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What's So Special About Nutrition Investigator

Nutrition Investigator, Roc, is basically a librarian. I read the two primary nutrition journals, AJCN and J. Nutr, each month, attend what I believe are the two best professional meetings related to nutrition, the Linus Pauling and AGE meetings, and read Science each week. I then attempt to communicate this information to people who request to be on my nutrition email list, by emailing ordman@beloit.edu, SUBJECT: add to nutrition list. I try conscientously not to give MY advice, only to provide summaries and links to what has been reported in peer-reviewed literature articles or professional meetings.

I believe that Nutrition Investigator information, including information on appropriate dosages, is superior to any other nutritional information available. That belief is founded on years of careful research published in prestigious scientific and medical journals. This Site exists to help you understand the best nutrition information available. It is important to check Nutrition Investigator information regularly if you want to keep up with changes in nutrition information (Click the Additions link above). This web site has been developed to provide you with the latest information about the medical research, and other steps that you can take to increase your health and reduce your risk for age-associated diseases like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, cataracts, and stroke.

Numerous factors are involved in maintaining optimal health. These include eating a good diet, getting regular exercise, quitting smoking, wearing seatbelts, having an active mind, and relaxing with friends. And studies show that people who regularly take supplements are more likely to pursue these activities - people like you care about your health and pursue steps to maintain it. One way to maintain those positive behaviors is to educate yourself about what is useful in a supplement, and to share your knowledge with friends.

You often read or hear in the news about a variety of nutritional fads. My Nutrition Investigator can provide you the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you are getting everything which is safe and proven to be useful in supplements. Unlike fad products, our supplement information contains only nutrients which have been shown by long-term clinical trials on thousands of people for many years to be safe and likely to reduce your risk for age-associated diseases. You also have our guarantee that should sound medical research prove that there are other nutrients which are useful in supplement form, we will redesign our Site to include these other substances, so that you can be confident you are getting the best possible information. At the same time, we will put nothing in our advice which has not been proven to be absolutely safe based on long-term trials on thousands of people.

It has taken more than a decade of research to develop the basic information and strategies for Nutrition Investigator, and so it will take some patience on your part to learn all of the information on which your formulation is based. But let us start with two important principles which distinguish Nutrition Investigator information.

First, the US Recommended Daily Allowances are designed to prevent deficiency diseases like scurvy, rather than to maintain optimal health for a lifetime. So for instance, the US RDA for vitamin E is only 15 international units, but numerous clinical trials have shown that 400 international units may reduce your risk for cancer by 25%, and reduce your risk for heart disease by 50% (Losonczy). Nutrition Investigator contains these higher nutrients levels, far above what can be obtained in a good diet, which have been shown to be safe and proven in long term clinical trials to reduce your risk for age-associated diseases. Unlike standard multivitamins which contain only the US RDAs, My Personal Health is designed to give you a long, healthy life.

Second, carefully designed research shows that people who take supplements tend to have better diets than people who do not take supplements. This means that you are getting a lot of the nutrients you need from your regular diet. Nutrition Investigator takes into account the nutrition you get from your food. Most people get most of the US RDAs from their regular diet. If you take a standard multivitamin with minerals which includes an additional 100% of the US RDAs, then you are getting 200% or more of certain nutrients, and it is important to remember that in nutrition, more is not always better. Getting 200% of some nutrients can put you at levels which may actually be harmful to your long term health. A study by Losonczy shows that people who take standard multivitamins may actually be more likely to develop heart disease and cancer than people who take no supplements at all! But the same study shows that people who take high doses of vitamins C and E like those described in Nutrition Investigator have substantially lower risk for heart disease and cancer. So Nutrition Investigator information is designed to include those nutrients which are beneficial in addition to a good diet, but not those which may be potential harmful taken in excessive amounts.

We hope that by having a thorough understanding of why Nutrition Investigator has exactly the information that it does, you will not only obtain the best possible nutrition, but also the peace of mind that comes from knowing you have made the right choice of your nutritional supplements.