FAQs

 What are nutritional supplements?

Once I start taking nutritional supplements, how long will it take them to give an effect?

Will I get more effect the longer I take nutritional supplements?

Why is it important to take nutritional supplements every single day?

Are the effects of a specific nutritional supplement from different brands the same?

Is it possible to consume too much of a certain nutritional supplement?

Can I experience side effects from taking nutritional supplements?

What do I do if I develop side effects?

Can I take nutritional supplements if I am taking pharmaceutical drugs?

Can pharmaceutical drugs prevent diseases?

Can nutritional supplements prevent diseases?

Are nutritional supplements safe?

Are nutritional supplements a waste of money?

Can I trust what I read on supplement labels?

Why hasn't my doctor recommended that I take nutritional supplements?

If I eat a healthy, balanced diet why would I need nutritional supplements?

Can I be too old to benefit from nutritional supplements?

Can I take nutritional supplements if I am ill?

Can I trust what the media say about nutritional supplements?

Are there scientific studies proving nutritional supplements' effects on humans?

If I take nutritional supplements in double dose, will I get double the effect?

Should I mix different brands of nutritional supplements?

Should I take vitamins and minerals together?

For how long should I take nutritional supplements?

Why doesn't the pharmaceutical industry focus on nutritional supplements?

Why do medical staff still insist that we do not need nutritional supplements?

Why do medical staff still insist that we do not need nutritional supplements?

  Nutritional supplements, in general, are concentrated, natural quality foods. The fact that they are natural means they are easily identified and used by our body and contrary to synthetic nutritional supplements, they often have no side effects. Different cultures around the world have been using nutritional supplements extensively for the past thousands of years.
Back to top   Scientific investigations suggest that nutritional supplements typically take 12 weeks to give an effect. This is because the doses of supplements you ingest every day have to be distributed throughout all of the body's billions of cells and that, as you can imagine, may take a little time!
Back to top   YES. Many scientific studies demonstrate that the longer you take nutritional supplements, the stronger the disease preventative and life prolonging effects. For each year you take nutritional supplements, the greater the effect.
Back to top   If you want the nutritional supplements to work, it is very important that you take them every day in the correct dosage. The dosage is as important to supplements as it is to pharmaceutical drugs; when your doctor prescribes you three penicillin capsules a day to treat pneumonia, taking just one capsule a day is not going to cure the infection. Similarly, nutritional supplements are not effective if they are not taken every day at the prescribed dose.

Back to top   NO. The purity of ingredients, the concentration of active substances, the dose, and how much is absorbed by your body are decisive factors for a nutritional supplement's effect. Unfortunately, many nutritional supplement producers take advantage of the fact that some consumers do not understand the contents listed on the labels and use cheap, synthetic ingredients that often give little or no effect at all. In case of doubt, always ask a medical professional experienced in nutritional medicine who may help you get the most out of your nutritional supplements.
Back to top   Generally, most nutritional supplements can be taken in much higher doses than the "recommended doses" without any risks whatsoever. Nevertheless, a few nutritional supplements, mostly fat-soluble ones and some minerals, should not be taken in larger doses than prescribed. For instance, very large amounts of vitamins A and D can have harmful side effects, especially for pregnant women. Before starting on nutritional supplements, it is important that you seek advice from a medical professional experienced in nutritional medicine.

Back to top   In general, when taken as prescribed, nutritional supplements do not have any side effects. However, when you begin to take nutritional supplements for the first time, you may experience some detox symptoms during the first few weeks. These symptoms are due to the fact that some supplements are cleansing your body from accumulated toxins (detox), and in most cases, are not a sign of intolerance or allergy to the ingredients. These symptoms may include skin impurities, nausea and fatigue, but are just temporary until the body has cleansed itself of the toxins. Some people, however, do have allergies to certain ingredients such as shellfish, which is why you should seek advice from a medical professional experienced in nutritional medicine.
Back to top   If you develop new symptoms after having started taking nutritional supplements, talk to the medical advisor who recommended the supplements. If you are experiencing symptoms typical of the body cleansing itself of toxins, it is usually sufficient to take half the dose for two weeks after which you can go back up to your initially prescribed dose. If in doubt or if symptoms do not disappear after a few weeks, contact your medical professional. In case of allergy, you should immediately stop taking the supplements and seek advice from a medical professional experienced in nutritional medicine.
Back to top   Very often, the effect of a pharmaceutical drug is increased when taken in conjunction with nutritional supplements. However, some medications can interact negatively with nutritional supplements, so you should always check with a medical professional experienced in nutritional medicine before you start taking supplements.
Back to top   Extremely few pharmaceutical drugs can prevent diseases.
Back to top   Taken in correct doses, many nutritional supplements can prevent modern-day diseases.
Back to top   YES. Serious side effects from nutritional supplements are extremely rare. In contrast, it is a scientifically documented fact that pharmaceutical drugs, even when correctly prescribed, are the fourth most common cause of premature death, after heart disease, cancer and stroke respectively.
Back to top   YES, if you take the wrong nutritional supplements and/or take the wrong dose.
NO, if you take the right nutritional supplements in their correct doses.
Back to top   YES/NO. Doctor's Natural contents correspond exactly to what is stated on the labels. Sadly, many nutritional supplement producers do not state contents accurately, taking advantage of the fact that it is difficult for consumers to examine the precise contents of a supplement capsule or tablet.
Back to top   Unfortunately, there are still many doctors that have not had the time or taken any interest in reading the thousands of published scientific studies about nutritional supplements. More than 1.5 million articles published in scientific journals are available to everyone on MEDLINE, the world's largest medical database.
Back to top   It is a fact that 98 percent of us DO NOT get even the low RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) amounts of all the necessary nutrients to stay healthy and avoid unnecessary chronic disease and premature death. A healthy, balanced diet nowadays only prevents us from getting deficiency diseases such as scurvy and rickets but is not enough to prevent the most common chronic diseases.
Back to top   NO. Most scientists believe that you can benefit from taking nutritional supplements at any age.
Back to top   You can never be too ill to eat healthy food. Taken from that point of view, you can never be too ill to improve your health with nutritional supplements. Nevertheless, it may take you longer to recover if you have been ill for a long period of time or if your illness is serious.
Back to top   Not always. Unfortunately, the media have a tendency to cover negative stories when it concerns nutritional supplements. "Bad news sells more newspapers than good news."
Back to top   YES. More than 55,000 double-blind, controlled studies regarding the effect and safety of nutritional supplements on humans have been published in MEDLINE, the world's largest medical database.
Back to top   Most of the time, NO. There are, however, nutritional supplements that contain certain antioxidants that at higher doses produce stronger effects. It is always best to follow the recommended doses.
Back to top   NO. When you mix nutritional supplements from different brands, you run the risk of obtaining too much of some nutrients and too little of others. Furthermore, mixing some types of nutritional supplements from different brands can pose a potential risk to your health.
Back to top   NO. Vitamins should be taken in the morning and minerals in the evening. Some vitamins and minerals can reduce each other's absorption by the body.
Back to top   For the best effect, essential nutritional supplements (vitamins and minerals) should be taken for the rest of your life if you want to prevent chronic disease. For special nutritional supplements that you are taking to cure an existing condition, follow the advice of your medical professional experienced in nutritional medicine.
Back to top   Firstly, as natural nutritional supplements cannot be patented, because they exist in nature, not much money can be earned from their production and sale. For a patented product, producers can charge as much as they want. Secondly, it is not in the financial interest of the pharmaceutical industry to keep people healthy, as the revenues of this industry depend on how many people are suffering from a disease. Treating the cause of the disease reduces the number of potential customers. Just treating symptoms, however, is an attractive option for this industry.
Back to top   The predominant reasons are ignorance and the pharmaceutical industry, who consider nutritional supplements a threat to their financial interests.
Back to top   The predominant reasons are ignorance and the pharmaceutical industry, who consider nutritional supplements a threat to their financial interests.
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