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Top Vitamins of the Supplement Industry

Sick and tired of traditional medicine? Looking for alternate methods to helping ailments? Want to know what the top vitamins in the supplement industry are? This lens will introduce you to supplements, the hottest and most effective form of alternate medicine today. Take a look, you might even want some.

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All Your Questions, Answered.

Wake up to the 21st Century. Your body isn't getting the proper nutrients from food anymore. Fast Food Dollar Menus don't count. You need to take supplements. But which ones?

We all know that supplements are healthy for you. That's an easy fact. You'd be pretty blind to believe not. So why aren't you taking any? Oh, you are? Great. You're one step ahead of the pack. If you're not, don't worry. That's why you're here, right? To look up the different kinds of supplements out there and find the best ones, right? You've gone through a dozen or so webpages already. You picked up a book or read a magazine article on your way to work or while waiting for a flight. Good for you.

That's not enough. You can't find a supplement or multivitamin that eases the question, "will it work?" Your dozen or so webpages or magazine articles just won't quench that intellectual thirst. "It's not worth the money yet. I'll wait 'till something better comes out," you say.

I'm here to end that. If you can't find what you're looking for here, you're hopeless. Sorry to say. I'm gonna point you in the right direction, tell you what you need to hear, show you what you need to take, and why, and you can take it from there. It's your body, after all. Take care of it a bit more.

Convinced that you don't need supplements? Take this online health assesssment to see where you stand, Hercules.

When you're done, read on.

The Food and Drug Administration

What is their guidance in all this?

Let's get some facts straight. One of the biggest questions you have about supplements is:

Are supplements regulated by the FDA?

Simple answer: NO.

Why not, you ask?

The FDA deals with only food and drugs. Supplements, sadly, aren't categorized as either.

Everywhere you go, whether it's to your local Walgreens or Longs Drugs, you'll find shelves full of supplements and multivitamins. In fact, you'll see entire stores, such as GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, that sell nothing but supplements, ALL of which are NOT regulated by the FDA. You heard right. NO supplement is regulated by the FDA. Sorry to say it.

So the FDA lets all the supplement companies put whatever they want inside your pill, put it in a nice shiny box, and slap a price tag on it. Let's hope you're not just eating rocks.

Then again, I'm not too big on how great the FDA is doing their job anyways.

Check out the recent FDA ruling on supplements.

The Physicians Desk Reference

The Holy Bible of Medicine might have your answers.

If you're looking for answers from the Food and Drug Administration, you might want to look elsewhere. Where do you find what the doctors and scientists are saying? Try the PDR, short for the Physicians Desk Reference. Heavier than a Civic, this book, dubbed the "bible of medicine" references every single prescription drug in the United States. It is carried and used by doctors and nurses to recommend and prescribe drugs to patients with every illness and ailment we have a drug for. The PDR adheres to super-strict guidelines, and in order to get your product in there, you have to pass those guidelines. It's not so easy.

However, if you want a supplement that is considered, tested, tried, and true to what they call "pharmaceudical grade," it would be in the PDR.

Okay, so I lied, you won't find your local store-bought supplement in this monster of a book. All except one.

One nutritional company was able to pass the PDR's strict guidelines: the potency of its raw materials, dissolve time of less than 30 minutes, and other benchmarks that would fail most supplements on the market.

By the way, the FDA regulates what is put in the PDR, so technically, the FDA does "approve" supplements... Technically.

The NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements

The Definitive Answers to your Definitive Questions.

Sorry, I don't have time to read the PDR. It's 5 times longer than the bible, and not as exciting. Pick up this book instead, available at Amazon.com, The NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements by Dr. Lyle Macwilliam. Yes, it's the know-all end-all book on every supplement out on the market worth taking.

If you have time to read it, the book is a non-biased comparison of over 1500 supplements out on the U.S. and Canadian markets. The smart folks responsible for this book put the supplements to the test, ranging from nutritional value to dissolve time. Anything you can possibly think of to test these supplements, they did. Great information. Great read.

But of course, no one wants to read cover to cover about supplements. Just get to the point, right? Which supplements rated one of the highest in the comparative guide? What company made the products listed in the PDR?

In the 3rd Edition of the book, one company blasted the competition, with its products rating a whopping 96.1% out of 100% score - the highest score in the publication. Fast forward to the new 4th Edition. Using a 5-star rating, the same company received a 5 out of 5 Stars, also earning the Nutrisearch Gold Medal of Achievement for product excellence. Only 5 other products, out of 1500, achieved the 5-star and gold medal rating.

Australia's Today Tonight Show uses Comparative Guide to seek out best supplements

Which company did they find the best?

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Enter the World of USANA Health Sciences.

A Nutritional Company Started By A Scientist. Who can beat that?

Started in 1992 by Dr. Myron Wentz, USANA Health Sciences leads the way in developing and manufacturing high-end nutritional supplements for the public market. Hailed as one of the best companies to work for in the state of Utah, USANA broke records and received numerous accolades in its field of health and nutrition.

Aside from being the mystery company in the Physicians Desk Reference and The NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements, USANA was also featured in Forbes and BusinessWeek magazines as one of the top-growing companies, and one of the only in the health and wellness industry.

The company also offers a $1 million athlete guarantee. Athletes afraid of using supplements due to a chance they may test positive for drugs have USANA's guarantee that if they test positive using USANA products, the athlete will be rewarded $1 million. So far, no one has claimed this reward. We probably won't expect anyone to. But it's nice to have. Wanna know more about supplements and drug tests? Click here!

USANA's skin care line (yes, we have a skin care line), was also featured on the Oprah show, Shape Magazine, Self Magazine, and Travel and Leisure Magazine, to name a few more publications in case you're still not convinced yet.

Visit the USANA website for more info.

USANA Is One Of Few Nutritional Companies Publicly Traded On Nasdaq.

I might place a bit more trust in this company if I saw this video!

Anyone else know of other supplement companies with publicly traded stock?
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Who Takes USANA Products?

Think it's just old or ill-stricken people taking USANA products? Think again.

From school teachers to body-builders, professional athletes to olympians. Big Star tennis players to Championship boxers. Even the oldest North American who climbed Mt. Everest, takes USANA. When are you?

Several professional athletes and Olympians trust their bodies with USANA. Why shouldn't you?

USANA Health Sciences is the official health supplement supplier to the Sony Ericsson WTA (Womens Tennis Association) Tour. If Serena and Venus Williams are required to take USANA products, shouldn't you? Congrats to them on winning gold in the Ladies' Doubles Event in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games!

USANA Health Sciences is also the official health supplement supplier to the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).

Want more icing on the cake? Any Boxing fans out there? WBA Welterweight Champion Jose Rivera takes USANA supplements.

Anyone climb Mt. Everest lately? How about at the age of 68? Werner Berger, the oldest North American, and 4th oldest person to climb Mt. Everest has taken USANA products since 1994. Think he knows something we don't? See his website for his inspiring story, soon to be a movie release.

Here's a small list of athletes who take USANA products:

US Speed-skating team

Canadian Speed-skating team

US Luge team

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour team

Canadian Cross Country team

USA Bobsled Team Radcliff

Continental Basketball Association (CBA) champion Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry

The Pachuca Soccer Club, Mexico

Jason Parker, Canada, Speed-skating, Silver Medalist, 2006 Torino Olympic Games

Jillian Vogtli, US, Freestyle Mogul Skiing

Jose Rivera, US, WBA Welterweight Boxing Champion

Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley, US, WBC super lightweight Boxing Champion

Jennifer Heil, Canada, Alterta Sports Hall-of-Famer, Freestyle Mogul Skier, Gold Medalist, 2006 Torino Olympic Games

Ben Waldron, US, PRCA Rodeo Cowboy

Thurl Bailey, US, former NBA Player, Utah Jazz Center

Jennifer Azzi, US, former WNBA Player, Utah Starzz Point Guard, 1990 NCAA Player of the Year, Stanford Athletic Hall-of-Famer, Women's Basketball Hall-of-Famer, Gold Medalist, Women's Basketball, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games

Steve Hooker, Australia, Gold Medalist, Men's Pole Vault, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

What Do The Athletes Have To Say?

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World's Strongest Woman Takes USANA

Jill Mills, title-holder for "World's Strongest Woman" has something to say about USANA

Fox 29 News aired a piece about USANA featuring Jill Mills, the "World's Strongest Woman."
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What To Do Next?

Your Final Destination - The Order & More Info Section.

With all the facts, accolades, and testimonials backing USANA Health Sciences, it's pretty clear what company you SHOULD go to for your supplemental needs. I'd be pretty hard-pressed to find another company with such a large resume.

Now, the only thing left is to find these products at your local store, maybe try some for a month and see how your body feels afterwards, right?

Hold up a minute, maverick. Because USANA products are high-end nutritional supplements, you won't find them on your local shelves. But you won't find a Lamborghini at your local dealership either. USANA Health Sciences distributes its products through a direct-sales approach, which means lower prices for you, less money for the middleman, and no whacky commercials during the Superbowl. It also means you put your car keys down, stay in your pajamas, and click here to order the products -online- like the rest of the 21st century.

When you order anything from the website, you're signed up as a Preferred Customer (PC) - it's free - and you can purchase the products at wholesale price, a 10%-15% saving. Order products while on autoship, and you save an additional 10%. Who loves ya?

Need more information on what it means to be a preferred customer? ,Click here!

You'll also find other useful links to USANA below, for you people out there who still want more info. I can't blame ya. Research to your hearts content!

Good luck and Godspeed.

The Links That Matter!

When The First 20 Pages of This Lens Wasn't Enough.

USANA Newsroom Page
Where I get my fix of USANA news.
Athlete Guarantee
Athletes who use USANA products read this before sleeping every night.
National Sanitation Foundation on USANA
USANA gets certification of its products by the NSF.
Athletes sponsored by USANA.
USANA sponsors athletes, they use USANA products, they win medals, everyone is happy.
USANA partnership with Linus Pauling Institute
The Linus Pauling Institute (LPI), "one of the nation's first Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, has been committed to the research of heart disease, cancer, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases." Yep, USANA is helping them!
USANA introduces their healthy energy drink.
USANA makes an energy drink. The world rejoices. Peace is restored to the planet... Okay, maybe not yet, but it tastes good and it's healthy for you. Really. I'm not joking.
A Squidoo.com page about Rev3
Read what another Squid has to say about Rev3.
Study from University of Colorado Denver on USANA products.
Alot of medical jargon, but plainly put, USANA can HELP with alot of ailments, including "significant improvements in measures of glycemic control, cardiovascular health, inflammation and antioxidant status." Read all about it!
Informed-Choice.org tests USANA products.
Another independent test from informed-choice.org, "an organization that works to ensure that both athletes and general consumers are fully informed about the supplements they choose to take."
USANA page about Informed-Choice.org
The USANA page about Informed-Choice.org.
ConsumerLab.com approves USANA products.
The title says it all, although in order to get the consumerlab.com report, a subscription to their website is necessary. Just take our word for it.

Want All Those Books Mentioned Above?

Here You Go, Books For Your Heart's Content.

Also a couple other books on supplements and health you MIGHT wanna pick up, just for kicks.
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The NutriSearch Comparative Guides to Nutritional Supplements.

The Different Publications of your Favorite Book.

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