Healthy lifestyle and nutrition choices should always take precedence over supplements. However, modern life means that there are key areas where supplements are not only helpful, they’re vital for optimal health and performance. Here’s why you should consider incorporating them into your transformation plan.

Key takeaways

• Dietary and lifestyle changes should always take precedence over supplements.
• However, modern diets and lifestyles mean that, even with significant changes, you could still miss out on vital vitamins and minerals.
• The U.P. Essentials help you cover all bases.
• Check out upfitness.com/shop for full details on all of our supplements.

Too often, the supplement industry is full of outright lies about the importance of supplements, in the hierarchy of needs to help you get in shape. Here’s the bottom line – while at U.P. we are firm believers in the power of “essential” supplements, we always advise our clients to focus their attention and budget on buying the best quality food, long before considering using supplements.

It is true that many clients come to us with impaired digestion, and supplements can help with that because you are what you absorb (digest), not what you eat. Most modern diets have played havoc with the nutritional status of the general population. However, supplements are a tertiary consideration, lagging way behind a proper diet, exercise and stress management. Use supplements judiciously. Do not fall into the trap of thinking they are essential. They are by their very definition “supplementary”.

If you take a multivitamin, you may need to reduce the doses of other supplements, e.g., magnesium.

Fish oil is a combination of many different fatty acids, but the important ones are EPA and DHA. To work out the relevant amount per serving, add together the values for EPA and DHA listed on the product label.

There are several different supplement forms of magnesium. Cheaper forms (e.g., magnesium oxide) have poor absorption rates and can cause stomach upset. We recommend and use magnesium glycinate in our magnesium supplement, ‘UltraMag’, for optimal absorption.

Take all supplements with meals. The one exception is probiotics, which we recommend taking before meals.

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