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USANA Health Sciences produces the highest quality nutritional and personal care products available. Whether it's a complete, balanced spectrum of nutrients and antioxidants to protect our bodies from free radicals or science-based personal care products that replenish and rejuvenate skin and hair, USANA's premier products simply make you feel and look wonderful |
What are Essentials?
 USANA's foundation products are the ESSENTIALSâ„¢--the advanced nutritional products that everyone needs to take every day. They are designed to provide optimal nutritional support. The ESSENTIALS for adults are a combination of two products packaged as one:
- MEGA ANTIOXIDANT, a comprehensive formula of high-potency vitamins, antioxidants, and other important nutrients that every adult needs every day for efficient cellular metabolism and to counteract the damaging effects of free radicals.
- CHELATED MINERAL, a full-spectrum blend of essential minerals and trace elements in a balanced, highly bioavailable formulation. When taken together with MEGA ANTIOXIDANT, these supplements complete the nutritional foundation for every adult.
To maintain optimal health, we need a variety of vitamins, minerals, bioflavonoids, and other micronutrients. A healthy, diverse, balanced diet provides the foundation for good micronutrition. However, with today's lifestyle, it's impractical to obtain an optimal dose of all these nutrients. Furthermore, our diets are often far from balanced. As illustrated in the previous section, most people don't obtain even the minimal amounts of micronutrients needed to adequately support health, let alone the amounts needed to function at an optimal level.
USANA understands the importance of providing the right ingredients--in the correct amounts, in the right balance, and in the proper forms. USANA created the ESSENTIALS to provide the essential micronutrients that everyone needs every day.
THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS
The "essential" vitamins and minerals, as defined by government agencies and nutrition experts, are those that are needed for metabolic function, but are not manufactured by our bodies. We must obtain these ingredients from outside sources, and thus they are an "essential" part of our diets. These same experts have defined recommended Daily Values (DV) for those ingredients where a clearly defined deficiency disease or symptom has been observed.
USANA has expanded the meaning of "essential" micronutrition to include more than just those with an established DV. A variety of additional nutrients are important to maintain optimal health. The ESSENTIALS also contain trace minerals, mixed carotenoids, bioflavonoids, and other phytochemicals and antioxidants to provide a full arsenal of compounds to help protect against the daily bombardment of free radicals.
The newest ingredient in the ESSENTIALS for adults, USANA's patented Olivolâ„¢--The Heart of the Oliveâ„¢-- is an extract from the fruit of the olive that contains phenolic antioxidants not found anywhere else in nature. The addition of this new, unique ingredient containing olive-specific phenolic antioxidants complements the already diverse selection of other antioxidants in the ESSENTIALS. The benefits of olive fruit and olive oil consumption are extensive, but until USANA added this extract to the ESSENTIALS, no commercial source of these phenolic antioxidants had been readily available.
THE CORRECT AMOUNTS
The established recommended Daily Values for vitamins and minerals were developed to show the minimum amount of those nutrients needed to avoid deficiency diseases. They do not tell you how much is needed to enhance your health. The ESSENTIALS are formulated to do more than just prevent deficiency diseases. The nutrients in the ESSENTIALS are set at levels to maintain optimal health and energy levels, based on the latest scientific data.
BALANCED FORMULAS
USANA reviews all the available scientific literature to ensure that the micronutrients present in our ESSENTIALS formulas are balanced to work together. While much is still not known about all the interactions that occur with nutrients in our bodies, USANA continues to keep abreast of the latest research to ensure up-to-date formulations.
THE OPTIMUM FORM
To be useful, all nutrients must be high quality and bioavailable--in other words, in a form the body can absorb and use. USANA takes the extra steps needed to obtain the highest quality ingredients with dependable levels of potency. In addition, USANA imposes rigorous quality controls at every step of the manufacturing process, following pharmaceutical GMP guidelines.
What are Optimizers?
 USANA understands that each of us has a unique health profile and thus unique nutritional needs. For this reason, we have created the USANA Optimizers, an extensive selection of state-of-the-art nutritional products that enable you to customise our nutritional program to meet your individual needs.
Part of a lifelong program of good nutrition is recognising that we all have different nutritional needs, and that our individual needs change as we move from one stage of life to the next. For each one of us, a unique combination of age, sex, lifestyle, and other considerations demands a nutritional program that is both flexible and customise. USANA's line of Nutritionals comprises both the Essentials and the Optimizers to successfully meet this challenge. The Essentials products provide the foundation of USANA's nutritional system. The Optimizers allow you to customise that nutritional system for your individual needs. By using the following two-step process, you can create a complete nutritional program to fit those needs.
First, take your Essentials every day.
Next, choose the Optimizers that suit your individual needs.
What Are Macro-Optimizers?
Virtually all chronic degenerative diseases that plague today's world are caused or exacerbated by the deterioration of the modern diet. MACRO-OPTIMIZERS were developed to provide great-tasting, high-quality macronutrients your body needs to maintain health and feel great. These convenient foods can be used along with the ESSENTIALS and OPTIMIZERS to complete your healthy diet. Many MACRO-OPTIMIZER foods contain beneficial ingredients like dietary fibre, soy protein, and potassium.
To achieve and maintain a healthy body, your body's cells need specific nutrients (high-quality protein, varied fibre sources, carbohydrates, beneficial fats, vitamins, and minerals). When your body's cells lack these vital nutrients, they do not function properly.
At USANA, we understand that good nutrition includes both micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other compounds we consume in small amounts) and macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that make up the bulk of our food). The primary goal of good nutrition is to promote lifelong good health. This state of well-being implies the optimal performance of all body systems.
THE RIGHT MACRONUTRIENTS
It is vitally important that your diet include the right types of each class of macronutrient:
- The right carbohydrates are either complex carbohydrates or fibre. Complex carbohydrates and fibre generally supply additional healthy trace elements and phytonutrients, as well as energy.
- A healthy diet includes a variety of protein sources including complete proteins, which contain all of the essential amino acids.
- Beneficial fats are high in essential fatty acids and low in saturated fatty acids. No more than 10 percent of your total daily calories should be derived from saturated fat.
THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOW-FAT, HIGH-FIBRE DIET
Increasing your fibre intake can help maintain a healthy digestive system. Unfortunately, the normal diet in today's society includes only one-half to two-thirds of the fiber necessary for optimal health.1 The positive impact of a high-fibre diet is increased when there is a concurrent reduction in the amount of saturated fat consumed.2
TRANS FATTY ACIDS AND YOUR HEALTH
Trans fatty acids, or trans fats, are created when food manufacturers turn vegetable oil into solid fat, like shortening and hard margarine. This process increases the shelf life of foods, including the potato chips, cookies, and fried food that we consume every day. Trans fat behaves like saturated fat, clogging arteries and increasing LDL-C (bad cholesterol) levels. The health risks posed by this dangerous fat have prompted many regulatory agencies to require that food manufacturers list trans fat amounts on all nutritional labels.
USANA MACRO-OPTIMIZERS
New MACRO-OPTIMIZERS are a healthy source of complex carbohydrates, complete proteins, and beneficial fats. MACRO-OPTIMIZERS, such as FIBERGY®™ are low-fat, high-fibre foods. These delicious drink mixes are formulated to provide sustained energy throughout the day. All USANA MACRO-OPTIMIZERS have been analysed and do not contain trans fats.
MACRO-OPTIMIZERS have been developed by USANA's team of scientists to help take the guesswork out of proper nutrition. These precision formulations not only provide the correct amounts of healthy carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, they also taste great and are convenient. More importantly, they will help you build a lasting foundation for true health for tomorrow.
References
1. Munoz KA, et al., Pediatr, 1997; 100:323-29.
2. Lampe JW, Am J Clin Nutr, 1999; 70(S):475S-90S.
3. Foster-Powell K, Holt S, Brand-Miller JC., Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2002; 76:5-56. |
Begin with a deep cleanse followed by a soothing toning treatment that will leave your skin refreshed. Follow with an application of one of our powerful refining treatments to help diminish the appearance of uneven skin tone, imperfections, and signs of ageing. Finish with a deeply hydrating moisturiser for your face and eye area to achieve a soft, smooth appearance. Two to three times a week, enhance the benefits of this simple skin-care regimen by exfoliating your skin with a gentle polishing scrub, followed by a luxurious, pampering masque that will leave your skin incredibly hydrated and radiant.
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