Do you REALLY believe in Vitamins?
Some of you have heard about my unfortunate vacation last year. While entering the hotel, I slipped on the wet floor and broke my arm. "Why me?!" is the first question a person asks when something unpleasant happens to them. I was not an exception, but the reason for this question was different. I exercise regularly; I take my vitamins (including Vitamin D, minerals and calcium). It was just a fall, and I have never broken any bones before. Why did this happen?
I started studying multivitamin composition, absorption in the body, recommendations, and daily requirements. The more I learned, the more confused I was getting:- Some of the recommended dosages have not been renewed in more than 10 years;
- What brand of vitamins to buy?
- How can I be sure that the pharmaceutical company that makes them is reliable?
- Do
they contain any preservatives or additives that could be harmful long
term?
I spent a long time in different drug stores, including what they call "natural" ones, looking at the labels, trying to figure out who made them, whether they were made in U.S. and looking for any evidence of certifications, etc. Unfortunately, I was not lucky enough to find supplements for myself and my family that would satisfy me. To be specific, I could not find the vitamins manufactured (not distributed!) in the U.S.A. and certified by the independent non-profit organizations.
I found out that VITAMINS AND OTHER DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS DO NOT GO THROUGH THE FDA APPROVAL!!! So, anybody can sell them!
We can't always eat a perfect diet, and each of us has unique health needs. Vitamins and other dietary supplements are something we use on a daily basis. You do not see the immediate effect of vitamins. So, we really need to know what we introduce into our bodies every single day.
As it was such an eye-opening experience for me, being in the medical field for a long time, I felt obligated to share this information with you. Now when shopping for supplements for your family, you will have a better idea of what to look at.
At the same time, many of us are concerned about whether more costly brands, such as those offered at doctors' offices or on-line, are worth the extra money?
At some point we realized that the best way to maintain our high standards would be for us to develop our own line of vitamins and supplements. We have learned a great deal about supplement purity and quality. We found, in fact, that one way we can ensure delivery of quality is by working exclusively with labs that are externally validated by the NSF International, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that develops manufacturing standards that meet or exceed the FDA's GMP guidelines
We view the NSF's GMP program as an essentially in quality assurance. This makes sense for three simple reasons:
- We want to be true to what we say.
- If you are going to pay for it, you need to know that you are getting your money's worth.
- If a supplement contains the right
ingredients, you can be assured that what you are using it for is going to
work.
What originally led us to choose NSF GMP Certified lab as our manufacturing partner was our own need to be sure that every one of our bottles contains what we want it to - nothing more and nothing less. The bottom line is, you can be confident of its authenticity, potency, quality and purity. We feel, that you're worth it.
Our vitamins:
- Doctor-formulated, based on the latest nutritional and medical science for you, and your child's health.
- Contain essential nutrients, including patented compounds to ensure maximum bioavailability, in conservative dosages.
- Manufactured in a facility validated by the NSF (The Public Health and Safety Company), to meet or exceed all governmental requirements for good manufacturing practices (the FDA's GMP's).
- Made from the most natural ingredients
available. All ingredients are food based and contain no preservatives,
sugar, artificial flavoring, filler, dyes or coloring of any kind.
At this point in time we have the following products available:
Whooping Cough Update
Due to the whooping cough outbreak in Bay Area, all children should have five (5) shots of DTaP before age five (5); and one (1) shot after age ten (10).
Also, all adults, around an infant under 6 months of age, should get a whooping cough shot. If your child has not received the DTaP shots please call 408-376-3666.We can immunize the family members at your request as well.
Effective 01/01/11, a law (AB-354) changing California immunization requirements for students entering 7th-12th grades in public and private schools was passed. The law requires:
- This coming school year (2011-2012), all students entering into 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grades will need proof of an adolescent whooping cough booster shot (called “Tdap”) before starting school.
- For the next school year (2012-13) and future school years, all students entering into 7th grade only will need proof of a Tdap shot to start school.
