Where to Start to be on Track with Your Health? Start with “The Big
Three”
By Jordan Rubin & Edits by Christine Dreher, CCN, CCH
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I’ve been asked it once, I’ve been asked it thousands of times. It’s a
question I love, too, because it gives me the chance to emphasize the
importance of what I call “The Big Three.” The question is this: Where
do I start to get on the right track with my health? My answer is direct
and simple.
Take the Big Three each day:
- A whole-food multivitamin
- A probiotic
- A concentrated omega-3
I then go on to explain why we need The Big Three. Here are some
highlights.
Ideally, our diets would provide adequate nutrition. However, one-third
to two-thirds of the standard American diet is junk food. That kind of
diet can’t possibly deliver all the nutrients our bodies need, causing
us to come up short on proper nutrition. In fact, a 2011 Journal of
Nutrition study confirms that many Americans’ dietary habits
consistently fail to meet even the minimal intakes recommended for many
key nutrients.
You may be interested to know, too, that essential nutrients are
nutrients the body can’t make by itself and must come from the diet—and
if the diet is lacking, then we’re not getting what we need. Add our
nutrient-poor diet to environmental pollution and stress, and we are
cheated out of nutrition—but a daily multivitamin, especially cultured
from whole-food sources like Garden of Life’s
Vitamin Code Raw
Multivitamins covers your nutritional bases.
Likewise, an unhealthy diet and lifestyle decreases healthy gut
bacteria. Consuming probiotics increases good intestinal bacteria—aiding
digestion and nutrient absorption, basically determining how
well-nourished we are. Probiotics, like Garden of Life’s
Primal Defense
Ultra and
Primal Defense, also support the immune system (since between
70 percent to 80 percent of our immune cells are housed in the gut),
create B vitamins and certain enzymes, support healthy weight
management, metabolism, blood sugar levels, organ function (including
the liver) and even healthy cognition and mood.
And don’t forget about omega-3s. Concentrated Omega-3 formulas like
Garden of Life’s
Minami Nutrition can support a healthy cardiovascular
system, joints, inflammation levels, eyes, bones, skin and healthy aging
at the cellular level—but we typically don’t get enough omega-3s. That’s
why experts at the Global Summit on Omega-3s recommended doubling
omega-3 intake to 1,000mg, saying that 98 percent of the world’s
population would benefit from higher concentrations of omega-3s in the
blood.
Speaking of omega-3s. . . Fish oil is an excellent source of omega-3s
because it contains abundant and biologically potent omega-3s,
especially DHA and EPA. By the way, most of the health benefits from
omega-3s come from their DHA and EPA content.
What’s extra cool about fish oil is that heavy metals and other
contaminants can be removed from it, while EPA and DHA levels can be
concentrated in it. That makes fish oil a pure and potent source of EPA
and DHA—and why fish oil may just be the alpha of omegas! Be careful
what fish oil you buy, though. There are hundreds of fish oils on the
market, but they’re not all created equal.
So, if you’re wondering what to focus on for your health, consider
taking The Big Three—a multivitamin, probiotic and concentrated omega-3—
every day.
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Whole-Food Multivitamins and Fish Oil
Read the Article:
Navigating Your Way through the Schools of Fish Oil Products
- Convenience vs. Quality –
Can You Really Have Concentrated Omega 3 Health?
By Extraordinary Health Writers & Christine
Dreher, CCN, CCH
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