Comparison Between Nutraceutical and Traditional Treatments

After many years of practice, a large number of medical doctors have realized that their knowledge could only help patients by controlling their problems, but not cure their diseases.  In various cases, traditional Western medicine is of high technique and effectiveness, but has numerous side effects that are harmful or even fatal to the patients.

Nutraceutical science is to intergrate fundamental medical theories and clinical medicine to study pathology of cells and diseases, and to develop specific nutrients necessary for maintaining normal cells while curing damaged cells. Nutraceutical products result from the combination of clinical trials, scientific data, and FDA approval.  They have the same efficacy of traditional drugs but no serious side effects. The main function is to use nutrients to repair damaged cells or organs, to balance immune system, and to reverse aging processes. The concept of utilizing nutrient to improve the molecule of cells and tissues is recognized and recommended by many world-renown doctors and medical centers.

Nutraceutical has already become a trend.  In the universities in Europe and America, nutraceutical has formed a independent field of science.  It is also successfully used to treat many chronic diseases such as allergy, asthma, high cholesterol, gout, high blood sugar, hypertension, obesity; organic dysfunction such as liver, kidney, GI and etc.; arthritis, menopause and many more. We live in the environment full of chronic diseases; therefore it is necessary for us to learn about this latest treatment and concept.

Prevention is more important than Treatment

The top 10 mortalities of American are in order: cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, COPD, accident, pneumonia, diabetes, suicide, kidney disease, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Except accident and suicide, all other cases can be prevented by taking nutraceutical products.

If you unfortunately have these diseases and are currently treated with traditional medicine, it is not only very difficult to cure your problem, but you should also worry the strong side effects of traditional drugs. Therefore, taking nutraceutical products to prevent diseases is the wisest decision.

Cardiovascular disease is the #1 silent killer, in very 33 seconds, one American dies from heart attack.  If you are taking nutraceutical products, such as omega 3 fatty acid, garlic extract, Vitamin B12, folic acid, your mortality cause by heart attack will be minimized.  According to study, people’s life may prolong 13 years.

Cancer is the 2nd mortality, every minute, one American will die from cancer.  According to study from the Arizona University, you take 200mcg of selenium each day, your risk to contract cancer will dramatically drop 50%.

According to a study by Diabetic Association in 1997, taking 1000mcg of chromium will effectively improve type II diabetes; vitamin C and E also are involved in preventing and curing diabetes. 

Factors of Diseases and Aging

Rome was not built in a day.  There are usually many reasons and processes to cause diseases, such as environmental pollution, free-radicals, unbalanced of nutrition, irregular life style and genetic problems.

Free-radicals are everywhere, including air and chemical pollution, UV, radiation, exercise, stress… can all damage human body.  If they enter cells, destroy DNA and deform cells, cancer may occur after a period of time. If they enter blood vessels to combine with fat and cholesterol, bubble-liked plaques will be developed and obstruct blood vessel, therefore hypertension and cardiovascular diseases will occur. If they enter the skin and combine with protein, the elastic fiber and capillaries will be damaged to cause aging of skin.

Nutrition unbalance can also cause disease.  Too much of calories intake may cause diabetes and obesity; vitamin and mineral deficiency can also cause many diseases: such as calcium deficiency may cause osteoporosis; vitamin A deficiently will also cause dry eyes; folic deficiently can cause neural tube defect of fetus. Glucosamine deficiency can cause osteoarthrits.

Therefor, to prevent disease, you must eliminate free-radical and balance good nutrition. 

Roles of Nutrition in Preventing Disease
 
Nutrition is essential to human body.  According to the research by Dr. Jeffery Blumberg, nutrition may also slow down or stop chronic disease. Dr. Simin Niabin Meydani proposed that nutrients can balance immune system.  Dr. Patrick Quillin in Cancer Treatment Center of American, Tulsa, Oklahoma, indicates that if cancer patients do not accept more nutrients, their survival rate and quality of life will decrease tremendously.

Why Is It Necessary to Take Nutritional Supplement?

According to study, it is impossible to talk balance nutrients from daily meal, because nutrients are always lost during the food handling, storage and transportation.  Beside, most people do not know how to prepare a balanced meal. Also, the busy and stressful lifestyle cause people not able to take a meal of appropriate amount at regulate time, or they are picky about the food they selected.  Even though they took more than their need for calories, but nutrition deficiency always unavoidable. 

In fact, according to American Nutrition Association report, only 1 in 1000 American is able to take enough vitamin and mineral. The majority of American need nutrition supplement.

How to Select Good Nutrition Supplement

Good supplement must be a product manufactured with sufficient science data.  The formula must appliance to science theory, and proven by clinical try.  The manufacture must be with good reputation and credit. Besides, must be approved to FDA regulation for cGMB and cGLP.  QC and QA must be strictly followed.  Manufacture should have the best packaging, technique to preserve nutrition properly.

When consumers select nutrition supplement , they need to pay particular attention to manufacture date, expiration dates, and learns the ingredients from the bottle, define if it is natural or synthetic.  Make sure it doesn’t contain preservatives, artificial color, and artificial flavor.  The package should have manufacture address and phone number.