New Online Tool: Vitamin Supplement Analyzer™
Online tool helps consumers instantly analyze their dietary supplement regimen, identify incompatibilities, improper dosage or imbalance with other nutrients.
San Dimas, CA (PRWEB) May 19, 2005 -- Vitamin Supplement Analyzer (VSA) (www.vitaminsupplementanalyzer.com) is a new online tool that
helps consumers sort out the proper types, dosage and balance of dietary
supplements they use on a daily basis.
Health journalist Bill Sardi,
developer of the new online tool, says VSA was designed to deliver current
timely information to the 242 million American consumers who use dietary
supplements. According to a recent survey, dietary supplement users first refer
to books and printed materials, most which provide outdated or inaccurate
information, or rely upon physicians, who are poorly trained in the use of
supplements. Others rely upon health food store personnel, friends or
pharmacists, to learn how to benefit from food supplements. VSA provides current
information about supplements as obtained monthly from the National Library of
Medicine. The latest information about ginkgo biloba, vitamin E, selenium, red
yeast rice, glucosamine, and more, can be obtained quickly. No more searching
all over the internet.
“Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential oils
and herbs, have great promise,” says Sardi, “since the biological action of
nearly every drug can be duplicated with dietary supplements without high cost
or side effects. However, consumers may not be obtaining optimal results from
their supplements because they are often confused by conflicting information or
myths that keep circulating,” says Sardi. VSA doesn’t refer to the Recommended
Dietary Allowance (RDA) which is outdated, often based upon flawed studies, and
only applies to perfectly healthy, unstressed, non-medicated consumers who have
no undesirable health habits, who are in a minority in the
population.
VSA subscribers are able to access current reports on over
100 dietary supplement ingredients. With their supplement ingredient list in
hand, VSA users can enter dosages and forms of each nutrient or herb used and
receive a return report that “red flags” under or over-dosage, or identifies
improper balance between nutrients. For example, calcium should be balanced with
magnesium and zinc with copper. Iron supplements are not advised for full-grown
males. Users of St. John’s wort or high-dose vitamin B2 (riboflavin) receive a
warning these supplements may cause photosensitivity when out in the sun and may
induce sunshine cataracts over time. There is a warning attached to red yeast
rice, an herbal product commonly taken to lower cholesterol, which contains
molecules that are toxic to the liver. VSA asks for medication usage and denotes
drugs that cause nutrient deficiencies. Other tools on the site help consumers
become aware of drug/supplement incompatibilities.
VSA subscribers can
also enter the ingredients of their multivitamin and have it rated for overall
potency, balance and completeness. Vitamin Supplement Analyzer™ is not
affiliated with, nor does it recommend, any brands or manufacturers of dietary
supplements.
As a bonus, Vitamin Supplement Analyzer™ users receive free
access to download Bill Sardi’s e-book, The New Truth About Vitamins &
Minerals (192 pages, illustrated, indexed, a $21.95 value).
You are
invited to learn more at www.vitaminsupplementanalyzer.com.
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