Need of Vitamins and Supplements for Anti Aging Diet

May 27, 2009

A. Vitamins, Supplements, and Micronutrients

There are numerous vitamins, supplements, and micronutrients that are believed to be important to longevity and health. More importantly, however, they are important in any caloric restriction diet to ensure that appropriate nuttition is provided to the body. Your best bet if you wish to augment your anti aging diet with the above items is a supplement containing all the vitamins, minerals, and micronutrients that you need. This is shown in the first row of the table below. A number of supplements are shown below the Multi-Vitamin with Minerals. The picture is hyperlinked to more information on the product. The supplements related to hGH, DHEA, and Resveratrol are at the bottom of the table and are considered by many to extend lifespan. However, the anti aging effects of hGH, DHEA, and Resveratrol are disputed by many others. There are, additionally, many other supplements touted to be important to health, such as green tea extract, CoQ10,estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, melatonin, and pregnenolone, just to name a few. Read carefully before you buy because that vast majority of claims are unsubstantiated.

Vitamin, Supplement, or Micronutrient	Dietary Source	Function	Dietary Supplements
Multi-Vitamin with Minerals	Flexible daily servings for all ages – one bottle for the whole family! Overall highest potency chewable multivitamin-mineral available. All known vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. Great taste from pure, natural fruit juices and non-hyper/hypoglycemic sweeteners. High potency, highly absorbable chelated minerals. High levels of calcium, magnesium and folic acid. Vegetarian formula, free of yeast and other common food allergen.	Antixoidants, Vitamins, Minerals LEARN MORE
Vitamin A	animal food sources; Beta carotene, present in carrots, broccoli, and many other leafy vegetables, is converted to vitamin A during normal metabolic processes	vision and bone growth, protects muscle from free radical damage LEARN MORE
Vitamin B Complex	Except for vitamin B12, the B vitamins are generally found in whole, unprocessed foods. B12 is present in meat products.	metabolism, skin tone, immune function, cell growth and division, prevents anemia. LEARN MORE
Vitamin C	rose hips, gooseberry, red pepper and citrus fruits. Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize winner, touted vitamin C as an anti cancer and longevity agent, but his studies were not statistically controlled	best known for its antioxidant properties LEARN MORE
Vitamin E	avacado, nuts and seeds, and green leafy vegetables	antioxidant, heart health, cancer prevention LEARN MORE
Vitamin K	green leafy vegetables, avocado, and kiwi.	blood coagulation, skin health LEARN MORE
Selenium	an essential micro-nutrient for animals, animal food products	cellular peroxidase function, antioxidant. LEARN MORE
DHEA	produced in humans, elevated by exercise and by caloric restriction; levels decrease as aging occurs; converts to testosterone in the body, so the 7-keto form is used in some dietary supplements	immune function; anti aging effects are disputed LEARN MORE
Resveratrol	red grapes, mulberries, and blueberries,	heart health; anti aging effects are disputed LEARN MORE
Omega 3	fish, flax, and meat	heart, brain, and nervous system health LEARN MORE
hGH	As we age human growth hormone (hGH) levels decrease. GHR-15, human growth hormone releaser, is reported to positively impact overall health and reverse some signs of aging. GHR-15 elevates hormone levels naturally by stimulating the pituitary gland to produce your own growth hormone and this may augment your anti aging diet.	Anabolic–builds lean muscle mass. Anti aging effects are disputed LEARN MORE	Contains NO hGH; Stimulates your body to produce more of its own hGH