| Are you confused about nutritional supplement | | | | you purchase. |
| companies? You aren't alone! Are they all the same | | | | Ask for clinical studies or at minimum ask for the |
| except maybe the cost? Great prices can be had | | | | documentation that the makers of the supplement |
| when shopping through Mega supplement companies. | | | | are conducting GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices). |
| Are you getting great value or junk that may be | | | | GMP's are a guarantee that products are safe, pure, |
| doing you more harm than good. | | | | and effective. GMP regulations require a quality |
| Consider these 3 very important points when before | | | | approach to manufacturing, enabling companies to |
| buying a product from any nutritional supplement | | | | minimize or eliminate instances of contamination, |
| company. | | | | mixups, and errors. |
| Do you realize that most nutrition companies spend | | | | Though they are hard to find look for a nutritional |
| very little money on Research and Development? | | | | supplement company that proudly displays the NSF |
| That's right most of their budgets are spent coming | | | | label. This is the ace of all of the certifications |
| up with crafty marketing and fancy packaging to sell | | | | available for nutrition products. |
| their products. And when you buy their products you | | | | Here's why. |
| are helping them pay for that marketing! | | | | NSF International is an independent, not-for-profit |
| Here's another fact few people know - most nutrition | | | | organization. This body of audit and inspection is one |
| companies out there get the ingredients for their | | | | of the most comprehensive and quality driven |
| products from 3 pharmaceutical companies. Yup - | | | | initiatives in the nutrition industry. Their goal is to |
| most nutrition companies are using synthetic | | | | make the world a safer place for consumers. They |
| ingredients produced in a laboratory by a | | | | work hard to make sure that you don't have to |
| pharmaceutical company. | | | | question the safety -- or quality -- of your product, |
| There is an interesting phenomenon in the | | | | Very few companies can boast this claim. |
| supplement world called borrowed science. Simply | | | | You know that they have, gone the extra mile to |
| put, this is when a company claims that since it has | | | | achieve excellence. These products will have a higher |
| the same nutrients as another company and then | | | | price tag...but you know that you are getting what |
| claim the same benefits without doing the clinical | | | | you paid for. |
| studies to validate those claims. | | | | You'll be guaranteed that the choice of ingredients, |
| To get the most value for your money here are the | | | | the testing of the final product mets the highest |
| things you should be looking for in any supplement | | | | standards in the industry today. |