Matol MegaVitamins - Protection from Head to Toe
by Kristine Clark, Ph.D., R.D.
Matol's Health & Nutrition Board

Robert Smith has a bone disorder and it's not osteoporosis. Having lived in a city most of his life and trying hard to avoid the sun ever since his father died of skin cancer when he was 14, Robert has now been diagnosed with osteopenia from low Vitamin D status. It turns out that many of us could succumb to this. In fact, according to new reports from the National Institutes of Health, many vitamins and minerals long thought to be needed in microscopic amounts may be dead wrong. With the advent of the human genome, it's now become clear how unique each human being is. What this means from a nutritional standpoint is that the general formula, known as the Recommended Daily Allowance or RDA, may simply not hold true. Some people may need more for a wide variety of reasons.

A Case for Matol MegaVitamins
Physical, mental, and emotional stress can influence absorption of nutrients. Stress produces enzymes and hormones that candecrease absorption of water soluble nutrients. Gastrointestinal distress causing either diarrhea or constipation interferes with nutrient delivery to cells in need of vitamins and minerals. Consumption of processed foods influences the quantity and quality of nutrients in the food. Attempts to lose weight through a calorie restricted eating plan also influence the quantity of nutrients coming into the body. Simply put: fewer calories eaten means fewer nutrients for the body. Matol MegaVitamins offer a clear solution to support eating plans and lifestyles that need a boost in vitamins and minerals.

Additional vitamin C has been shown to boost immune function along with zinc, iron, and B vitamins. Iron, a mineral that is often lacking in the diet of women, children and dieters, is responsible for delivering oxygen to working muscles. A consequence of inadequate iron is chronic fatigue, both physical and mental. In addition, low iron status causes poor appetite, sluggishness and reduced capacity to engage in even mild activities. With 20-50% of the world's population identified as "at risk" for low iron, this problem is overwhelming but can be changed through supplementation.

Calcium needs are high and getting adequate amounts from diet is a challenge. Ten percent of teenage boys and more than 25% of teenage girls don't even achieve half of the "Adequate Intake (AI)" for calcium. Among older men and women, 25-50% get less than half of the amount required. With Matol MegaVitamins, two tablet in the morning and two in the evening would assure total adequacy.

Dr. Walter Willett and Dr. Meir Stampfer, two prominent physician-researchers at Harvard University, co-wrote an article in the 2001 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine stating that "a daily multivitamin-mineral supplement makes sense for MOST adults and that an additional supplement of vitamin E was also a reasonable approach for optimal nutrition protection". Dr. Willett reiterated this advice in a 2005 published book chapter on preventive nutrition. In his own book entitled "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy," he recommends a multivitamin for most individuals in general. In addition, Dr. Kathleen Fairfield and Dr. Robert Fletcher of Harvard University reviewed all the scientific literature on the benefits of taking a multivitamin and mineral supplement and agreed with Dr. Willett that taking it daily would be "prudent (a wise idea)" for virtually all adults.

Prevention is a key word in nutrition science and the Matol MegaVitamins formula is geared with high quality ingredients to be the most absorbable nutrients to promote cellular health and prevent cellular damage.

Multivitamins and Disease Prevention
People with the highest dietary intakes of vitamin C, beta carotene, and vitamin E have a 68% lower risk of lung cancer according to research from the National Nutrition and Health Examination Survey and published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Men who took vitamin E supplements for 10 years or more had a 30% lower risk of bladder cancer according to researchers who study bladder cancer and multivitamin-mineral supplements. Their research was also published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

People who took multivitamin-mineral supplements daily for 10 years had one half the risk of colon cancer, compared to those who did not take multivitamins according to research published in a journal called "Cancer Epidemiological Biomarkers Prevention."

People with low intakes of vitamins and minerals have more DNA damage than people with generous intakes according to research published in a journal called Mutation Research.

People with diets high in vitamin C have about half the risk for many types of cancer, compared to people who have low vitamin C intakes according to research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Your goal should be to take the best multivitamin mineral supplement available. The highest quality nutrients in a supplement can only be found in Matol MegaVitamins.

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