The chart below highlights the importance of supplementing the diet with a combination of key nutraceuticals to maintain optimal health, vitality and longevity. While some research indicates that isolated nutrients elicit a beneficial effect in preventing and treating disease, it is critical that we understand the synergistic effects of nutrients, and realize the great importance of long-term supplementation with a complete spectrum of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and disease-fighting phytochemicals*.
| Vitamin A |
Vitamin A becomes more easily absorbed, utilized and stored in the body in the presence of b>vitamin E. |
| Vitamin C |
Vitamin C
increases the absorption of iron, and converts iron to its most absorbable form in the body. Vitamin C is involved with other antioxidants, especially Vitamin E, selenium, and beta-carotene. |
| Vitamin D |
Vitamin D works synergistically with vitamin K and calcium to increase the amount of bone-friendly osteocalcin and improve bone metabolism in women with osteoporosis*. Vitamin D also increases the active absorption of calcium. |
| Vitamin E |
Vitamin E can increase the absorption, utilization and storage of vitamin A and may protect against hypervitaminosis A. When vitamin E is used together with vitamin C, it has the ability to reduce the risk of preeclampsia in high-risk pregnant women*. Some evidence also suggests that vitamin C might help recycle damaged vitamin E alpha-tocopherol to a more useable form in the body. Selenium enhances the antioxidant effects of Vitamin E. |
| Vitamin K |
Vitamin K works synergistically with vitamin D and calcium to increase the amount of bone-friendly osteocalcin and improve bone metabolism in women with osteoporosis*. |
| Calcium |
Calcium is better absorbed and utilized by the body in the presence of vitamin D |
| Iron |
Iron is more easily absorbed and utilized by the body in the presence of vitamin C. Vitamin C also converts less-absorbable forms of iron to its reduced (ferrous) and best absorbed form. |
| Magnesium |
Magnesium is better absorbed and utilized by the body in the presence of boron. |
| Copper |
Copper is better utilized by the body in the presence of vitamin B6, and in fact, a vitamin B6 deficiency will actually inhibit the absorption of copper. |
| Manganese |
Manganese is better absorbed and utilized by the body in the presence of zinc. |
| Chromium |
Chromium is better absorbed and utilized by the body in the presence of vitamin C. |
| Boron |
Boron helps to convert vitamin D into a more useable form, and also influences the effects of magnesium and calcium in optimizing bone metabolism and reducing bone loss*. |
| B vitamins |
All 8 B vitamins work synergistically together for optimal health. |
| CoQ10 |
Works with Biotin. Spares vitamin E. |
| Zinc |
Zinc plays an important role in metabolism and immune functioning. Manganese is better absorbed and utilized by the body in the presence of zinc. |