Total Daily Formula
180 Tablets
As a dietary supplement, each
tablet supplies:
Ingredients
The Foundation of
Dietary Supplementation
A complete, balanced
multi-vitamin/mineral supplement is the foundation of a sound
dietary supplement regimen. Daily use of a "multiple" is the
best way to ensure a consistent intake of the basics of healthy
nutrition: the essential vitamins and minerals. Vitamin and
mineral supplementation is a health insurance policy against the
long-term consequences of low essential nutrient intakes from
food sources. Essential nutrient supplementation is a wise
health measure, especially in this day and age. With the
fast-paced lifestyle that is a reality for many, eating healthy
nutritious meals (in a relaxed enough fashion to properly digest
them) often gets neglected. For example, we need the recommended
five servings of fruits and vegetables every day in order to get
an optimum intake of carotenes and flavonoids. These nutrients
are plant pigments which play a number of health-promoting roles
in the body. But how many of us manage to actually eat five full
servings of fruits and vegetables on a daily basis, day in and
day out?
Abundant Food, Inadequate Nutrition
America is a
nation blessed with an abundant supply of food in seemingly
endless variety. In spite of this, nationwide food surveys over
the last thirty years show that many people are not getting
enough vitamins and minerals to stay healthy. The percentage of
people in various population groups consuming less than two
thirds of the RDA's for vitamins and minerals ranges anywhere
from five to as much as seventy percent.1 For example, the
USDA's Nationwide Food Consumption Survey revealed that a
majority of Americans do not get the RDA for calcium and
magnesium, two of the most important minerals.2,3 Moderns diets
over the last fifty years have become especially sparse in trace
elements - minerals such as zinc, chromium, selenium and others
- and this is regarded by some nutrition scientists as a public
health risk factor.4
Total Daily Formula - Why it is Not Just
Another Multiple
Total Daily Formula provides generous portions
of all the essential vitamins and minerals, thus fulfilling the
basic requirements of an effective multiple. But the formula
offers many features which set it apart from typical
multivitamin supplements.
Mixed Carotenoids
All fruits and
vegetables contain carotenes, the plant pigments responsible for
the rich variety of colors we enjoy in the natural world. Beta
carotene is the most familiar member of the carotene family. But
beta carotene never exists by itself; it is always found with
other carotenes in foods. We need more than just beta carotene
alone. Carotenes are powerful antioxidants, which means they
help reduce the body's free radical burden. Research suggests
that carotenes work as a team to keep us healthy.5 Total Daily
Formula provides beta carotene, alpha carotene, lutein,
lycopene, zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin from natural sources such
as algal extracts, carrot oil, marigold and tomatoes
(Caromix®).
Corn-Free Vitamin C
Total Daily Formula uses
only corn-free vitamin C (ascorbic acid). The full daily intake
of 6 tablets provides an exceptionally generous 800 mg of
vitamin C.
Optimum B Vitamin Servings
Total Daily Formula
supplies ample amounts of all essential B vitamins. Vitamin B3
is given as niacin plus an extra helping of niacinamide, the
non-flush form of this important vitamin. The body uses
pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) to deal with stress, so the
formula provides 150 mg, which is 15 times the RDA. Vitamin B6
is another B vitamin people may run short of, so 60 mg -- 30
times the RDA -- is supplied. The formula contains 800 mcg of
folic acid, the vitamin now recognized by the FDA as essential
for prevention of neural tube defects in unborn babies. Folic
acid also helps prevent accumulation in the body of
homocysteine, a metabolite of the amino acid methionine.6 A high
blood homocysteine level is now considered to be a risk factor
for heart disease.7
Flavonoids
Flavonoids, also known as
"bioflavonoids." are plant pigments widely distributed
throughout the plant kingdom.8 Previously known as "Vitamin P,"
because they help reduce capillary permeability (leakiness)
flavonoids are now regarded as "semi-essential" non-vitamin
nutrients that benefit health in a variety of ways.9 In addition
to maintaining the structure of blood vessels, flavonoids
function as versatile antioxidants. Flavonoids protect vitamin C
from destruction by free-radicals, helping to preserve the
body's vitamin C supply.10 Total Daily Formula provides 100 mg
of pure flavonoids from 112 mg of citrus extract.
Three
superior sources of Calcium
Total Daily Formula contains three
of the best absorbed and most effective forms of calcium
available. MCHC (microcrystalline hydroxyapatite concentrate) is
a naturally-derived compound composed of calcium, plus all the
minerals and organic factors in living bone tissue. MCHC has
been clinically shown to benefit bone health.11 Calcium citrate
malate is a very well-absorbed form of supplemental calcium
shown in recent research to be helpful for postmenopausal
women.12,13 Calcium glycinate is chelated with the amino acid
glycine, one of the most efficient mineral carriers for
effective absorption.14,15
Magnesium glycinate
Magnesium
is essential for strong bones and healthy hearts. This versatile
mineral also regulates nerve function, keeps muscles relaxed and
coordinates activity of over 300 enzymes in the body.16 Total
Daily Formula contains 100 percent magnesium glycinate for
exceptional absorption and gentleness on the intestinal tract.17
Magnesium glycinate has been clinically tested on people with
severe malabsorption with excellent results.18
Trace
Minerals
Total Daily Formula provides - in addition to zinc,
chromium, selenium and iodine - vanadium and molybdenum.
Vanadium helps maintain normal blood sugar.19 Molybdenum works
as a co-factor for enzymes that help detoxify and eliminate
foreign substances from the body.20
Bioperine® for Enhanced
Absorption
Bioperine® is a natural extract derived from black
pepper that enhances nutrient absorption. Preliminary trials on
humans have shown significant increases in the absorption of
nutrients consumed along with Bioperine®. 21
Betaine HCL -
supplies HCL (hydrochloric acid) to assist digestion.
All
natural tablet coating made of vegetable concentrate and beta
carotene.
Scientific References
1. Cheraskin, E. Ringsdorf,
W.M., Clark, J.W. 1968. Diet and Disease. (p. 16). New Canaan,
CT: Keats Publishing.
2. Morgan, K.J. et. al. Magnesium and
calcium dietary intakes of the U.S. population. Journal of the
American College of Nutrition. 1985;4:195-206.
3. Lakschmanan,
F.L., Rao, R.B., Kim, W.W., Kelsay, J.L. Magnesium intakes,
balances and blood levels of adults consuming self-selected
diets. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
1984;40:1380-89.
4. Mertz, W. The Essential Trace Elements.
Fed. Proc. 1970;29:1482.
5. Perry, G. Byers, T. Dietary
carotenes, vitamin C and vitamin E as protective antioxidants in
human cancers. Annu. Rev. Nutr. 1992;12:139-59.
6. Landgren,
F., et. al. Plasma homocysteine in acute myocardial infarction:
Homocysteine-lowering effect of folic acid. J Int Med
1995;237:381-88.
7. Clarke, R., et. al. Hyperhomocysteinemia:
an independent risk factor for vascular disease. New Eng J Med
1991;324:1149-55.
8. Havsteen, B. Flavonoids, a class of
natural compounds of high pharmacological potency. Biochemical
Pharmacology 32(7):1141-48.
9. Middleton, E. The flavonoids.
TIPS 1984; 5:335-38.
10. Roger, C.R. The nutritional incidence
of flavonoids: some physiological and metabolic considerations.
Experientia 44(9):725-804.
11. Dixon, A. St. J. Non-hormonal
treatment of osteoporosis. British Medical Journal
1983;286(6370):999-1000.
12. Smith, K.T. et. al. Calcium
Absorption from a new calcium delivery system (CCM). Calcif
Tissue Int 1987;41:351-352.
13. Dawson-Hughes, B. et. al. A
controlled trial of the effect of calcium supplementation on
bone density in postmenopausal women. New England Journal of
Medicine 1990 Sep 27;323(13):878-883.
14. Albion Research Notes
Vol. 4, No. 1, ©Albion Laboratories Jan,1995.
15. Ashmead, H.D.
Intestinal Absorption of Metal Ions and Chelate, Springfield:
Charles C Thomas, ©1985.
16. Wester, P.O., Dyckner, T. The
importance of the magnesium ion. Magnesium
deficiency-symptomatology and occurrence. Acta Med Scand 1992;
(Suppl) 661:3-4. 17. Albion Research Notes Vol. 3, No. 1,
©Albion Laboratories, Feb 1994.
18. Schutte, S., et. al.
Bioavailability of Mg diglycinate vs MgO in patients with ileal
resections. Abstract 115, AJCN 1992;56(4).
19. Cohen, N. et.
al. Oral vanadyl sulfate improves hepatic and peripheral insulin
sensitivity in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus. J. Clin Invest 1995; 95:2501-09.
20. Sardesi, V.M.
Molybdenum: An essential trace mineral element. Nutr Clin Pract
1993; 8:277-81.
21. Bioperine® - Nature's Bioavailability
Enhancing Thermo-nutrient. Executive Summary' 1996; Sabinsa
Corporation, Piscataway, N.J.
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