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What Else Throws Off the Balance?
You may have heard of inflammation and the damaging effects of free radicals. But, have you heard of glycation or methylation? Glycation is even more dangerous to your health than free radicals. Glycation is complex, but basically, it interferes with the cells' ability to get the amino acids they need from the protein you eat. The digestive system breaks down large protein molecules into smaller amino acids, which are then re-combined to form different types of proteins. These proteins are needed to create cells, fibers, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, joints, and bones. When glycating agents, which are primarily simple carbohydrates and sugars, interfere with this process, cellular reproduction slows down.
Methylation is the opposite of glycation; it's essential to life. If it's working sub-optimally, you’ll be at higher risk of heart and liver disease, depression, and high cholesterol.
The body’s methylation process naturally slows down with age, disease, and malnourishment. To restore the balance, you need these nutrients: B vitamins SAM-e is especially important. But, most supplements that contain SAM-e are ineffective, because stomach acid destroys it. A supplement must have an enteric coating that allows it to pass through the stomach and into the small intestine, where it can be broken down and enter the bloodstream. Your daily multi-vitamin probably contains some antioxidants and B-vitamins, but very few supplements on the market contain antioxidants like: flavonoids, alpha lipoic acid, turmeric, glutathione, resveratrol, B-vitamins, carnosine, TMG and SAM-e. And enteric coating is rarely included, because it costs more. The importance of carnosine, resveratrol, TMG and SAM-e is rarely advertised, because...again...they are expensive ingredients. The result is pain, muscular weakness, fatigue, and eventually chronic disease. As antioxidants prevent free radical damage, carnosine, an amino acid, prevents glycation and is vital to anti-aging. There is another problem with most vitamin supplements on the market. The antioxidants that they contain are synthetic, not natural. The synthetic versions of vitamins are “similar” to those found in nature, but they are not “identical” and they do not provide the same health benefits. For example, numerous studies have shown the health benefits of vitamin E in preventing free radical damage, improving circulation, repairing tissue, reducing inflammation, and lowering the risk of cancer. But researchers fail to duplicate these results when using the synthetic form of vitamin E. In fact, synthetic vitamin E may actually be bad for your health, because it is derived from toxic petroleum byproducts.
Closing Thoughts and Advice
The bottom line is that most supplement companies use synthetic forms of nutrients and they don't ensure absorption by using the correct delivery system, which, in most cases, is a tablet with enteric coating. Here's where things get good. Building a site like this requires a lot of research (even if you think you know something about health). After years, I found one anti-aging supplement that, I believe, offers it all. To get the nutrients listed so far, as well these nutrients...
...you could take a handful of pills and spend hundreds of dollars per month. Or, you can do what I do now and take Xtend-Life’s Total Balance supplement. If you take the recommended dosage, the cost is $48.25 per month and you get 76 different bio-active ingredients. There is no better value for the money that I have found and I've been taking and researching supplements for a good while. In that time, I have thrown away bottle after bottle. Not only were they ineffective, some of them, like B-vitamins without an enteric coating, actually made me feel sick until I stopped. I say stop wasting money...get healthier...and possibly extend your life span. The benefits of each of the 76 different ingredients are explained in great detail at the Xtend Life website. Visit them and learn more. With no exaggeration, it could be the best thing you ever do for your health.
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