For over 20 years, Metagenics has been
the most trusted name in professional nutritional supplements. Our
products are
only available through licensed healthcare practitioners—practitioners
who
understand and recognize the importance of quality nutritional formulas
to help
patients achieve and maintain a lifetime of good health.
What makes the
quality of Metagenics products
different? Your
needs always come first. We are one of the few professional nutritional
supplement providers that manufactures formulas in our own facility
that is
independently certified for Good Manufacturing Practices —the
ultimate
mark of quality manufacturing. We also have one of our industry’s most
stringent
infrastructures for quality assurance and control to ensure the
purity
and safety of every formula—so you’ll receive the health benefits you
expect.
Metagenics is also
the leader in nutritional
scientific
research. We have established the most sophisticated laboratories and
research
facilities in our industry—such as our MetaProteomics®
Nutrigenomics
Research Center and the Functional Medicine Research CenterSM.
To our knowledge, we also have the largest on-site scientific staff of
MDs,
PhDs, RDs, DCs, NDs, and more.
For your
present and future nutritional supplement needs, go with the choice of
healthcare practitioners worldwide—Metagenics.
Multigenics®
Cal
Apatite®
ChondroCare®
MyoCalm®
Omega-EFA™
Omega-3 and Omega-6 Essential
Fatty Acids with Vitamin E
Omega-EFA is a specially balanced blend of
the essential fatty
acids EPA, DHA, and GLA.
ImmuCore™
Multidimensional Support for Immune Function
ImmuCore is designed to provide a multiple mechanistic approach
to support healthy immune system function through enhancing activities
of macrophages, natural killer cells, and T cell subsets.
Kaprex®
Selective Kinase Response
Modulators for Worry-Free Joint Relief
Kaprex provides a safer option for
effective joint relief. This
proprietary combination of selected plant components influences kinase
signaling and the formation of certain substances that are associated
with minor pain. Clinical testing suggests that Kaprex may offer a high
degree of predicted cardiovascular, gastric, renal, and liver safety.
Effective relief in as little as two softgels twice daily.
For more information
about Metagenics and other quality nutraceuticals available, click here
Nutrition is all
of the internal chemical changes that happen as a result of what we eat
(or do
not eat) each day. Good nutrition means that what we are swallowing is
something that adds to our health. Once we have digested it, food
has
an
important job to do in our body.
Good nutrition is
needed for tissue growth and repair. We get good nutrition by eating
foods and
taking supplements that contain all the proper and necessary
ingredients. We
also get good nutrition by being able to completely digest the things
we
swallow. Then we must be able to absorb the nutrients into the blood
and other
body fluids. With the right nutrients given to the cells, metabolism,
or
the work of the body, can occur in the most efficient and healthy way.
By the definition above, we know that a lot of what we eat is not nutritional. When we eat a purple pill or swallow a blue-colored sports drink, what we are taking in has no job to do in our body. That purple or green coloring is not a chemical your body has any use for. The same is true for things like the preservatives added to your cereal. These chemicals are put in so that the cereal doesn’t get moldy in the box. The same thing is true for traces of hormones and antibiotics left in our meat and dairy foods. When you eat French fries from a fast-food restaurant, the oil they have been cooked in has changed into a type of fat that can’t be used by your body. In fact, it has become something called a trans-fat. Trans-fats damage the walls of your body’s cells. This will make more work for your body.
Nutrition
& the Spine
You are what you eat. Is
that simply a funny saying or is there some truth to that old adage?
The spine
is not something that usually comes to mind when one thinks about
nutrition -
but it should. Nutrition is important in having a healthy spine. Good
nutrition
also helps control pain and disability when we are suffering from many
different types of spine conditions. How you eat and
exercise (or don’t exercise) will make you more or less likely to have
problems
with your bones, joints, and connective tissue.
Even with a good diet of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and the right amount and kind of protein, the standard North American diet usually does not have enough nutrition for all the work your body needs to get done. We grow our fruits and vegetables with lots of fertilizers. Chemicals from the fertilizers remain on it when it's part of your meal. The same is true for pesticides and herbicides sprayed on the plants before harvest. We harvest fruits and vegetables when they are not quite ripe. Then they are trucked thousands of miles to our stores. Food that is not quite ripe when picked means it doesn't have its full nutritional value. Food harvested too early will not bruise as easily when it is loaded on and off trucks. It will look good when you buy it, but it won't have all the nutrition you need to get from eating it. Our food supply just is not nutrient-rich as we need it to be!
Because
of this fact, Nutraceuticals have become an important part of
our
nutritional needs.
Nutraceuticals are dietary supplements that are sometimes also called functional
foods. Many people take nutraceuticals to offset an inadequate or
unhealthy
diet. Supplemental
vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and fatty acids are the way to help
yourself
meet all the needs of your body. This includes growth and repair after
injury.
It’s also true for the metabolic work needed to feel good, be strong,
and live
well.