Vitamins and minerals are essential to helping your body develop and function properly, and most of the nutrients you need can be found in food, or more specifically in a nutrient-dense, healthy diet. And, while a lot of people reach their daily nutrition needs by eating a well-rounded diet, sometimes our busy lifestyles get in the way of good intentions and optimal health.
You might be trying to combat a nutrient deficiency or trying to stabilise your diet after a weight management programme.
Or maybe you’re trying to lower the risk for certain diseases or simply boost your metabolism at certain times of the year.
This is when dietary supplements can come into play and enhance the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and real food, without replacing them.
No matter what your goal is when taking supplements, you should personalise what you take to fit YOUR needs and lifestyle. This article will take you through the steps of choosing a supplement that’s right for you. From format to ingredients and product efficacy. This is your guide to a personalised optimal nutrition pack.
How to Choose Supplements:
Choosing the right format
During product development, many factors are considered to determine delivery forms. Stability, uniformity, release time, and resistance to the gastrointestinal environment can all affect a product’s bioavailability.
Bioavailability refers to the proportion of the active ingredient that is absorbed and used by the body. Choose formulas that ensure active ingredient delivery at the right time, in the right place and in the correct amount. Modere uses synergistic formulations that contain multiple active ingredients to provide well rounded and precise support.
Making sure a product has been fully tested will provide you with a safer choice. Modere’s Perfect 10 approach goes beyond industry standards in all aspects of quality and manufacture to ensure you should never have to sacrifice performance for safety, or safety for performance. Find out more on modere.eu or modere.co.uk
Of course, user experience is important if you are to consistently take your supplements. Below is a guide to each format.
- Tablets/Pills: Produced by compacting active ingredients with or without additional ingredients. They do not have a coating to stop you from tasting the ingredients.
- Capsules/Softgels: Ingredients are enclosed in an outer shell. Either an easy-to-digest casing to prevent an aftertaste or enclosed in a two-part capsule.
- Beadlets: This cutting edge innovative beadlet delivery system consists of microbeads that are easy to swallow and formulated to resist stomach acidity.
- Powder: A dehydrated, powder of the supplemental ingredients that are simply mixed with beverages or other liquids. Easy to swallow and take on the go, they come in stick packs, tubs or resealable sachets.
- Liquids/Suspensions: Contain supplemental nutrients in a suspension or naturally-occurring as a liquid. Easy to drink and convenient to take on the go.
- Chews/Gummies: Designed to be chewed and broken down in the mouth prior to swallowing. Easy to chew and swallow, they often come with tasty flavours.
Choosing a product with the right ingredients
When selecting a supplement, reading the ingredient label is key. Each product includes essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fibre, fatty acids, or amino acids as well as other substances that are not essential per se but can have a beneficial biological effect, influencing the overall benefits of the product. Depending on your goals, you can choose single-ingredient formulas for targeted effects or a multi-ingredient product with overall benefits. See below some of the ingredients you can find in our products.
- Vitamins: Vitamins are essential for the normal functioning of the human body. These micronutrients have two types, fat or water soluble.
- Minerals: Inorganic elements, essential for the proper functioning of the human body. Macro and micro minerals are both equally important but are needed by the body in varying amounts.
- Essential Fatty Acids: Usually called Omega 3 or 6 fatty acids, they cannot be produced by the body and must be sourced from food or supplements. Key nutrients for eye, heart and brain health.
- Amino Acids: Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins. They perform a wide range of functions including enzyme catalysis and immune support.
- Fibre: A type of carbohydrate that the body cannot break down. Dietary fibre is either soluble or insoluble and support digestive health.
- Antioxidants: Antioxidants are molecules that neutralise harmful free radicals in the body, which can cause oxidative stress, and inflammation.
- Friendly Bacteria: Live bacteria that lives in your gut and supports the balance of good vs bad bacteria. A healthy balance is key for proper digestion.
- Enzymes: Digestive enzymes are specialised proteins that help to break down food particles and assist digestion of key nutrients.
- Phytonutrients/Botanicals: A nutrient derived from a plant, herb or fruit source that contain a beneficial substance. A wide variety of nutrients are naturally sourced this way.
How Do I Create a Pack?
Now you’ve understood the elements that influence how a product works, you can start thinking of the types of supplements you wish to incorporate into your daily routine for optimal nutrition and health goals. The ingredients listed above can be found in our Nutritional products, and the below might help you pick and choose what to include in your personalised optimal nutrition pack.
Vitamins and Minerals
- Adult Multivitamin: Delivers the essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants your body needs everyday.
- Mineral Solutions: Combines minerals, B-vitamins amino acids and fruit extracts.
- GO: Potent nootropic blend with 13 vitamins and minerals + 6 amino acids to boost your brain health, energy levels and daily nutrition needs.
Fibre
- Fiber: Helps you reach your daily fibre intake with 5.8g of fibre per daily serving to Support your natural rhythm.
Friendly Bacteria
- Protozymes: Contains around 2.88 billion live cells, to support the growth of friendly bacteria in the gut.
- Axis™ Trebiotic: Exclusive 3-in-1 matrix, delivers 10 billion cells of friendly bacteria that thrive in the gastrointestinal tract.
Essential Fatty Acids
- Omega 3: A balance of sustainably harvested DHA and EPA fatty acids to promote brain, heart, and vision.
Antioxidants
- Cell Protect: A diverse, powerful blend of fat and water-soluble antioxidants to help you feel healthier.
Phyto Nutrients
- Aloe Vera: Blend of pure aloe vera gel, botanical tea extracts, honey, and pear, to keep you hydrated, balanced and regular whilst supporting immunity.
- Noni: Harnesses the power of the noni fruit and a range of other fruit juices in a synergistic blend packed with polysaccharides.
- Axis™ PhytoReds: Delivers 10 highly bioavailable and bioactive ingredients including berries, red fruits and vegetables to help support general health and a balanced diet.
- Axis™ PhytoGreens: Delivers 9 highly bioavailable and bioactive ingredients, including marine and leafy greens to boost your nutrition and support a balanced diet.
Examples of Optimal Packs:
Did you know that we’ve put together several collections already for you which you can easily shop on our website?
- Basic Nutrition – Selection Aloe
- Basic Nutrition – Noni
- Axis Trio
We hope this article helps you understand how supplements work and which ones might be better suited to your own personal needs.
Ready to create your own pack?
Head over to our UK / EU website to shop your nutritional essentials!
