Men's Over 50 Essential Vitamins

Multivitamins have a massive list of benefits and is too long for this section but as a summary, a multivitamin is assurance that you do not miss out on the recommended daily value of one or more important, essential vitamin or mineral. Not all foods are healthy, and no one is expected to eat exactly the recommended daily amount - a multivitamin is to fill the void of these shortcomings! To learn more about Multivitamins check out this resource.

The extra Vitamins in the pack serve as a boost to get the most out of each Vitamin to help us reach and exceed our health goals. 

Vitamin C is an important essential nutrient and antioxidant that your body can not produce on its own. Vitamin C plays a variety of vital functions in the human body such as supporting a healthy immune system, managing high blood pressure, lowering the risk of serious heart diseases, reduce uric acid and prevents gout, helps prevent iron deficiency, boosts immunity, protects your memory and brain function as you age as well as help preventing potential chronic diseases especially ones associated with inflammation. For a more in depth dive into the benefits of Vitamin C, click here.

Vitamin D-3 is sometimes referred to as liquid sunshine because your body automatically produces it when you are exposed to sun light. However, the recommended intake of D-3 exceeds the recommended exposure to sunlight and is important that this is supplemented. Vitamin D-3 helps reduce inflammation, helps prevent respiratory infections including but not limited to the influenza (flu) virus, helps prevent depression and anxiety, helps your body absorb Calcium, helps control insulin response and improves heart health.

A recent study found that men who supplement Vitamin D can boost natural testosterone by as much as 25% and another study concluded that most men with low testosterone also have low Vitamin D-3 levels further corroborating the findings. 

For more info on D3, check this article out.

Vitamin B-12 is another essential vitamin that the human body does not naturally produce. Vitamin B-12 serves plenty of roles in the body but the highlights are energy, preventing the afternoon crash and subsequent coffee shop run, helps support healthy skin, nails and hair, helps prevent mood swings and most importantly helps with DNA synthesis, red blood cell formation and neuron loss meaning healthy bones, eyes and brain.

Calcium was previously known to promote strong bones by supporting bone density and health, however, new studies suggest that Calcium also plays a vital role in the cardiovascular system by helping with blood clotting. In addition to this Calcium plays a role in muscle health which helps muscles recover and relax which can lower blood pressure as well as lowering cholesterol.

Nearly 70% of adults have a Magnesium deficiency and is linked to weakness, depression, high blood pressure, heart disease and mental health issues. In a study of people who suffer from a lack of emotion, bi-polar disorder and depression, nearly all showed a Magnesium deficiency. 

Essential Fatty Acids are just that, essential. Fish Oil has a proven track record in support of a healthy heart. In fact, Fish Oil has been shown to increase “good” HDL Cholesterol levels, prevent the hardening of arteries by preventing plaque, reduce high blood pressure, lower triglycerides and reduce fatal arrhythmia events such as heart attack and stroke.

Omega 3, 6 & 9 are fatty acids that are found in most foods. These fatty acids are extremely important and have a list of benefits about a mile long that include but are certainly not limited to brain development and continued health, metabolic health preventing things like obesity, stubborn belly fat and insulin resistance, prevents autoimmune diseases, improves bone and joint health, reduces fat in the liver and recent studies have shown that it may actually prevent cancer!

Here is a resource that covers EFA's.

Coenzyme 10 or CoQ10 is a naturally produced compound, however with age, your body slows and eventually stops production of this vital enzyme. CoQ10 is the energy source for your body’s cells.

A deficiency in CoQ10 can cause and worsen oxidative stress which is shown to be the cause of a plethora of diseases such as the various mitochondrial diseases and cardiovascular diseases.

In addition to that, CoQ10 has been shown to increase performance during exercise, reduces headaches, helps with diabetes and may prevent many forms of cancer as well as preventing cancer recurrence.