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Lesson Three: Support your health with our favourite food-based supplements!
We believe that natural, food-based supplements are the best way to provide micronutrients to your body in the way that nature intended. Choosing the natural form over a synthetic version means the micronutrients are highly bioavailable and may have a stronger effect in the body. [1]
To help you find out exactly which supplements you need, and which ones you don’t need, we provide a personalised health coaching service.
Why supplements are needed
Even when we choose quality, nutrient-dense foods, our modern food system has introduced some major obstacles to staying healthy through diet alone. These include:
- 1. The aggressive agriculture of intensive farming has resulted in the mineral depletion of soils, leaving our modern food less nutritious. We are extracting nutrients faster than they can be replenished, meaning our children face an uncertain future with less global food security. "Some of these soils developed over thousands to millions of years. We can destroy that in a few hours." [2][3]
- 2. Pesticide, herbicide, and fungicide sprays on our food can have several damaging effects on the earth, flora, fauna, and human health. Measurable declines in beneficial pest predators, essential pollinators, and crop yields have been accompanied by an alarming increase in harmful air pollution, soil and groundwater leaching, and the presence of chemicals in food products that bioaccumulate within the food chain. Adding to this concern is the persistent risk of contamination that can span decades, as numerous pesticides continue to linger in the environment for extended periods. [4]
- 3. Air pollution from vehicle emissions, fossil fuel combustion, forest fires, and factory outputs bombard our bodies daily. Studies show nutritional supplementation can support our bodies to perform at their healthiest. Consider adding B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to your supplement regime for their protective effects. [5][6][7]
- 4. We recommend high-quality, food-based supplements that have been sustainably harvested, minimally processed, and may help to support healthy bodily functions.
While it would be great to get all of our nutrients through diet alone, most of us need to include some level of supplementation to function at our best.
Our favorite food-based supplements
Rosita - Extra Virgin Cod Liver Oil (EVCLO)
One of nature’s best-known sources of omega-3, vitamin A, and vitamin D, cod liver oil provides pure fatty nutrients that may help to promote a positive mood, brain health, heart health, vitamin and mineral absorption, and immune health. [8][9][10][11][12]
Rosita uses traditional knowledge handed down through generations to gently extract the liver oils without heat or mechanical processes.
Great lakes Wellness Collagen Hydrolysate
Free from hormones, antibiotics, and anabolic steroids, Great Lakes Wellness offers a grass-fed collagen powder which is tasteless and highly versatile. Use it to support gut health in morning coffee, soups, stews, desserts, and more. The options are truly endless. Collagen, being rich in amino acids such as glycine, glutamine, and proline, can help soothe a stressed intestinal tract and stomach lining. [13] It may also support healthy joint mobility, nutrient absorption, reduction of gut inflammation, reduction of bloating, and support of our digestive organs. [14][15]
