Are Your Cells Getting What They Need?

Two years before I turned 50 in 2011, I started developing a keen interest in health. As I often tell my audience at the many health talks I do today, it was because I wanted to live a healthy, happy life until 120! So with seven decades (plus and minus) to go, I had to learn all I could about how to stay healthy.

It has been a wonderful journey, and I am happy to report, so far, so good. My wonderful little body composition scale tells me my body age is 34, which is great! My goal is to get it back down to 28.

Anyway, where am I going with this? Well, what I have focused on for the past few years have been to keep my cells healthy. 

As a clinical nutritionist, I understand the importance of providing good quality nutrients to our cells so they can function well. The two basic functions are: Energy production and protection of the DNA. In order to support energy production and keep the level of offshoot free radicals at a minimum, our cells need a full spectrum of vitamins, especially the B-vitamins. Our cells also need healthy fats e.g. omega-3 fatty acids and a good source of proteins to support healthy cell membranes. Plus, a whole arsenal of antioxidants to neutralize the free radlicals, like the vitamin E family compounds found in the germ of whole grains, vitamin C found in citrus foods, and the carotenoids from vegetables to protect against free radical damage to your DNA, which can cause mutations. 

Without this range of nutrients and phytonutrients, the membranes in our cells can become brittle, develop holes (become leaky), thus unable to protect our cell’s DNA and energy producing machinery (the mitochondria inside the cells). Once unprotected, the DNA can develop mutations which can cause the cell to be unable to function, or even to become malignant (cancerous). Damage to our mitochondria can decrease energy production and lead to an increase in generation of free radicals, causing more damage and destroying your cell’s ability to function entirely. 

So, the question is: Are we providing enough nutrients to our cells? We know we have to take at least 5 to 7 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables a day. The problem is, most of us are not doing that. So, the solution for most of us is to turn to supplements to “supplement” our dietary intake, which brings us to the next question: which supplements should we buy?

Well, as I always tell my clients, to our cells, a vitamin is a vitamin; a mineral is a mineral. What the most important factor is, are the vitamins and minerals you are taking, able to get to your cells where they are needed? In other words, the key thing to consider in choosing a supplement is the bioavailability or absorption - how well the nutrients we are supplementing on can reach the targeted location. In short, it’s not about what we eat, but how much of it is absorbed by our cells.
 
Well, recently, I tried a new range of products, and was rather blown away by the experience. At an early morning meeting, Marcus Sandstrom, the Executive Vice President for Asia Pacific for PM-International, a 20-year old German company, made me a glass of one of their key products Activize Oxyplus. In less than five minutes after I had finished the ice-cold drink, I felt a flush going through my whole body, and a tingling sensation around the back of my neck area. Whoa, what is this, I asked him.

Well, I found out that what makes their range of FitLine® supplements unique is their exclusive Nutrient Transport Concept or NTC®, developed by a team of experts from the fields of nutritional science, biochemistry and nutritional chemistry.

It has been shown that with NTC®, FitLine® products can effectively ensure the absorption of valuable nutrients and vital substances like oxygen up to 10 times higher and faster than with comparable products. The FitLine® products are consumed in liquid form, which ahs been shown to be superior as compared to products in tablet or capsule forms. 

Other reasons for the higher performance of the products are:

·      Revitalization of the intestinal flora as basis for optimal digestion and absorption

·      Less strain on intestine

·      Combination of active ingredients for better effectiveness

·      Effective antioxidants to protect the cell membrane

·      Special composition of nutrients for optimal solubility and absorption

·      Speedy passage time through the stomach for faster and easier transport of vital ingredients e.g. lactobacilli, enzymes)

·      Nano-micellization of the fat soluble substances.

Well, all said, you have to experience it to feel it. Top sportsmen like tennis player Novak Djokovic swear by it. For more information, drop me a note here or to coach@health-coach-international.com, and I will find a way to help you experience it yourself!