Safe Supplements for Seniors
Scientists haven’t figured out how to stop birthdays every year,
however, most experts agree: You can lessen the damaging effects of
free radicals (highly charged, unstable substances in the body),
which cause aging. Free radicals are cells missing one electron and
they steal what they need, leaving a trail of destruction. “Aging is
an accumulation of random damage to the building blocks of life-
especially DNA – that begins early in life and eventually exceeds
the body’s self repair capabilities,” explains anti-aging researcher
Dr. Leonard Hayflick, at the University of California Berkeley.
Produced by toxins (including medications) and smoking; free
radicals also occur with day-to-day bodily functions. Approximately
10 percent of the air we breathe turns into free radicals. In just
one day, one human cell gets 10,000 free radical hits. “You can’t
stop ‘em, but you can lick ‘em.”
The
good news is the human body produces antioxidants to deactivate
these damaging free radicals. The bad news is that this process
becomes less and less effective as we grow older. Adding
antioxidants to our diet from fruits, vegetables and vitamin
supplements is a safe and smart thing to do. OneLife’s Advanced
Anti-Oxidant formula is the perfect supplement for this.
As we
age, our bodies don’t assimilate vitamins and nutrients from our
food as well as they once did. Additionally, many of us have chronic
disorders and digestive problems that make this malabsorption even
worse. This makes nutritional supplements all that more important.
A study
of seniors found that 90% have inadequate levels of vitamins A and
C, B vitamins, calcium and iron. Others are deficient in vitamin D,
which can lead to weakened bones, and vitamin B-12, which causes
neurological problems.
Another
B vitamin, folate (folic acid) protects against homocysteine, which
damages DNA and has been implicated in heart disease. To protect
against homocysteine, experts recommend taking folate along with
vitamins B-6 and B-12.
You’ll
be happy to know, OneLife’s Stress Free Energy has 100% of the RDA
of folate, vitamins B-6 and B-12 per capsule. Since you’re already
taking our Advanced Anti-Oxidant formula to combat those damaging
free radicals, you won’t have to worry about being deficient in
vitamins A or C. Throw in OneLife’s Coral Calcium with vitamin D and
magnesium or the Calcium Plus formula with vitamin D and magnesium
and you have all your bases covered.
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