Vitamin D

This past spring I had the pleasure of working the USANA booth at the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament in Palm Springs.  It was hot and humid and the tennis was awesome.  It was fun to get to see the game close up and to meet and talk to the sports fans in person about their health.

USANA is the official supplier of vitamins for the tennis players, as professional athletes have to be extra careful what supplements they take.  Athletes were testing positive for banned substances just from taking their over-the-counter vitamins!!  Pro athletes have lost their trophies and their ability to compete from taking these vitamins.

What this means is that most vitamins are full of fillers and banned substances.  The companies can get away with it because nobody is testing them.

This sad reality became abundantly clear when I started talking to a woman who is dealing with breast cancer.  Her doctor has told her she is deficient in Vitamin D, as most folks are, but every time she tried a vitamin D supplement, she would have a terrible break out.

Understandably she assumed it was a reaction to the vitamin D itself, but we suggested that she may actually be having a reaction to the fillers instead!  She agreed to try USANA's Vitamin D to test our theory.

Sure enough, after a couple of weeks i followed up with her and to her amazement, she was not having the breakouts!!  She was surprised but I was not. I hear stories like this *all the time*.

Do you know if you are getting enough Vitamin D?  Do you know if you can trust your vitamins?

If there is no "potency guarantee" on the label, or if your vitamins are from a regular store or even a health food store, there is an almost guarantee that what is on the label is not in each pill inside.

But don't take my word for it!  Check out the Nutrisearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements, put out by the Canadian government.  It is a comprehensive analysis done every few years and provides a rating from 0-5, 0 being lowest of the low, 5 being highest.

The vitamins that get a zero rating are just a waste of your money.  If you love to flush money down the toilet, then keep taking them!   There are 4 companies that have gotten the highest rating every year since this guide has come out.

www.comparativeguide.com
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