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Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients. The word “vitamin” comes from the Latin vita (which means life) and amine. Vitamins are vital to life. They are so necessary that there is not one single vitamin or essential mineral that you can do without.
The right combination of vitamins and minerals in the right dosages can help the body recover from some health problems.
Sources of Nutrients
Human bodies do not create all of the needed vitamins and minerals. They must be introduced into the body from an external source. One external source is wholesome food. While it is certainly true that a nutrient-rich diet is indispensable to good health, diet alone may not be enough.
Illness, injury, high stress levels, exposure to pollution and other toxins, an inadequate quality or duration of hours of sleep, strenuous workouts, and other factors can all put additional demands on the body. You may need to supplement your nutrient intake to meet those demands and to help speed healing.
Oral supplements can be another source of vitamins and minerals. They are generally available in pill, capsule, powder and liquid form. These can have some benefit, but that benefit can be limited by factors that impede digestion and absorption.
Another drawback with oral supplements is that some people have a relatively low tolerance for oral supplements travelling through the digestive tract so the doses must be limited. High doses of Vitamin C taken orally, for instance, can pull water into the intestines and over-soften the stool. This can result in diarrhea, nausea, and stomach cramps. High oral doses of other vitamins and minerals can also have a negative effect.
Why IV Vitamins and Minerals?
Administration of nutrients by IV presents two immediate advantages. Because IV introduces nutrients into the bloodstream, therefore bypassing the digestive tract, higher doses are often more easily tolerated, usually with minimal to no side effects. Additionally, nutrients flowing into the bloodstream will enter and supersaturate the cells of the body, where they are needed.
The benefits of IV vitamins and minerals can often be achieved in a shorter period of time than limited doses of oral supplements.
Is IV Vitamin Therapy Right for You?
Should you be getting IV vitamins and minerals? Which vitamin and mineral supplements should you have? What dosages should you be taking? How often should you receive IV vitamin therapy? Like so many other things, it depends. There really is no such thing as a “one size fits all” vitamin regimen.
Different conditions require different combinations and concentrations of vitamins and minerals. We combine many different vitamins and minerals according to your needs and the desired therapeutic effect.
The team Green Apple Health Care will do a full assessment of your current health and your health goals and will tailor a program to suit you.
IV nutrients can help to get the nutrients you need to restore and maintain your health.