Do you have a healthy diet?

‘I eat well and have a varied diet. Surely I don’t really need additional food supplements?’ This is a commonly-heard comment. It is true that a healthy, varied diet forms the basis for sound health, in combination with sufficient movement and not too much stress.

Topping up with food supplements is worthwhile!
It is still no simple matter to eat healthily and varied every day in such a way that the body is supplied with all the necessary nutrients.
Very few people eat a perfect diet that supplies all the necessary nutrients every day, in the right proportions.

Impoverished agriculture
There are plenty of arguments in favour of taking the Plantina Basic Supplement. Many of our current foodstuffs have had the minerals and vitamins removed. This is a process that starts in the agricultural sector. In 2008, it was revealed that the presence of vitamins in vegetables grown on the land has fallen considerably since 1988, sometimes by more than 50%. 
 
Deficiency of vitamins, minerals and fish oil
The food industry also contributes to this impoverishment of our diet. Supermarkets are crammed with overprocessed, refined products intended above all to be ‘attractive’ to consumers. Nothing else matters, not even the nutritional value. The shelf life of products is for example extended by adding preservatives and through such processes as pasteurisation, sterilisation or radiation. These processes can have a negative influence on the level of essential nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.
To ensure you consume enough omega 3 fatty acids, it is essential that you eat fish. However, fish is not commonly an element of most people’s eating patterns. By means of a food supplement in which fish oil is contained, you can make up this deficiency.
 
Antioxidants protect the body
Another cause for concern is the use of pesticides. Vegetables and fruit contain herbicides and pesticides. These toxic substances used to kill weeds, fungi, parasites and insects, can represent a considerable burden to the body. It is well-known that these toxins help form harmful ‘free radicals’ in our body cells, and that free radicals lead to ageing. The good news is that certain nutrients act as a sort of ‘anti-venom’. Free radical catchers, also known as ‘antioxidants’, protect our body. The most important of these are beta-carotene (provitamin A), vitamin C, vitamin E and the mineral selenium. The effects of these nutrients is supported by the other vitamins and minerals. But for them to work you must first have them in your diet! The Plantina Basic Supplement offers the best guarantee that the body is provided every day with these essential nutrients, in the right proportions.
 
Protection against stress
Harmful substances not only play a role in agriculture, but are also prominently present in our living environment. The harmful substances we breathe in in our towns and cities or on the motorway are in fact worse for our health than the toxic substances we ingest with our food. This is because the lungs offer a more direct access route to the bloodstream and the organs than the gastrointestinal tract. People who are regularly exposed to air pollution live shorter. Ozone and other toxic elements of smog are major contributory factors. It has been scientifically proven that antioxidants can offer protection against the toxicity of ozone. Excess alcohol consumption, UV radiation and heavy metals also help in the formation of free radicals. The same applies for insufficient sleep and physical stress. So protect yourself with additional antioxidants in Plantina Multi and Plantina Vitamin C 1000 mg!
 
Improve your resistance with food supplements.
The science of nutrition is constantly generating material that shows that essential nutrients such as vitamins and minerals strengthen the immune system and enable us to live in harmony with other life forms (i.e. micro-organisms such as bacteria). Today, a good level of resistance is heavily dependent on an ability to cope with stress, sufficient physical exercise and a healthy diet (according to the latest studies) topped up with food supplements. 
 
Growing old more healthily
We all want to live longer. And preferably we would like to stay fit and active until an advanced age. However, as years go by, certain enzyme systems in our body start to function less effectively. We need to work harder to keep these systems operating well. Anyone over forty will immediately recognise this situation. The muscles become tighter, we are less physically fit, we start to forget things, our heart protests from time to time, etc., etc. Above all vitamins and minerals assist in ensuring the optimum functioning of our enzyme system and guarantee the correct functioning of our cells.
 
Improved performance
Food supplements can help anyone to maintain good health. For some people this means keeping fit and being better able to withstand daily stresses. For others it means improved performance in any number of fields: at home, at school, at work, during sport or simply in day-to-day activities. Do you wish to remain active and fit? Do you want to achieve optimum performance every day? Recover more rapidly from physical exertion? Then opt for a healthy diet combined with the Plantina Basic Supplement, and start your day one step ahead.