Womens Multi - A Comprehensive Multi with Phytonutrients

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• Phytonutrient-Rich with Pomegranate, Lutein, Bilberry and Grape Seed Extract

• Utilizes Easy-Solv™ Tablets for Guaranteed Dissolution and Bioavailability

• Vegetarian/Vegan

The Comprehensive Multi-Vitamin/ Mineral Formula for Women

Jarrow FORMULAS® Women’s MULTI is specially formulated to meet the nutritional needs of women before menopause. Its comprehensive formulation incorporates the latest research on vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.

Supplementing with the appropriate vitamins, minerals and supporting nutrients is necessary because most of us do not eat the foods that are needed to meet our basic needs for many nutrients on a daily basis. For instance, Christopher A. Taylor of Arizona State University in Tempe told Reuters Health (April 24, 2000) that even the current governmental “five a day” guidelines for consuming fruits and vegetables contain “no actual specific recommendation as to what should be consumed -- it’s just ‘eat five.’” He and his colleagues examined 1994- 1996 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals” and found that the top six fruits and vegetables consumed by Americans are, in order: iceberg lettuce, tomato products, French fries, bananas, orange juice, and onions. According to this nutrition researcher, these foods, either due to the food choice itself or the amounts typically consumed, will not supply even the minimum recommendations for vitamin C and folic acid.

Other researchers have noted that, other than certain tomato and fortified orange juice products, these foods are not among those that have been shown to be particularly rich in antioxidants and free radical scavengers. Moreover, the minimum recommendations, which are incorporated into the Recommended Daily Values (RDVs, formerly known as RDAs and then RDIs), are adequate only for those who are already in good health and not under any special environmental or other source(s) of stress.

Why Women Need Their Own Multiple

Almost 50 years ago, Roger Williams, a pioneer in the discovery of vitamins and their importance to health, pointed out in his book, “Biochemical Individuality”, that people are biochemically both similar and different. Some individuals, even siblings, need five to ten times more of a given vitamin than do others. It is therefore not surprising that women and men have different nutritional needs.

Two nutrients, zinc and iron, illustrate the significance of this difference. Zinc is sometimes thought of as the “male” mineral because of its singular role in maintaining men’s urinary-genital tract and prostate health. Women, on the other hand, lose iron regularly and may need to supplement with levels of iron that would be unhealthful for many men. A third example is calcium supplementation. While very important to women to prevent osteoporosis, calcium is less important to men, for whom magnesium may play a larger role.

The Diet/Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Connection

A woman’s adult pattern of nutritional needs apears somewhere between the ages of 10 and 17. During menstruation, roughly one third of all women suffer from the often hard-to-define symptoms called PMS. The most common complaints include anxiety and tension, mood swings, various aches and pains, depression, cravings and fluid retention. Such symptoms usually reflect an imbalance between the hormones estrogen and progesterone and the impact of this imbalance and/or other factors upon levels of aldosterone, a hormone which regulates fluid retention.

Studies of women who do and do not suffer from PMS have uncovered a number of significant differences in the intake of basic nutrients. For instance, women who suffer from PMS tend to consume as a percentage of their total diet much greater amounts of refined carbohydrates (especially refined sugar). They consume much less calcium, iron, manganese and zinc, which is to say that their diets are generally much poorer in the minerals tested than are the diets of non-sufferers. The estrogen excess so often found in PMS could well reflect the reabsorption of discarded estrogen from the intestines due to an inadequate consumption of whole fruits and vegetables.

Not surprisingly, women who consume the most antioxidants from their diets and, likewise, those who supplement with powerful antioxidants such as vitamin E and/or grape seed extract, in clinical trials seem to suffer less from PMS. One likely path of influence is upon the liver’s ability to handle estrogen metabolites. The minerals found to be most influential upon PMS are both calcium and magnesium.

Other Highlights

For the Eyes: Bilberry and lutein are premiere phytonutrients for the eyes. Bilberry supports the regeneration of the visual purple, which is crucial to night vision. It also improves the health of the capillaries and works closely in conjunction with vitamin C. Lutein is a carotenoid, a family of brightly colored pigments in plant foods. Lutein has been shown clinically to support visual function and to protect the health of eye tissues as we age. Scientists believe that lutein contributes to the density of macular pigment – the component of the eye which typically absorbs and filters out 40 to 60% of damaging near-ultraviolet blue light (near- UV blue light) that strikes the retina.

For the Veins and Skin: Bioflavonoids and grape seed extract act as “vitamin P” adjuvants to vitamin C to reduce the permeability of the capillaries, to improve the tonus of the veins and to stabilize the collagen that undergirds the skin. Grape seed extract and bioflavonoids are famous in Europe for these purposes. These and other water-soluble antioxidants appear to preserve vitamin C from premature oxidation. They perform many of the same functions as vitamin C in protecting collagen and in maintaining cell membranes. Both grape seed extract and bioflavonoids help inhibit the replication of viruses and, as antioxidants, help protect the eyes and nerves from oxidative stress.

Supporting Hormonal Balance: Shativari in Indian medicine is regarded as being especially well-suited to women. In Chinese medicine, shativari would be classified as a yin tonic; it is said to improve the health of the blood, mucous membranes and the reproductive organs.

Even More Antioxidant Protection: The pomegranate (Punica granatum) has long been recognized as a fruit with many health benefits. Pomegranate tops all other conventional fruits, including blueberry and strawberry, in its ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value, ranking pomegranate as one of the most powerful antioxidant fruits. Pomegranate extract gives the formula extra antioxidant “punch.”

Usage

Take 1 tablet of Jarrow FORMULAS® Women’s MULTI twice per day with meals or as directed by your qualified health consultant.

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