Recommendation for Vitamins and Minerals

March 27, 2002

I want to start taking vitamin and mineral supplements to boost my

energy and especially strengthen my immune system. What would you

recommend i take? I particularly need to know what Brand or Pharmacy

line of supplements tend to have the utmost potency and absorbability

in the body.

Thanks!

March 27, 2002

Liz,

This can be a touchy subject and I'm sure there will be a litany of

replys to your post. Firstly and most important if you are looking to

supplement your diet in order to fortify your health you need to do

two things a) make sure your diet is on target as there is no

supplement that will offset a poor diet and b) take only supplements

that are made from food. Do not use supplements that are

synthetically made. Unfortunately I just eliminated nearly everything

in your local healthfood store. The reason your supplements should

not be synthetic is that when taken in their fractionated synthetic

forms can actually cause more nutritional imbalance than there was

before you started taking them. Whereas when a supplement is

concentrated from food directly it is more easily assimilated and

utilized and no imbalances are caused. Realize that a drug by some

peoples definition is a synthetic concentrated chemical used to

stimulate a specific bodily event. Well synthetic supplements are

just that synthetic concentrated chemicals.

So the obvious next question is where do you get food based

supplements. Well there are basically three companies that are doing

this best number one and in a class of its own is Standard Process,

they have been making nutritional food derived supplements for over 70

years and they farm their own land to produce the food used for the

supplements. To give you an idea how over the top they are. All food

mineral content and therefore food supplement content comes from the

soil, the average topsoil in north america measures 5-8 inches, the

average topsoil at the SP farms measure 8 to 10 FEET. There is no more

well cared for farmland anywhere in the world and no company has their

track record. SP is the only supplement line I recommend in my office

and it is the only supplement line my family uses. I know it sounds

like I am some kind of " company man " on this but I assure you I

receive absolutely nothing from them whatsoever. They really are just

in a class by themselves.

The other two companies that produce food based supplements that are

worth your while as I said are still not even in the same league as

SP, however they are Doctors Research and Garden of Life. Neither has

their own farms or the track record to inspire my confidence, however

in a pinch they do a good job.

SP is only available at a health care providers office, as they do not

have any retail distributors, this helps keep some costs down and no

money wasted on marketing and flashy packaging. You don't need to be

a patient of the health care provider you just need to know where they

are and go to the office and pick up your supps instead of the store.

If for some reason you cannot locate someone in your area or you

want help doing that let me know and I'll give you a hand, and in a

worst case senario if you are in a remote area or something I can send

you some of mine. Just let me know.

All My Very Best,

Dr. Michael Marasco,BS,DC

Cincinnati, Oh

Gettingwell, " lizmorcs " <lizmorcs> wrote:

> I want to start taking vitamin and mineral supplements to boost my

> energy and especially strengthen my immune system. What would you

> recommend i take? I particularly need to know what Brand or Pharmacy

> line of supplements tend to have the utmost potency and absorbability

> in the body.

>

> Thanks!

March 28, 2002

Correction - the supplements are only available online if there is not a

qualified healthcare professional distributing these items in your area.

Ken

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Gettingwell

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:30:14 -0000

Re: Recommendation for Vitamins and Minerals

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---Liz,

Standard Process supplements are also available online.

<a href= " http://www.standardprocess.com " >http://www.standardprocess.com</a>

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In Gettingwell, " drmichaelmarasco " <mmarasco@c...> wrote:

> SP is only available at a health care providers office, as they do

not

> have any retail distributors, this helps keep some costs down and no

> money wasted on marketing and flashy packaging. You don't need to

be

> a patient of the health care provider you just need to know where

they

> are and go to the office and pick up your supps instead of the

store.

> If for some reason you cannot locate someone in your area or you

> want help doing that let me know and I'll give you a hand, and in a

> worst case senario if you are in a remote area or something I can

send

> you some of mine. Just let me know.

>

> All My Very Best,

> Dr. Michael Marasco,BS,DC

> Cincinnati, Oh

>

> Gettingwell, " lizmorcs " <lizmorcs> wrote:

> > I want to start taking vitamin and mineral supplements to boost

my

> > energy and especially strengthen my immune system. What would

you

> > recommend i take? I particularly need to know what Brand or

Pharmacy

> > line of supplements tend to have the utmost potency and

absorbability

> > in the body.

> >

> > Thanks!

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March 28, 2002

---Liz,

Standard Process supplements are also available online.

http://www.standardprocess.com

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In Gettingwell, " drmichaelmarasco " <mmarasco@c...> wrote:

> SP is only available at a health care providers office, as they do

not

> have any retail distributors, this helps keep some costs down and no

> money wasted on marketing and flashy packaging. You don't need to

be

> a patient of the health care provider you just need to know where

they

> are and go to the office and pick up your supps instead of the

store.

> If for some reason you cannot locate someone in your area or you

> want help doing that let me know and I'll give you a hand, and in a

> worst case senario if you are in a remote area or something I can

send

> you some of mine. Just let me know.

>

> All My Very Best,

> Dr. Michael Marasco,BS,DC

> Cincinnati, Oh

>

> Gettingwell, " lizmorcs " <lizmorcs> wrote:

> > I want to start taking vitamin and mineral supplements to boost

my

> > energy and especially strengthen my immune system. What would

you

> > recommend i take? I particularly need to know what Brand or

Pharmacy

> > line of supplements tend to have the utmost potency and

absorbability

> > in the body.

> >

> > Thanks!

March 28, 2002

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" Life Works " <the_system2003

Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:37 PM

Re: Re: Recommendation for Vitamins and Minerals

>

> The best immune system booster is by far Transfer Factor Plus by

> 4Life Research... Complete info can be found on the following

> websites.

>

> www.my4life.com/rs4life

>

> http://www.transferfactorresearch.com/83442.html

>

> Ron

I spent about 10 minutes looking over the sites above. I cannot

seem to locate information on the ingredients in this product. The

" research " section does not link to any research papers. There are quality

control tests done by a lab, but no research done by scientists in the same

field that I could find. I see lots of testemonials, but I am looking for

research. I am not saying the stuff is not good, but from the site, it

looks like a MLM marketing brochure with not much to back up the claims

other than testimonials.

The fact that they talk about their product with implied connections to

things I would not want to put into my body -- i.e., " 1928 Penicillin

1953 Polio Vaccine 1999 Transfer Factors " -- makes me real nervous about

it. Either there is a connection (which makes me want to stay away from it)

or it is just marketing hype to say their product is just as revolutionary

as penicillin & polio vaccine. If the stuff is that revolutionary, I'd

like to see links to technical papers published in reputable scientific

journals.

Alobar

March 29, 2002

How much does it cost? I went to www.my4like.com and couldn't find a price,

anywhere.

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" Alobar " <alobar

Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:10 PM

Re: Re: Recommendation for Vitamins and Minerals

>

> -

> " Life Works " <the_system2003

>

> Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:37 PM

> Re: Re: Recommendation for Vitamins and Minerals

>

> >

> > The best immune system booster is by far Transfer Factor Plus by

> > 4Life Research... Complete info can be found on the following

> > websites.

> >

> > www.my4life.com/rs4life

> >

> > http://www.transferfactorresearch.com/83442.html

> >

> > Ron

>

> I spent about 10 minutes looking over the sites above. I cannot

> seem to locate information on the ingredients in this product. The

> " research " section does not link to any research papers. There are quality

> control tests done by a lab, but no research done by scientists in the

same

> field that I could find. I see lots of testemonials, but I am looking for

> research. I am not saying the stuff is not good, but from the site, it

> looks like a MLM marketing brochure with not much to back up the claims

> other than testimonials.

>

> The fact that they talk about their product with implied connections to

> things I would not want to put into my body -- i.e., " 1928 Penicillin

> 1953 Polio Vaccine 1999 Transfer Factors " -- makes me real nervous

about

> it. Either there is a connection (which makes me want to stay away from

it)

> or it is just marketing hype to say their product is just as revolutionary

> as penicillin & polio vaccine. If the stuff is that revolutionary, I'd

> like to see links to technical papers published in reputable scientific

> journals.

>

> Alobar

>

> Getting well is done one step at a time, day by day, building health

> and well being.

>

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April 24, 2002

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