Are you suffering an energy shortage? Has your get up and go, got up and went?
Some of you could innocently assume that multivitamins aren't useful for seniors. Most seniors, however, don't eat a balanced diet, especially if they live alone. Seniors need a little help to supplement their diets. You can't get it all from a pill, but it fuels your energy crisis.
As you age, you eat less. Malnutrition is common in the elderly population due to low calorie and protein intakes. Malnutrition is accompanied by deficiencies in vitamin and mineral levels. Single seniors tend to use convenient foods as their friend to fill the emptiness. Others skip meals because they don't feel like eating or cooking a meal for themselves.
Medical research uncovered one element that plays a role in revving up energy--vitamin B-12. It's processed and stored in the liver of animals. Even baby boomers who eat lots of liver, fish and dairy products may not be uptaking adequate vitamin B-12 in their diet.
Many diseases take root due to a nutritional deficiency. With men, for example, zinc is a common deficiency that affects prostate health and erectile dysfunction. So if you don't eat walnuts and oysters, which are rich with zinc, you'll need to supplement. Individual supplements are fine, but multivitamins are better, since they include the gamut of daily nutrient requirements (also many nutrients, such as zinc, react better if taken with other supplements).
As you age, your vitamin requirements increase, yet your body is no longer able to synthesize and absorb them as well. More justification to take a high quality multivitamins in a form your body recognizes. B-12's vital role is the production of brain transmitters such as the "feel good" substances of dopamine and serotonin. Regain your energy and reclaim your zest for life, naturally and without side effects!
What to Look for
Seek an organic, standardized, food-based multivitamin with minerals, amino acids and enzymes. Look for multivitamins marked "vegetarian." Food-based vitamins will be GI friendly, plus your cells eagerly welcome whole food nutrients as opposed to artificial supplements. Struggle with swallowing pills? Purchase liquid forms. There are pills of powdered, cold-processed vegetables, fruits and berries which have value, but a multivitamin needs to compliment whole food nutrition.
Common Pitfalls
The allopathic doctor treats listless fatigue with antidepressants. Pharmaceuticals offer you artificially induced peace of mind. Consider the stress inflicted upon your internal ecosystem. Plus, you're still pooped! Multivitamins may resolve your fatigue without recourse to strong and potentially harmful drugs.
Overeating, fast-eating without adequate mastication and digestion, plus consuming dead sugars or starches with your protein encourage malabsorption of B-12 and exacerbates the aging process.
Research indicates that men taking high-antioxidant multivitamins more than 7 times a week may double their risk of advanced and fatal prostate cancer over those not taking multivitamins.
Always confer with a healthcare professional. The benefits outweigh the life-altering problems of nutrient deficiency.
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