assimilate and absorb. Without this one all you have is expensive urine. With it the other five and all other supplements will be utilized correctly as well as digestion of food.

Five Daily Essentials

The 5 supplements everyone should be taking are Ionic Trace Minerals (micro minerals), Full spectrum Enzymes, Multi-Strain Probiotics, Essential Fatty Acids (the omega oils 3, 6 & 9) and a complete Multi-Vitamins and Macro Minerals supplement. The one that is the catalyst to make all the others work is the Ionic Trace Minerals.

#1 Ionic Trace Minerals

Humans run on minerals. They are our gas and electricity. Our soil is so depleted it is missing most minerals so this means are food is also void of most minerals. A multi-vitamin/mineral complex usually contains only macro (hard) minerals which the human body cannot breakdown. We need minerals that are already broke down and fully charged in an ionic state. Every cell, tissue, organ, muscle, impulse and heart beat requires these ionic trace minerals to work. With these ionic trace minerals, humans can now breakdown the hard minerals and vitamins and assimilate, absorb, and properly utilize all other supplements and food. Without ionic trace minerals it is hard for any supplement to work, but with ionic trace minerals all supplements will perform at their best. It is the #1 supplement we need most and it is usually the #1 supplement that is missing.

#2 Full Spectrum Enzymes

There are very little enzymes in our soil, we cook our food and kill them and we stop producing enzymes as we age. So in order to breakdown, digest and assimilate our foods (truly receive the nutrients from our food and be satisfied), we need to take a full spectrum enzymes complex with each meal. So it is a very good idea to always carry some with you so you are never caught empty handed. Consistency of taking all your daily essentials is the key.

Our cells are virtually dead without live enzymes. Many people are eating processed foods with chemical preservatives. These preservative kill enzymes, which is what spoils in food, rendering the food as lifeless. Because of these preservatives, processed food does not spoil but when you ingest these foods those same preservatives kill our enzymes. They are our protectors and if we kill off all our guards we have no protection and disease can enter the cells. So it is best not to eat those processed foods, read your labels and avoid chemical preservatives and replenish your enzymes and keep your cells alive, nourished and well protected, which in turns protects you.

Be sure to take a broad spectrum blend of pure vegetable  enzymes and synergistic co-factors to  optimize digestion of fats, proteins, starches, carbohydrates and sugars. You will be satisfied for hours and also trim up because you are actually digesting your foods properly.

#3 Probiotics with Prebiotics

Most people do not have any good bacteria (the good flora the intestines and gut uses to aid digestion, promote proper elimination of waste and improve absorption of nutrients). The average person does not eliminate efficiently nor do they do bowel cleanses. Therefore the bad bacteria has overcome the good bacteria, so it is a good idea to purge the bad bacteria and reintroduce the good bacteria and feed it with prebiotics, food that helps it grow and become predominate. It is important to replenish the good probiotics daily because the bad bacteria are always lurking in the wings, ready to pounce and destroy the good bacteria weakening the immune system.

There are many different strains of probiotic, but there are 10 essential strains that the intestines and gut needs to perform properly. Most products only offer a few strains so always be sure to get a 10 multi-strain probiotic, then you will develop a good immune system, assimilation, digestion  and elimination. A proper working body has an elimination after each meal otherwise it is holding on to this material, building up a storehouse of toxic poison which keeps getting reabsorbed, auto-intoxicating the body. By taking  good lactose-free multi-strain probiotics daily, the body will re-establish good bowel movement and eliminate this buildup and toxic residue with better regularity.

#4 Essential Fatty Acids (Omegas 3, 6, 9)

A car needs water and oil, so does every man, woman, and child. We need to be hydrated well with plenty of water and lubricated well with the good oils from the good fats, the essential fatty acids that provide omegas 3, 6, and 9. We need to be greased well inside, not a dried up desert, so everything moves through the body easily, which will also lubricate you from inside out, promoting good skin, hair and nails. Also fat means thin, we are suppose to get 90% of our energy from fats and store natural sugars from fruits and vegetables, which by burning these fats for energy it will help us trim up and then use the natural sugars to energize the brain, the main ingredients to do so. Instead we usually eat incorrectly and store fats and use these sugars for body energy and have nothing left to energize and help develop the brain.

Essential Fatty Acids are not manufactured by the body and must be obtained through diet or supplementation with EFA-rich food oils. They are an integral component of all cells, maintain fluidity and stability of cell membranes and protect the body from harmful substances such as bacteria and viruses.

#5 Multi Vitamins and Minerals Complex

Everyone must ensure that they consume daily enough vitamins and minerals for the body. A regular diet may not always be able to supply a body with the daily nutritional requirements. With a good, complete multi-vitmain and mineral formula, the body will be provided with the essential nutrients required by the body for proper functioning.

There are so many benefits from vitamins and minerals for the body, including helping to convert carbohydrates, fats and protein into energy, aid the body’s metabolism, water balance, bone health, help rebuild and maintain natural immunities and cleanse the body.

Summary

I feel these 5 supplements are essential for everyone everyday to function properly and to be their very best. If you try these supplements you will notice a difference, but again consistency is the key. Your body needs this fuel everyday. You can find these supplements in different forms at your local health food store or if you are interested in what I use at my clinic, we offer them individually in different forms to fit all preferences http://www.drbo.com/nutri-pak,  http://www.drbo.com/kids-health-pak, and also offer an easy all-in-one blended formula, so all you need is one pack in the morning and one pack in the evening and you have all your requirements and needs meant. One bottle does it all: http://www.drbo.com/total-body-mens-pack or http://www.drbo.com/total-body-womens-pack.

To Your Good Health,

Dr. Bo

*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult your physician if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication or have a medical condition before beginning supplementation. Information contained in this bulletin is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician.