Optimum Nutrition | What Does It Mean?

Simply put Optimum Nutrition is giving yourself the best intake of nutrients to allow your body to be as healthy as possible and to work as well as it can.  There are no real set rules, everyone is different, there are a whole host of factors to consider from the strengths and weaknesses you were born with to your environment, the food intake, the exercise you do or don’t do…

No one diet is good for everyone, although there are general guidelines that apply to all of us…

Your optimum nutrition is the intake of nutrients that…

Promotes mental performance and emotional balance

Promotes physical performance

Is associated with the lowest incidence of ill-health

Is associated with the longest healthy lifespan

To date 50 nutrients have been identified as essential for health.  Your health can be promoted and maintained at the highest level by achieving your optimal intake of each nutrient every single day.  Gradually your entire body is rebuilt and rejuvenated, through optimum nutrition you can…

• Increase physical performance
• Improve mental clarity and concentration
• Increase IQ
• Improve quality of sleep
• Improve resistance to infections
• Protect yourself from disease
• Extend your lifespan

These may sound like extremely bold claims, yet each has been scientifically proven in research.

The 50 Essential Nutrients:

Fats	Amino Acids	Minerals	Vitamins	Plus
Linoleic Acid Linolenic Acid	Leucine Lysine Isoleucine Threonine Tryptophan Methionine Valine Phenylalanine Histidine	Calcium Magnesium Phosphorus Potassium Sodium Sulphur Iron Zinc Copper Manganese Chromium Selenium Cobalt Fluorine Silicon Lodine Molybdenum Vanadium Arsnic Nickel Tin	A (Retinol) B1 (Thiamine) B2 (Riboflavin) B3 (Niacin) B5 (Pantothenic Acid) B6 (Pyridoxine) B12 (Cyanocobalamine) Folic Acid Biotin C D E K	Carbohydrate Fibre Light Oxygen Water

 

 

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