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The number of recent studies showing the health benefits of supplemental nutrition is both encouraging and convincing. More than 500 nutritional studies were published in medical journals in the last 10 years, and 300 of those studies were published in the last three years.

These studies prove that diseases are weakened by nutritional defenses.With lifestyle changes and proper nutritional supplements you can win the battle against disease, and you can have optimum health

Why are nutritional supplements necessary?

Scientific studies have spotlighted the fact that malnutrition and undernourishment have become a norm in this country. For instance, a USDA study in 1992 stated that only about 4% of the 22,000 plus people in the study were getting all of their RDAs

There are several reasons for this:

First of all, the same farm lands have been used to produce food for decade after decade after decade. In fact, farmers fertilize the soil with Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium because that is what makes crops grow, but they don't replace any of the other multitude of nutrients that used to be in the soil.

Over the decades those other nutrients have gradually been depleted. In other words, they simply aren't there anymore.

In addition, our crops are picked green, shipped for long distances, stored for long periods of time, gassed and irradiated to prevent fungal and bacterial growth, waxed, wrapped in cellophane, and left on the grocer's shelves for who knows how long.

Then we take the food home and add the final insult - we cook it to death!

AMA Recommends Daily Multivitamin.Reversing a long standing anti-supplement policy, the American Medical Association is advising all adults to take a quality multivitamin each day. Scientists understanding of the benefits of vitamins has rapidly advanced, and it now appears that people who get enough vitamins may be able to prevent such chronic common illness as cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis, says Drs. Robert H. Fletcher and Kathleen M. Fairfield of Harvard university, who wrote JAMAs new guidelines.

The Harvard researchers reviewed more than 150 studies to determine the health benefits of nine vitamins. They concluded that suboptimal levels of folic Acid and vitamins B6 and B12 are a risk factor for heart disease, neural tube defects and colon and breast cancer. Low levels of vitamin D contribute to osteoporosis and fractures; and inadequate levels of the antioxidant vitamins A, E and C may increase the risk of cancer and heart disease.

Nutrition for Life International has believed this for a long time and has recently introduced Essentials, a state-of-the art supplement that provides the human body with a full-spectrum array of green foods, vitamins, antioxidants and carefully selected digestive enzymes to ensure optimal absorption. Essentials is a revolutionary, highly synergistic blend of 54 essential vitamins, minerals, and other critical nutrients that will change the way you think of nutritional support-forever!

Nutritional Supplements Will Never Be the Same!

Essentials by Nutrition For Life was scientifically formulated to provide a broad array of nutrients, in absorbable forms, to provide the maximum nutritional support. Combining the latest scientific technology with nearly 20 years of experience, Essentials by Nutrition For Life should be taken by virtually everyone over 12 years of age.*

You see Essentials by Nutrition For Life is really more than a single product. It's a full spectrum nutritional support system that forms a foundation to help you meet life's daily demands. And for those times when you have special nutritional concerns, Essentials forms a basis to help enhance Nutrition For Life's other supplements.

Each once-daily packet provides adults with the support necessary to help achieve a healthier way of life. Each packet contains:

Essentials Vitamin-Mineral Supplement:
A breakthrough combination of bioavailable vitamins and minerals utilizing the latest research to help support optimal health.*

Essentials Phytogreen Plus:
The very best green foods from the land and sea. It provides valuable nutrients - protein, phytonutrients, trace and ultra-trace elements and a wide variety of plant pigments, including chlorophyll, often missing in daily diets.

Essentials Antioxidants:
Combines nature's most powerful antioxidants, such as vitamin C, vitamin E and mixed carotenoids, along with the newest generation of antioxidants and phytonutrients, including alpha lipoic acid, gamma oryzanol, turmeric, milk thistle, grapeseed, and green tea extracts to help protect against often damaging free radicals.*

Essentials Digestive Enzymes:
A remarkable blend of pure, biologically active enzymes that help maximize the absorption of the other nutrients in Essentials and in your foods. These enzymes also help facilitate the breakdown of proteins, fats, dairy foods, carbohydrates, sugars and fibers.*

Each box of Essentials by Nutrition For Life contains 30 individual packets. Each packet provides a daily supply of vitamins and minerals plus essential nutrients to help sustain good health.*