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| Poor diet - Yet still vital? |
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| This study provides an answer |
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Stress and hectic scrambling are becoming ever
more common ways of life. Time gets shorter and shorter. Rigorous demands
thrust our responsibilities into the foreground as we allow healthy nutrition
to be short-changed.
Naturally, our body cannot tolerate such punishment (deficiency/ deficits)
over the long-term, and therefore reacts first by transmitting early warning
signals, such as brief concentration lapses or diminished endurance. If
these signals are not taken seriously, our body can react quite strongly,
i.e. our vitality rapidly deteriorates. |
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| The study set-up |
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| J.M. Ussher from the University of London wanted
to know if ingesting a combination of special ingredients with vitamins,
trace elements, minerals, and standardized G115® ginseng extract could improve
vitality - despite an otherwise poor diet. 222 male and female subjects
averaging 39 years of age were examined, each of them pursuing an active
career in middle management. |
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| Quality of life on trial |
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| The subjects were randomly divided into two main
groups. These two groups were then split into two subgroups with the help
of a questionnaire, which provided information about the subjects' eating
habits. One subgroup had healthy nutritional habits, the other suffered
from an unhealthy diet. Group 1 received the combination of special ingredients,
group 2 was merely administered a placebo. During the study all the test
subjects answered specially developed topic-related questions, e.g. about
their behavior in stress situations or their level of general drive. |
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| Impressive study results |
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| After two months the results of the study showed:
despite having an inadequate diet, the first group showed significant /
outstanding increases in physical and mental performance. The placebo group,
which likewise practiced an unhealthy diet, showed irritable reactions even
in everyday stress situations. The subjects possessed only a quarter of
the inner composure shown in the first group. |
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| The right combination produces vitality! |
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The conclusion was that the above mentioned combination
of special ingredients, including G115® ginseng extract, increases vitality
by several fold, especially in cases of inadequate nutritional supply. All
of these nutrients are, for example, contained in Pharmaton®.
If you want to know more about the Ussher study, you can download or order
the complete version. |
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| Source |
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| Ussher JM Dewberry C Malson H Noakes J (1995); The relationship
between health related quality of life and dietary supplementation in British
middle managers: a double-blind placebo controlled study. Psychol Health
10 , 97-111 |
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