With the abundance of 'healthy living' information available to us nowadays it can be easy to feel overwhelmed. Fortunately, there are a few simple steps that everyone seems to be able to agree on, like eating a well-balanced diet, having a regular sleep schedule and staying properly hydrated throughout the day. They’re easy steps to take that can really make a difference to how you’re feeling. Plus, if you manage to do all these things regularly, you don’t need supplements, right? You should be getting all the vitamins and minerals you need? Well, maybe not. We’ve written this blog to give you 6 powerful reasons why nutritional supplements can help, no matter how healthy you might be.

1) Reduced ability to absorb nutrients

Even if you’ve done your research and filled your meals with all the best nutrients, that doesn’t mean that your body is going to be able to absorb them all. One reason for this is simply age. As we age, our ability to produce digestive enzymes decreases so our bodies find it more difficult to break down the food we eat and absorb the nutrients we need. Nutritional deficiencies can cause a variety of health problems, so it's important that we find a way to supplement the gaps that begin to occur as we age. 

Additionally if you are taking any long-term medication, it might be interfering with your body’s ability to absorb nutrients or even produce them. Fortunately, supplements can help restore any nutritional gaps that may occur.

2) Filling those Nutritional Gaps 

Speaking of nutritional gaps, they're a lot more common than people might be aware of. In fact, most of us don’t get the recommended amount of important nutrients. There are plenty of reasons why this might be from strict dieting to reach your weight loss goals to poor appetite, stress at work, media influences and so much more.

There may be plenty of reasons why people aren’t getting enough nutrients, but it’s still a big problem. If your body doesn’t get the vitamins and minerals it needs to work effectively it can have some serious consequences to your health. It can also have a heavy impact on your energy levels and ability to function. This fatigue or low-energy can cause people to turn to caffeinated drinks like Coke or coffee to get through the day. However, drinking high-sugar energy drinks regularly can cause high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, which can lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. 

Supplements were created to fill these nutritional gaps; to help reduce the risk of future health problems and make sure that your body gets the nutrients it needs to naturally revitalise your energy levels, so you can live an active and healthy life.

3) Unhealthy eating habits

Nutritional gaps can occur even when you eat healthy, well-balanced meals and these problems only become more exacerbated if you have unhealthy eating habits, such as regularly eating fast-food or processed foods. The ease and accessibility of quick-and-easy food can be hard to ignore, especially if you’ve been working all day and don’t have the time or energy to make a healthier meal. Unfortunately, a lot of nutrients are lost during food processing to make these convenient meals. It’s difficult to put a number on the actual nutrient loss, but it can be anywhere from a 20% reduction to 80%, depending on the processing methods and type of foods. 

As we mentioned above, a lack of proper nutrients can have pretty serious consequences, so while supplements can’t and shouldn’t replace a poor diet, they can help mitigate the damage unhealthy eating habits are causing.

4) Exercise Increases Nutrient Needs

Regardless of how many nutrients are in your current diet or what type of food you’re eating, if you do a lot of exercise you’ll need to increase your nutritional intake. As you exercise, your body uses a lot of your energy and nutrients to keep up and you’ll need to replenish these stores to help fuel your recovery and your energy levels. People who do a lot of intense physical activity, like athletes, mitigate any energy drops or nutritional depletion by eating lots of carbs and protein. Supplements can also help you replenish these nutrients before or after exercise. There are protein powder supplements, for example, that can help you get the nutrients you need quickly.

5) Soil Depletion

The advancement of modern farming techniques allows us to produce large quantities of food in a much more efficient manner than the traditional farming processes of the past. Unfortunately these methods have also been gradually depleting the soil of more and more nutrients as the years go on. Our priority is placed on how big and how fast crops can be produced to satisfy the ever-growing demands of the population, however these unsustainable processes mean that the soil cannot replenish its nutrients. 

As time goes by the soil contains less and less nutrients which means that the food that is produced also contains less and less nutrients. To get the same amount of Vitamin A that a single orange provided our grandparents, for example, we would need to eat eight oranges! One possible solution to make up for the nutritional depletion in the soil and therefore our food is, of course, supplements.

6) Investment into your health

To help reduce the risk of developing health problems in the future, doctors are urging people to adopt healthier behaviours and habits in the present. Take your health into your own hands by regularly exercising, staying hydrated and incorporating healthier diets and premium daily supplements into your life, as an investment into your own health and future. 

Nutritional Tips

Remember supplements can’t replace an unhealthy lifestyle, so here are a few tips to help you create healthier habits: 

• Try to improve your intake of fresh fruit and veg (5 pieces a day)
• Choose organic when you can to reduce exposure to pesticides and other harmful toxins.
• Reduce your consumption of processed foods.
• Reduce your consumption of high-stimulus drinks like coffee, tea and high-sugar drinks like coke etc. 
• Drink more water. 
• Fill your nutritional gap with a broad spectrum of multivitamins and minerals in a form that is as close to food-state as possible. Cater your supplementation to fill any nutritional gaps that you might have.

Here is a range of our top quality vegan organic supplements specially created by our experts to help you achieve healthy, nutritious well being.

• Vegan Multivitamins plus iron plus vit D
• Organic Wholefood Multivitamax
• Organic Greens Super Shake
• Organic Super Greens Plus Marine D
• Triple Omega 3 6 9 or Flaxseed Oil for Vegans