^{Optimum Health Essentials™ 
Essential nutrition for optimal health in an herbal food base}
 

DESCRIPTION
Optimum Health Essentials™ provided by Nutrition Dynamics, Inc., is a comprehensive, highly concentrated vitamin-mineral-trace element daily supplement containing more than 50 nutritional ingredients, all in a special herbal green food base. Its formula is carefully balanced to provide the essential nutrients for optimal health. Optimum Health Essentials™ is also a potent antioxidant formula that includes beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, L-cysteine/N-acetyl-L-cysteine, Pycnogenol^®, Ginkgo biloba, and red wine proanthocyanidins.

FUNCTIONS
Studies show that a high percentage of adults in North America and other developed areas eat less than the minimum daily allowance of 10 or more essential nutrients. Adequate amounts and proper balance of these nutrients are needed not only for maintaining good health, but also for the dietary management of the body’s structure as well as the optimum functioning of its various systems, including the immune and gastrointestinal systems.

Optimum Health Essentials™ has been carefully developed to contain the right proportions of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and other nutrients without danger of toxic build-up or other side effects. Each ingredient is selected in consideration of its absorbability, competitive relationship with other nutrients, allergenic potential, and long-term safety. Certain nutrients such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and B-complex vitamins are included in high-potency amounts because of the vital roles they play in antioxidant protection, energy production, the maintenance of healthy blood cells, the nervous system, hormonal balance, and more. Minerals and trace elements are provided in their safest and most bioavailable forms.

 

 

 

 

 

Optimum Health Essentials™ herbal green food base also includes important phytonutrients. Gluten-free grasses and several varieties of microalgae supply chlorophyll, carotenes, B-vitamins, and trace elements. Cruciferous vegetables, broccoli and cauliflower, offer protective sulforophane compounds known for their ability to induce protective phase 2 detoxifying enzymes.

INDICATIONS
Optimum Health Essentials™ tablets may be a useful dietary supplement for those who wish to consume the essential nutrients for health.


FORMULA (#84549)

Seven Tablets Contain:
550 mg Special Green Base of:

Green Tea Extract (dry).................. 50. mg
Sprouted Barley Juice (dry)........... 50. mg
Wheat Grass Juice (dry)................ 50. mg
Broccoli (freeze-dried)................. 100. mg
Cauliflower (freeze-dried)............ 100. mg
Spirulina......................................... 100. mg
Chlorella (broken cell wall)........... 100. mg

Optimum Health Essentials^® Green Base supplies:

RNA............................................ 5,000. mcg
DNA............................................ 1,000. mcg
Carotenoids............................... 1,000. mcg
Chlorophyll.................................. 1,000. mcg
Vitamin A................................. 10,000. I.U.
(Palmitate, Water Dispersible)
Beta-Carotene
(Vitamin A Activity).................. 15,000. I.U.
Vitamin D-3................................... 100. I.U.
Vitamin E (Succinate).................. 400. I.U.
Vitamin C
(Ascorbic Acid, Corn Free)...... 1,200. mg
Vitamin B-1 (Thiamin HCl)........... 100. mg
Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin)................. 50. mg
Niacin............................................... 40. mg
Niacinamide.................................. 150. mg
Pantothenic Acid.......................... 500. mg
 (d-Calcium Pantothenate)
Vitamin B-6................................... 100. mg
(as Pyridoxine HCl / Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate Complex)
Vitamin B-12
(on Ion Exchange Resin).............. 100. mcg
Folic Acid...................................... 800. mcg
Biotin.............................................. 300. mcg
Choline Citrate/Bitartrate............. 150. mg
Inositol............................................ 100. mg
Citrus Bioflavonoid Complex....... 100. mg
PABA (Para-Aminobenzoic Acid) 50. mg
Calcium
(Citrate/Ascorbate Complex)...... 500. mg
Magnesium.................................... 500. mg
    (Aspartate/Ascorbate Complex)
Potassium (Aspartate Complex)... 99. mg
Zinc (Amino Acid Chelate)............. 25. mg
Manganese (Aspartate Complex). 20. mg
Iodine (Kelp).................................. 200. mcg
Chromium GTF............................. 200. mcg
(Organically bound with GTF activity-low allergenicity)
Selenium........................................ 200. mcg
(Organic Selenium in Krebs^† Cycle and Kelp)
Copper (Amino Acid Chelate)......... 2. mg
Molybdenum (Krebs^†).................. 100. mcg
Vanadium (Krebs^†)......................... 50. mcg
Boron
(Aspartate/Citrate Complex)........ 1.5. mg
Trace Elements............... approx. 100. mcg
(from Sea Vegetation)
L-Cysteine/N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine.. 200. mg
L-Methionine................................ 12.5. mg
Glutamic Acid HCl.......................... 25. mg
Betaine HCl................................... 150. mg
†Krebs=Citrate, Fumaratre, Malate, Glutarate and Succinate Complex

Plus:
Pycnogenol^®.................................... 25. mg
Red Wine Proanthocyanidins........ 50. mg
Ginkgo biloba................................. 40. mg
(24% total ginkgoflavonglycosides and 6% total terpenes)
Ginseng (Siberian)......................... 25. mg
Echinacea purpurea...................... 25. mg
Echinacea angustifolia.................. 25. mg
Garlic (Pure-Gar^®, Odorless)....... 100. mg
Green Papaya Extract (dry)......... 100. mg
Beet Extract (dry)............................ 50. mg
Apple Pectin.................................... 50. mg
Bromelain
(Pineapple 2,000 GDU/gm)........... 50. mg
Rose Hips...................................... 100. mg
Lemon Bioflavonoids................... 100. mg
Rutin................................................. 25. mg
Hesperidin....................................... 10. mg

SUGGESTED USE
Adults take 7 tablets daily or as directed by physician.
This product is best taken with meals.

SIDE EFFECTS
No adverse effects have been reported.
HOW SUPPLIED
Supplied in bottles of 150 tablets.

STORAGE
Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct light. Keep out of reach of children.

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