Dr Mercola - A Healthy Alternative to Reliv

Though I have never used this vitamins myself, I do think that Dr. Mercola is honest in the information that he presents. And just so you know, I get absolutely nothing from this. I am only passing on information to you that I think might be helpful. And in this case, I want to offer a better or healthier alternative to Reliv's dangerous soy based and synthetic vitamins.

Limited Time Exclusive Offer: Expires April 22, 2008 Get Free Shipping On Your Entire Order* When You Order a 3-Pack or Single Bottle of Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals from This Page *U.S. and Canada orders only

There are certain minerals you need every day… essential to your optimal health.

As you age, getting the right amount of essential minerals becomes more and more important in handling life’s increasing demands… essential minerals such as:

• Calcium – to help promote your bone density and skeletal system
• Magnesium – to support your lungs and pulmonary system
• Potassium – to help regulate your circulatory system and promote your heart health

The best way for you to obtain these and other minerals is by eating wholesome unprocessed foods in your daily diet. If you eat processed foods, you risk losing valuable amounts of these essential minerals before the food ever reaches your table.

For the longest time, I firmly believed that it was ideal to receive all your nutrition from whole, unprocessed organic foods.

I still maintain that philosophy, but have come to realize over time that a high-quality multivitamin could be a valuable complement to your diet, especially when the situations in your life make it challenging to eat consistently healthy meals.

But the key words here are: high-quality multivitamin…

If you believe that you can receive some sort of nutrient insurance from cheap, synthetic multivitamins, you are seriously mistaken.

When it comes to synthetic multivitamins, boatloads of research exist — research that details how your body can only absorb a small percentage of the nutrients (and potentially use even less). It’s very clear that your body will absorb greater amounts of nutrients if the multivitamin comes in a non-synthetic natural whole food form.¹

What I came to appreciate over the years, both through valued patients treated in my clinic and dedicated newsletter subscribers, is that most people want the insurance of a multivitamin — to make sure they have all their bases covered…

So last year I introduced my Whole Food Multivitamin.

The overwhelming response and popularity of this product clearly confirmed your interest in having this nutritional support.

There is so much interest that now, I’m taking it a step further — and providing you with a HIGH-POTENCY multivitamin for that little extra insurance that you might need.

And I decided that my formula must not only contain rich concentrations of essential vitamins, but also provide the added bonus of important minerals… minerals which are lacking in many high-potency multivitamins.

To me, (and you’ll see why shortly), adding essential minerals significantly enhances the value of the overall formula.

In the end, I just had to do it. If you have been with me for a few years, you know I am passionate about learning and providing you with the absolute best possible tools to help you take control of your health. It is my goal to constantly improve all the products we offer, and that is precisely what I did with my Whole Food Multivitamin.

Higher Potency, Even More Nutrients, Plus Essential Minerals for YOU

I received quite a bit of feedback that you wanted an even more comprehensive formula than my original Whole Food Multi. So I went back to the drawing board and worked with my team to come up with an extraordinarily powerful formula — at a fantastic price.

Here’s the stringent criteria I used to find you the best high-potency multi on the market:

• Must include the added bonus of essential minerals – Minerals add their unique layer of nutritional support*. Many high-potency multivitamins with rich vitamin concentrations lack important minerals.¹
• Must AVOID additives or synthetic nutrients – I only considered natural and whole food-based multivitamins.
• Must be produced by a highly reputable company with the highest quality control manufacturing practices in place – I focused on quality as a higher priority than quantity.
• Must go beyond RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) and RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) guidelines – In my opinion, RDA/RDI amounts define the lower limits of daily nutrient intake. I wanted the best nutrient formula to promote your optimal nutrition²

So, let’s dive into my exclusive formula and let me show you right away…

The Simple Secret Why My New Multivitamin is Better Than the Rest

Let’s take a closer look at some key nutrients in Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals that are often missing from other multivitamins (or found in such low amounts that their effectiveness is highly limited).

Remember, one of my top criteria for providing you with the best high-potency multivitamin was that it must contain essential minerals. As I searched for the right formula, I quickly realized that many so-called high-potency multivitamins are seriously lacking in mineral content.

However, with my unique Multi +Plus formula, you’ll benefit from many specially selected minerals… including these 3 essential ones:

• Calcium – To provide a high-level of support for your skeletal system, I chose to include a high amount of calcium in the Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals formula*. My main reason for doing this was that, as you age, your need for calcium becomes more and more important to promote healthy bones*.

  A recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that people should consume 741 mg per day of calcium to maintain neutral calcium balance.⁶

  Realizing the importance of eating as much unprocessed whole food as possible to get the minerals you need, my Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals formula provides 500 mg of calcium to complement your healthy diet.

• Magnesium – Scientific studies have reported that magnesium is helpful in supporting your lungs and overall pulmonary system*⁷. But some lower-potency multivitamins don’t include this ingredient.

  Other research shows that magnesium intake promotes bone density health⁸.* It also helps maintain your muscular and nervous systems.* And helps support your healthy heart, and your energy needs.*

  So you can see why magnesium is such a key mineral in my Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals formula.

• Potassium – This important mineral helps regulate your circulatory system and promotes your heart health.*

  In addition, research has shown that potassium is another important element in your bone density health⁹.* As you age, bone density becomes an important element in your overall health.*

  Once again, please realize the importance of eating a healthy diet rich in unprocessed whole foods. Many processed foods lose valuable potassium content prior to ever reaching your table.

These minerals may be worth their weight in gold. They provide you with significant health-supporting value in complementing your diet*. They’re part of the added bonus that clearly makes Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals stand apart from the rest.

Before I jump into more of the details of this exclusive multivitamin and its power-packed formula now available to you, you might be wondering…

Why Not Just Eat All-Natural Whole Foods?

Excellent question — and one you deserve an answer to...

As you already know, I’ve been a proponent of eating whole foods for proper nutrition for years… and now — eating the proper whole foods based on your Nutritional Type (NT).

So, in recommending a high-quality multivitamin, please remember that these nutritional supplements complement the food you eat. They do not take the place of a healthful diet of unprocessed organic foods, which I believe is still the best physical factor for you to achieve optimal nutrition.

However, accessing and eating high quality foods regularly may be a personal challenge for you and your family. Your busy schedule may lead you to cook healthy whole food less than you know you should — and eat “fast food” more.

Even if you do well with your diet choices, another factor involves the actual food supply itself.

Up to 50% of the Nutrient Value of Your Food May be
Lost from the Start

A number of carefully controlled studies have provided startling evidence that by the time the food reaches your table, serious nutrient content could already be lost.³

Some estimates report the nutrient value lost at over 50%!

This is largely the result of conventional farming methods that rely heavily on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which deplete the soil of nutrients… nutrients that must be absorbed by plants in order to be passed on to you.

And it does not necessarily end there.

In many cases, it’s likely you unknowingly further deplete the nutrients in your food — just by the way you prepare it. For most food, cooking it will seriously impair its nutritional value.

So, realizing that you cannot always obtain the whole unprocessed foods you need — and knowing how easy it is for valuable nutrients to be destroyed — you now know why I believe adding a good multivitamin to complement your diet is a sound move.

Why Settle For Inferior Quality?

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of high-potency multivitamins on the market today… but there are only a few great ones out there. If you are convinced of the importance of using a multivitamin, than I would strongly encourage you to do your homework, and make sure a GREAT company produced it.

When I first started my investigation, I was absolutely shocked at the low quality demonstrated by so many companies. That’s why I spent many long months of hard effort to research and identify what I believe is the absolute best supplement manufacturer in the U.S. today.

After much tedious and careful research, I was able to identify an outstanding supplement manufacturer — one who allowed me to help formulate the best multivitamin possible for you.

The lab I chose has won outstanding awards on numerous occasions:

• One of the latest awards received by this lab was the 5-Star Gold Medal of Achievement for several of its supplements. The independent research firm, NutriSearch Corporation, issued this top award to the lab in its Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements.⁴
• Of the over 1500 products evaluated, only 4 laboratories received this top award.

Highest Quality Means Exceptional Value for You

This lab is in full compliance with current NSF Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). NSF International is an independent, not-for-profit organization. This recognized body of audit and inspection is one of the most comprehensive and quality-driven initiatives in the nutrition industry.

In addition, to reach its 5-Star rating, the lab had to undergo independent laboratory analysis to verify that what is on the label is in fact in the bottle.

If you’re currently using a multivitamin or considering another, please do yourself and your family a huge favor. Thoroughly check out the manufacturer and see how they stack up against these rigorous standards.

Here’s an extensive list of the quality control standards and certifications that this supplement developer and manufacturer has in place today. Keep in mind, some of these standards are voluntary and may not show up when comparing against others.

Standards and certifications in place to:⁵

• Ensure top-quality raw materials used in the product -- Vendor Certification Program (VCP)
• Comply with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) – written Standard Operation Procedures (SOP)
• Maintain the highest health standards – GMP certification
• Support the highest level of manufacturing quality standards – ISO 9001 certification
• Comply with a rigorous third-party certification of in-house lab performance – ISO 17025 certification
• Ensure finished products meet and exceed quality standards – adherence to United States Pharmacopeia (USP30) specifications
• Comply with health and safety measures – Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002.

You can clearly see why I view this manufacturer so highly — and why I’m excited to be working with them in delivering an exclusive high-potency multivitamin formula to you.

Now let’s take a look at more of the remarkable benefits of my new high-potency multi. It’s the…

High-Potency Antioxidant Formula to Help You Balance
Out Free Radicals*

First of all, I made every effort working with the award-winning lab to ensure that as many nutrients as possible ended up directly linked to their natural source. To me, this became crucial in providing you a top-notch supplement.

Whole Food Multivitamin +Plus Vital Minerals’ formula has natural value built into it.

It provides you with a highly concentrated daily supplement containing more than 50 nutritional ingredients… all in a special herbal food base.

One of the challenges your body faces every day is combating free radicals.

Free radicals are highly reactive molecules and fragments of molecules that may impact your body at your cellular level.

Free radicals constantly attack your body proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and DNA, and can cause potentially serious health concerns unless they are kept in check. Every cell in your body suffers an estimated 10,000 free radical hits each day. Your body does its best to fight back — in what is an actual battlefield at the cellular level.

To help balance the effects of free radicals, Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals provides you with high-potency amounts of an exclusive antioxidant formula that includes:*

• Natural beta-carotene – healthy vision and immune system support*¹⁰
• Vitamin C – promotes tissue growth and repair, and healthy gums*¹¹
• Vitamin E – helps support your muscular system*¹²
• Selenium – bolsters your healthy immune system*¹³
• L-cysteine – supports your immune and respiratory systems*¹⁴
• Lutein – helps promote your healthy vision*¹⁵
• Lycopene – supports your immune system*¹⁶
• Red wine proanthocyanidins – provides cardiovascular support*¹⁷
• And select extracts and powders from over 25 fruits, vegetables, and herbs

And it gets even better …

Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals Provides You an Incredible Formula Based on Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Green Foods

In addition to the outstanding nutrients already discussed, the Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals formula includes a health-promoting blend of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and green foods…from natural sources as far as possible.

When this was impractical with certain nutrients, a highly bioavailable form was used to ensure you could take full advantage of these nutrients*.

Now you can see for yourself the remarkable ingredients included in the total Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals formula.

Over 2000 mg of nutrients based on vegetables, fruits, herbs and green foods are intentionally included in the Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals formula… nutrients that promote your optimal health in the following ways*:

Nutrients	Your Body Systems Supported and Promoted*
Red wine proanthocyanidins	Cardiovascular
Blueberry	Urinary tract and immune
Garlic	Digestive and immune
Green tea extract	Immune
Sprouted barley juice	Cardiovascular/heart
Wheat grass juice	Immune and anti-aging
Broccoli	Prostate and immune
Cauliflower	Circulation and immune
Spirulina	Nervous and tissue
Chlorella	Cardiovascular and immune
Green papaya extract	Digestive and skin
Beet extract	Immune
Apple pectin	Immune and lungs
Bromelain	Respiratory and digestive
Rose hips	Skeletal
Lemon bioflavonoids	Immune
Rutin	Circulatory and immune
Hesperidin	Vascular and immune

And it doesn’t stop there…

There’s an additional 700 mg of a proprietary vegetable and fruit base, further promoting your optimal health, including:

• Kale – provides healthy prostate support*
• Spinach – helps support your cardiovascular and immune systems*
• Carrot – assists optimal vision and cholesterol level*
• Radish – supports your digestive, respiratory, and nervous systems*
• Celery – provides you with skeletal and nervous system support*
• Apricot – promotes your respiratory and immune systems*
• Blackberry – helps support your digestive and immune systems*
• Cranberry – supports your urinary tract and cardiovascular system*
• Grape – promotes healthy circulation and cholesterol level*
• Pineapple – provides healthy respiratory and digestive support*

Click to view Larger label

Warning:
A Multivitamin Indiscriminately Overloaded with Mega-Nutrients May
Do You More Harm than Good

Now, I’ll be the first to admit that coming up with my own special high-potency formula was a major challenge — and took quite a bit of time. This was necessary because indiscriminately throwing a number of nutrients together could actually cause more harm than good.

How could that be?

Well, certain amounts and types of nutrients need to be carefully measured to avoid any potential toxic buildup once they are consumed.

The bottom line… not all nutrients in certain amounts work all that well together. In fact, a sort of competition can occur between some nutrients.

So, much attention was directed to prevent this from occurring in Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals.

Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals has been carefully evaluated and selected each ingredient selected their*:

• Proper nutrient balance – just like too little of a nutrient does not provide you any real benefits, too much can potentially do you more harm than good
• Absorbability – the key to promoting your health is absorbing as much of the nutrient as possible
• Competitive relationship with other nutrients – a complex evaluation is performed by the scientists to make sure the amounts and types of nutrients work well together to benefit you
• Allergenic potential – careful selection and measurement of the nutrient to investigate potential allergy issues
• Long-term safety – any potential toxic buildup balanced out

Order the Best High-Potency Multi That I Designed with
Your Needs in Mind

Remember, don’t be fooled by the nutrient amounts, or an unusually low cost (could mean synthetic nutrients used), or RDA (required daily allowance) claims by the manufacturer.

This information may be totally misleading. You could be not only wasting your time and hard-earned money, but not taking proper control of your health as well.

By now, you should be as convinced as I am that Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals is the best high-potency multivitamin available today. Not only is Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals rich in balanced vitamins and essential minerals, the manufacturer that produces it adheres to the strictest quality standards.

This is a winning combination like no other I’ve seen.

If you’re currently using a high-potency multivitamin or considering another, please promise me that you will at least carefully analyze the supplement manufacturer.

If you believe you’ve found an even better one, please let me know by contacting my customer service department.

Remember, I am always striving to produce the best possible products for you. There’s simply no reason to settle for second best. Life is too short, and you deserve the absolute best possible supplement out there.

Even though this is an exclusive formula ONLY offered through my site, the price of $49.97 a bottle might seem high at first. I really worked exceptionally hard to deliver all the high-potency vitamins and essential minerals you need and keep the price reasonable at the same time.

Plus, compare a single bottle of Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals to all the different supplements you’d have to purchase separately to get all the ingredients you’ll get in this one convenient high-potency product. The cost of all those separate supplements could be more than double your investment in Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals!

But you really should consider Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals part of your healthy food budget, not a separate supplement.

After all, I worked closely with the lab to have this formula specifically designed to complement your healthy diet… not to be separated from it.

Perhaps there are some processed foods you’re buying that you could phase out to help better balance your healthy diet.

With Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals, I sincerely feel that you’re taking an important step in complementing and optimizing your diet, so order yours NOW and start to Take Control of Your Health.

*LIMITED TIME OFFER: - Expires April 22, 2008 *Order a 3 Pack or Single Bottle and Get FREE Shipping on your entire order! (*U.S. and Canada orders only) Great deal! - 1 Bottle (240 Vegetarian Capsules) List Price: $56.97 Your Price: $49.97 You Save: $7.00 (12%) Incredible deal! - 3 Bottles (720 Vegetarian Capsules) List Price: $170.91 Your Price: $129.97 You Save: $40.94 (24%) I am so confident that you will be more than satisfied with your purchase of my Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals, I am providing a 100% Money Back Lifetime Guarantee so you can try my Whole Food +Plus Vital Minerals at NO RISK! Simply call our customer service department for immediate resolution regarding your purchase.

CAUTION: Children should not take this multivitamin. It was designed specifically for adult needs.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

---

¹MacWilliam, L, MSc FP (2007), “Optimal Nutrition,” NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements, Fourth Edition, Northern Dimensions Publishing
²“Natural vs. Synthetic Vitamins: How They Are Different and How to Tell Them Apart,” retrieved from Nutriteam, Inc.
³MacWilliam, L, MSC FP (2007), “The Case for Supplementation,” NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements, Fourth Edition, Northern Dimensions Publishing
⁴MacWilliam, L, MSc FP (2007), NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements, Fourth Edition, Northern Dimensions Publishing
⁵ “Douglas Capabilities,” Douglas Laboratories
⁶Obikoya, G, “The Benefits of Beta Carotene,” Beta Carotene Information, The Vitamins & Nutrition Center
⁷“Vitamins Guide,” Benefits of Vitamins, retrieved 1/14/2008 from http:/www.healthvitaminsguide.com/vitamins/vitamin-c.htm
⁸“Vitamins Guide,” Benefits of Vitamins, retrieved 1/14/2008 from http://www.healthvitaminsguide.com/vitamins/vitamin-e.htm
⁹Ryan-Harshman, M, PhD, et al, “The Relevance of Selenium to Immunity, Cancer, and Infectious/Inflammatory Diseases,” Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, Vol. 66, number 2, 2005
¹⁰“Acetyl L-Cysteine,” Health Benefits of Cysteine, retrieved 1/5/2008 from http://www.algaecal.com/acetyl-l-cysteine.html
¹¹Oliff, H, PhD, “Why Lutein and Zeaxanthin Are Becoming So Popular,” (2005), Life Extension Magazine, retrieved 12/26/2007 from http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2005/sep2005_report_macular_02.htm
¹²“Tomatoes and Prostate Cancer,” (2002), Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School, retrieved 12/26/07 from http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Tomatoes_and_Prostate_Cancer.htm
¹³“Very Berry and Grape Too,” Life Extension Vitamins, retrieved 1/15/2008 from http://www.lifeextensionvitamins.com/vebeandgrtob.html
¹⁴“B Complex Vitamins – High Potency Benefits,” retrieved 1/04/2008 from http://superbherbs.com/bcomplexvitamins.html
¹⁵Taylor, D, “Stress Can Cause Nutrient Deficiencies,” Diabetes Information Library, retrieved 1/4/2008 from http://www.diabetesinfocenter.org/View.aspx?url=stress_b_vitamins
¹⁶Silverman, R, MD, et al (2002), “IV Magnesium Sulfate in the Treatment of Acute Severe Asthma,” Chest, 2002; 122:489-497.