Do you suffer from nutrient or vitamin deficiencies? Food supplements help you to optimize your nutrition by targeting where your deficiencies occur.
In our checklist you can find out what to look out for in the dosage and for whom dietary supplements are particularly suitable. You can find a selection of great supplements in our product recommendations.
- When buying supplements, pay attention to the ingredients, especially if you are sensitive to different ingredients.
- Some supplements contain allergens such as lactose or gluten, to which many people are allergic.
- Additives such as preservatives or sugar should be avoided.
- Ideally, dietary supplements should only cover the daily requirement so as not to overload the body’s optimal absorption capacity.
- Supplements that cover several times the daily requirement are not recommended forvarious reasons. Some vitamins and ingredients (e.g., vitamin C) cannot be stored by the body in high doses, so the body excretes excess material. Other vitamins and ingredients (e.g., vitamin E) can lead to overdose or poisoning if the dose is too high.
- In general, dosage should always follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
- Dietary supplements help people with vitamin deficiencies, for example, and can thus specifically optimize the diet.
- Especially vegetarians and vegans can support their diet with dietary supplements.
- Dietary supplements should only be taken in case of deficiency symptoms and in consultation with a specialist and should not be used as a preventive measure.
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Recommended Dietary Supplements
We have compiled the most popular and interesting dietary supplements. You can find the list with our product recommendations here.
Vitamins
Minerals and Trace Elements
- ✦ OPTIMAL DOSAGE: Optimally bioavailable blend with all essential minerals and trace elements. Due to their powder form, the minerals can be optimally used according to individual needs.
- ✦ WITH PRIMORDIAL ESSENCE SHILAJIT: 100% hand-harvested Mumijo from wild collection in the high altitude regions of the Himalayas (over 4000 m altitude) with humic and fulvic acid.
- ✦ NEUTRAL: The new formula is 100% unflavoured and can be easily stirred into any liquid or meal.
- ✦ VERSATILE: Mineralises foods of all kinds. The minerals are great for boosting other alpha foods, but can also be mixed with juice or used in cooking.
- ✦ VEGAN-FRIENDLY: Natural, optimally bioavailable compounds. Without separating agents, carriers, flavourings, colourings, stabilisers. Alpha Foods minerals are 100% vegan, lactose-free, gluten-free, preservative-free and free from genetically modified ingredients (GMO).
Fatty Acids
Proteins
- Packaging May Vary - New look, with the same trusted quality
- GOLD STANDARD 100% WHEY BLEND – 24g blended protein consisting of whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, and whey peptides to support lean muscle mass – they don't call it the GOLD STANDARD of quality for nothing
- OVER 5G OF BCAAS – help build lean and strong muscles with naturally occurring BCAAs
- 3-4G CARBS, 1-3G SUGAR, AND 1-1.5G FAT, GLUTEN FREE, No Sucralose in Double Rich Chocolate Flavor
- INSTANTIZED – improves mixability to prevent lumps and clumps
- BANNED SUBSTANCE TESTED – highest quality control measures so you feel comfortable and safe consuming the product
- 8 SIZES TO CHOOSE FROM – 1, 2, 5, and 10-pound options available
- OVER 20 DECADENT FLAVORS TO CHOOSE FROM
- ANY-TIME FORMULA – great before or after exercise, between meals, with a meal, or any time of day where you need extra protein in your nutrition
- Most Awarded, Best-Selling Whey Protein Powder On The Planet
Carbohydrates
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Current Offers Of Nutritional Supplements
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FAQ About Dietary Supplements
Dietary supplements are available from many different manufacturers, each with their own ingredients and dosages. We’ve compiled the most popular supplements for you on this page, so you can easily find the supplement that meets your needs.
That depends on your personal health and the supplements you use. If you have a doctor-diagnosed nutrient or vitamin deficiency, you should first consult with your doctor about the best way to address that deficiency. You should also make sure when buying supplements that the vitamins and nutrients are not overdosed, otherwise they can cause harm.
Food supplements that counteract your deficiency symptoms are useful. If you have a nutrient or vitamin deficiency, you should consult a doctor and discuss which supplements are useful. The dosage is also crucial when using them.
Especially in too high a dose, dietary supplements can cause liver damage. Particularly harmful are fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamins A, D, E or K, which in too high a dose can lead to poisoning.
It should be discussed before surgery which nutritional supplements are okay and which should be discontinued. In principle, blood-clotting vitamins such as vitamin E should be avoided.
Preparations with omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, zinc, magnesium, creatine or L-carnitine and -glutamine are suitable for muscle building. However, care should always be taken to use a responsible dosage so as not to cause damage to organs.
Pregnant women should take especially folic acid, iodine and iron to promote the development of the child. However, the intake should always be discussed with a professional to choose the right dosage.
The timing of intake is not relevant to the absorption of vitamins and nutrients. However, dietary supplements should not be taken on an empty stomach, otherwise they can cause nausea and stomach problems.
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