Optimal Nutrition Is A Lifelong Pursuit

Medical research has established an unquestionable link between good nutrition and long-term health. Good nutrition includes both micronutrients- the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other compounds we consume in small amounts - and macronutrients- the carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that make up the bulk of our food.


During every stage of life, both classes of nutrients are critical for long-term healt. In short, optimal nutrion is a lifelong pursuit.

• Optimal Nutrition

For several decades, government agencies have been setting Recommended Daily Allowance(RDA) guidelines for vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. From the beginning, the RDAs were intended only to help reduce the rates of severe nutritional defciencies, not as guidance on proper diet and nutrition for long-term health.

It's true that obtaining the RDA amounts of micronutrients will prevent deficiency diseases. But if this all u desire in your nutritional intake, yoa are selling yourself short. Rather than avoiding deficiency diseases, your goal should be to provide ur body with optimal amounts of each nutrient. Obtaining a minimal level of nutrition is like living from paycheck to paycheck, saving nothing for difficult times or retirement. While many important nutrients, such as vitamins & antioxidants, can't be stored by the body, optimal nutrition can help to build reserves of health that will become valuable as u work to maintain optimal health.

• Today's Nutrition

Because of poor eating habits, only a small percentage of people who eat the typical western diet get even the RDA levels of many important nutrients. According to government surveys, fewer than one in five people consume the recommended daily servings of fruit and vegetables. Nutrition monitoring shows that the average intake of important minerals, including calcium, magnesium, zinc and copper are below levels recommended for virtually every age group and every race/ethnicity desidnation.

The inadequacy of a modern Western diet, which is becoming more prevalent in Asian culture, is demonstrated by the epidemic of obesity, especially amoung young people. More and more meals are eaten away from home, and a steadily increasing proportion of those meals are from fast food restaurants. High- sugar carbonated have replaced milk in the diets of the majority of adolescents, and a third of their 'vegetables' intake is potato chips & french fries.

Today, optimal nutrition requires supplementation with high-quality vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other nutrients. In USANA, you will find the finest nutritional supplements available anywhere at any price.

5 Reasons You Can Trust USANA

Reasons You Can Trust USANA..

1. Groundbreaking Nutritional Research

USANA invest meaningful time and money in extensive scientific operations, information system, research services, worldwide scientific union and technical support. USANA experts are at the forefront of nutritional science.

2. First-class ingredients

USANA's unique ingredients formulas are based on healthy, scientifically proven, and clinically tested ingredients.

3. Guaranteed Potency

USANA guarantees the potency of its product. Most of USANA's nutrient formulations are manufactured in -house, following strict examination and quality control procederes. USANA confirms each production batch so that what you read on a product label is what you'll received in the product.

4. High-quality manufacturing

USANA's manufacturing facilities obey with pharmaceutical-level Good Manufacturing Practises (GMP). A variety of goverment agencies conduct regular examinations, requiring strict control of procederes and documentation.

5. Confidence of top athletes

UASANA Good Manufacturing Practices ensure the safety and quality of each product- products that have been proven so sae, effective and free of contaminants that famed organisations such as U.S. Speedskating, Speed Skating Canada, Biathln Canada, the elite athletes of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, and a huge number of other professional athletes worlide, trust their health to USANA.

Your Health Is Priceless

"Your Health is Priceless... Don't Turn it Over to the Lowest Bidder or Latest fad" By Myron Wentz, Ph.D.

Your daily diet must provide the essential nutrients for optimal health and proper cell function. However, research shows that because the foods we eat today are lacking many essential nutrients and most people simply don't eat right, we could be deficient in the nutrients needed to maintain good health.

But the concept of going to the store and pulling different supplements off the shelf–whatever seems to be the latest fad–is not the way to supply proper nutrition. Nutrition must be balanced.

Healthy Cells = Healthy Bodies

The first company I founded, Gull Laboratories, was successful in growing billions of cells for the purpose of diagnosing viral diseases. I developed the first commercially available test kit for the diagnosis of the Epstein-Barr virus. And now doctors and hospitals around the world use Gull products to accurately diagnose viral diseases.

Our ability to grow healthy and vibrant cells was the reason Gull set the "Gold Standard" for detecting viral diseases.

However, our diagnostic products did little to help people prevent disease. Realizing that nutrition plays a key role in cell health and disease prevention, I turned my attention to human nutrition. I founded USANA because it became increasingly apparent that the nutritional requirements of the human body were not being met in today's environment.

I knew that my knowledge and expertise in growing human cells could be used to design an advanced nutritional system that could help improve peoples' health and quality of life.

• Why You Should Consider Nutritional Supplementation

Our bodies are constantly being assaulted by the damaging aspects of the environment, such as radiation, stress, and the toxic chemicals that pollute our air, water, and food. USANA nutritional products are designed to provide a complete and balanced spectrum of beneficial nutrients to help counteract poor nutrition and to prevent the damage caused by this environmental onslaught.

Give yourself the gift of nutrition–your cells will love you for it.

The Need for Nutrition

As sciences go, nutrition is a young one. To put its age in perspective, if the history of the human race were compressed into 24 hours, scientific discoveries began about 12 seconds ago, and nutrition, as an organized science, emerged only during the last three to six seconds.

While much has been discovered about nutrition in its short scientific history, the road ahead still holds many discoveries in our journey toward optimal health. Of the many vehicles on that road, USANA is the Mercedes Benz®, leading the way in quality and integrity.

The following article provide strong evidence of the need for nutritional supplementation:

• Overworked and Undernourished

The human species has existed in something like its present form for hundreds of thousands of years. During that time, the immune system has played a vital role in our ability to weather exposure to parasites, bacteria, viruses, toxins, and other hazards that assert themselves daily by interacting with our bodies. Each of us has a personal responsibility for our own health. "Health is not just the absence of disease–it is the empowering of our bodies to perform at its optimal level." -Dr. Myron Wentz, Founder and Chairman, USANA, Inc. Our body's struggle against disease is ongoing, a person's immune system meets innumerable challenges, foiling countless opponents in a lifetime. A fatal infection often represents the only unqualified loss in a generally victorious campaign.

For a time, it was widely assumed that infectious diseases had been brought under control, especially in the industrialized nations. The appearance of AIDS, and the recent resurgence of tuberculosis, including the evolution of organisms resistant to many drugs, illustrates that the monster was not slain–it was merely asleep. The study of immunology embraces more than just the nature and prevention of infections. Dr. Wentz' immunologic research points toward new approaches for protecting against certain diseases that result from lapses or malfunctions in the immune response. This work provides a scientific framework for examining the chemical organization of living systems and integrating that information into an understanding of how this amazing organism, the human body, functions as a whole.

"Infectious and chronic diseases are dual enemies that have to be fought simultaneously on a global scale. The battle for health in the 21st century must begin today." -Dr. Myron Wentz

What can you do to help ensure that your body has what it needs in order to maintain optimal health? The answer is very complex, but most research concludes that the answer depends strongly on your nutritional and lifestyle choices. A majority of the illnesses that afflict us are related to nutritional factors (a diet high in animal fat, protein, and cholesterol, and low in fiber ), lifestyle (tobacco smoking, excessive alcohol consumption), and the environment (chemical carcinogens, ozone depletion, air pollution, and industrial toxins).

When it comes to your well being, there are no guarantees. However, the daily decisions you make may have a tremendous effect on the outcome of your overall health. The better your nutritional status, the better all systems–including your immune system–will be. Commit today to take the necessary steps toward giving your body the best possible defenses against disease.