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Nutrition

Food is fuel for our bodies. It provides energy for our daily activities. But food also supplies our bodies with vitamins and minerals that are essential for healthy living. Many of the micro-nutrients in quality food may help to prevent cancer, decrease inflammation, strengthen our bones, and slow the aging process. The problem is that our food has changed dramatically over the past one hundred years. We no longer eat whole, unprocessed foods. We rely on “fast food” and processed foods rich in trans-fats and sugar. These changes have resulted in an epidemic of obesity, diabetes, accelerated aging, and poor health.

What to expect:

At Signature Wellness, our team provides a complete nutritional assessment of your current diet. We review your food intake for a week, and then make recommendations. These recommendations may range from general to very specific, with custom meal plans and grocery lists.

Are supplements the missing piece?

Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and anti-oxidants serve essential functions in humans. They are involved in chemical processes that maintain our physical and mental function.

Everyone is different. We vary in our genetic make-up, diet, exercise, medication use, medical diagnosis, and activity level. Medications, bowel problems or surgery can interfere with absorption and many available supplements are poorly absorbed.

It follows, then that optimal function may be seen if deficiencies are identified and corrected.

Now through sophisticated testing, Signature Wellness specialists can identify your nutritional deficiencies and customize supplements to meet your body’s needs.

We recommend brands that are pharmaceutical grade and highly absorbable.

While quality supplements may be available at the grocery store, finding them among the many brands available can be a challenge. Look at following results:

Here are the shocking summaries of recent studies:

When it comes to quality assurance, assume nothing.

Dry Labbing is a practice where a company contracts with a lab to test their product. The desired results are provided to the lab in advance. Official documentation from the lab is then provided to support "quality" content. Often the samples are never fully tested.

Out of 32 adult and children's calcium and vitamin D supplements tested
• 6 had vitamin D levels that were difficult to establish
• 1 was contaminated with lead

Out of 12 Prostate supplements tested
• 1 contained significantly less saw palmetto than claimed despite labeling it "quality assured" and " extra strength"
• Only three supplements passed testing

Out of 11 sexual enhancement products tested:
• 6 passed testing
• Only 14 of 35 ingredients have been found to have preliminary evidence of benefit

With regard to testing of memory supplements:
• 6 of 13 products tested passed review.
• 2 of the failing products had the highest levels of lead found in any product tested in the last 6 years
• 1 product had no active ingredient

Out of 23 weight loss products:
• 13 passed testing
• 6 were contaminated with toxic metals
• 1 product had a daily dose containing as much caffeine as 30 cans of soda

Out of 23 Omega fatty acid supplements:
•4 contained less active ingredient that labeled

There are hundreds of companies to choose from, we have selected a few that meet our high standards of quality.

Supplements are but one piece of the optimal health puzzle.