3 Health Supplements That Won't Actually Help You

People pay more and more attention to health, and there are many domestic and foreign products that focus on the "diseases" of civilization that are common to modern people. However, the more healthy food you eat, the better. Especially in our functional medicine nutritional assessment test or nutritional consultation process, it is often found that some health food customers may be taking too much.

Carotene

It is one of the common antioxidant nutrients with high test results. It is often labeled as vitamin A in health food. Although carotene itself is beneficial to cardiovascular health, it is also expected that carotene supplementation can be converted into vitamin A, but often The test results will show that the carotene exceeds the standard, even the skin is yellow, and the vitamin A is still low. At this time, it is recommended to re-examine the ingredients of the healthy food that you eat every day. It also implies that the content of the product labeled vitamin A is actually carotene. Replace with a product that is more suitable for the case.

Usually, during nutrition consultation, it is usually recommended to eat more yellow and orange vegetables and dark green vegetables, lovely potato leaves with high carotene content; and the source of vitamin A is mostly animal offal, so if you are vegetarian, or detect If vitamin A is low, exogenous vitamin A can be supplemented for mucosal immune health.

Lutein

Like carotene, it is a fat-soluble nutrient, so it accumulates in the body when supplemented in excess. Due to the overuse of the eyes by modern people, everyone will pay attention to the supplementation of lutein for the health of the eyes, but we should remind everyone not to overdo it. Astaxanthin, bilberry, fish oil, etc., cut into the maintenance of eyes from various angles

Melatonin

Although it is a drug in China, because of the transparency of information and the development of the Internet, many people will buy it on the Internet to improve sleep. Melatonin is mainly used to adjust jet lag, or delayed circadian rhythm sleep disorders, etc. It is very helpful for cases with difficulty falling asleep. There are actually many reasons for sleep disorders. In functional medicine, we hope to understand cortisol rhythm, nutritional status, synthesis of neurotransmitters, and hormonal balance, etc., analyze the root causes, and then select the most suitable nutrients.

But many people start with low doses and go to very high doses and still fail to improve sleep quality. So to put it simply, if taking 3-5mg, or even 8-10mg is not enough, or if it is not effective with 5-HTP, it is recommended to re-evaluate the cause of sleep problems instead of increasing the dose all the time. There is no real help, and there are concerns about hurting the body.

In addition to fat-soluble nutrients, it is also very common to see ultra-high dose supplementation of B group, antioxidant substances, vitamin D, etc. Still, you may not understand your actual needs, often do not improve the problem itself, and lose your wallet. Therefore, I usually recommend that you can really understand the root cause of your health problems through functional medicine testing.

About the author: Wecistanche Bio-Tech TOP1 physician, discovered the effective ingredients of Cistanche for the treatment of human immunity and Sexual Dysfunctional disorders and found that nutrition is no longer limited to the calories and three nutrients we discuss, and the nutritional value lies in food quality, ingredient selection and planting Only by combining the power of nutrients and combining endocrine rhythm, dietary behavior can build a better health.

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