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Clinical potential of spirulina
by Mark F. McCarty
Iatrogenic Gilbert Syndrome
by Mark F. McCarty
Chromium meta-analysis
by Mark F. McCarty
Potassium-to-Sodium ratio affects overall health
by Mark F. McCarty
National library of medicine & institutes of health
Clinical Potential of Bilins – A Collection of Essays
Welcome to NutriGuard Research
Since you are interested in supplementation, you most likely will agree with us that rationally-designed nutritional supplementation can play an important role in optimizing, preserving and restoring health - not as an alternative to, but in conjunction with, a healthful diet, regular exercise, and a prudent use of your physician’s diagnostic and therapeutic skills.
It is precisely because supplemental nutrition is a serious issue that companies like NutriGuard are needed. Supplementation that really works often requires rather ample amounts of some nutrients and phytochemicals that aren’t necessarily inexpensive. And devotees of supplementation often like to take a wide range of protective nutrients. So the cost of an effective supplementation program can quickly get out of hand - potentially a major problem for young families and for older people on fixed incomes who arguably have the greatest need for supplementation. The fact that Medicare and most health insurance policies won’t help you pay for your supplements - traditionally viewed as quasi-quackery by a medical industry that dances to the tune of the billions spent on research and promotion by drug companies - doesn’t help matters at all.
So for over two decades, NutriGuard has attempted to address this issue by formulating scientifically credible, no-nonsense products that in our view are likely to provide real benefits, and selling them directly to consumers at a moderate mark-up over their cost of production. In this way, most people can afford to use a program of supplemental nutrition that is potent enough and versatile enough to provide genuine protection and address a range of health needs. That doesn’t mean that all of our products are cheap - but they are as affordable as they reasonably can be relative to their inherent cost. In other words, you’re not getting ripped off!
Of course price is not the only issue. At NutriGuard, we pride ourselves on scientific insight. Here is an example: One of the first two products we offered back the late 1970s was supplemental organic selenium - 200 mcg per tablet. Since this was inexpensive to make, we sold a 7-month supply for only $8 (and we’ve never raised the price). We also included this dose and form of selenium in Broad Spectrum and most of our other insurance formulas - probably the first insurance formulas to offer this level of selenium. Well, in 1996, Dr Larry Clark published the results of a massive decade-long double-blind clinical study in which Americans over 60 received the identical daily dose and form of organic selenium - or a matching placebo. The researchers had to terminate this study a bit earlier than planned, because the data showed that the subjects receiving the supplemental selenium were dying from cancer at half the rate of those who were getting the placebo!
One study does not constitute adequate evidence that supplemental selenium can prevent cancer, and in any case no NutriGuard products per se have been tested in this respect. But this anecdote should serve to illustrate the fact that, at least from a scientific standpoint, NutriGuard is a bit cannier than the average vitamin company, and has a serious interest in protecting your health, at a price you can afford.
So please take a little time to visit our website, and check out the range of products and services we can offer you. The best time for optimal nutrition is NOW!
