Several socio-economic and technological factors observed in highly industrialised nations have impoverished common foods of important nutrients. In particular, processing, preservation and cooking methods can impair the nutritional content of foods.
Moreover, the use of chemical products (pesticides, weed-killers) has impoverished most of the soil, depriving our cultivations of both micronutrients and macronutrients, substances that are essential for the daily diet.
Hence, since it is increasingly difficult to obtain nutritionally balanced and complete foods, the intake of food supplements becomes necessary to complete the missing nutritional substances in the foodstuffs we daily consume.
To reach an appropriate intake of micronutrients, we need to resort to supplementation that daily ensures elements that might only be supplied by consuming many calories that would soon favour the onset of pathological problems, such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, arterial hypertension and other conditions.
An impaired nutritional status impairs the quality of life. In fact, a prolonged marginal deficiency can favour the development of pathological conditions that one has to cure, when they could also be prevented by an appropriate nutritional intake.
Hence, the use of food supplements, along with a healthy diet, regular lifestyle and moderate physical exercise can:
- ensure optimal health conditions;
- improve physical and psychological performance;
- reduce the probability of developing pathological conditions;
- optimise the body’s functional capacity to defend itself from ageing;
- strengthen the internal defence system to fight stress and infectious agents.