Friday, April 18, 2014

Haesook Yoon/ Assignment 4/ Tues 11.A.M.

Give Some Supplement for Better Condition

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Today's people are living a manic life. In these busy times, it is hard to take care of our diets. Even essential nutrients are hard to be provided in the flood of fast-food. To solve out the short supply of nutrients, dietary supplement came into this world. Dietary supplements can't cure illness like medicine but can help our body to keep the best condition to be healthy. Mainly, multi-vitamin and omega-3 are recommended for every day intake. Other supplements may be needed depending on one's health condition.

Multi-vitamins consist of various vitamins, minerals and other nutritional elements. The purpose of taking multi-vitamin is to make up for lack of essential nutrients. A lot of antioxidants in multi-vitamin enhance our immunity therefore just by filling the needs we can maintain health and prevent disease. Also those vitamins have a share in fatigue recovery and aging prevention. Multi-vitamins cannot be the cure-all but can be the vaccine in the way that they prevent diseases.

Omega-3 is polyunsaturated fatty acids. It is essential fatty acids for metabolism. This fatty acid is usually extracted from fish. Other important fatty acid is omega-6 which is usually found in meat, corns and dairy products. These days' people take 20~30 times more omega-6 than omega-3. Thus Omega-3 is made into a dietary supplement to balance intake of omega-6 and omega-3. Omega-3 help improve cardiovascular system to work better. Also, it helps with mental illness and improving intellectual capacity.

Other dietary supplements are flowing over in markets. They are targeting eye health, liver capacity improvements, skincare and etc. If one understands the purpose of supplements and one's body condition, the supplements will be a big help. The recommended trend of dietary supplements is vitamin-c megadose. It is a mega consumption of vitamin-c which helps maximizing body condition. Milk thistle for liver capacity improvement, L-Cystein for skincare and Eyebright for eye health is also recommended.

Dietary supplements are made to help our body to stay in our best condition. It cannot cure diseases but can enhance our body to cure the disease itself. Multi-vitamins are the most efficient supplements. Omega-3 improves our cardiovascular system and brain. There are many other supplements to promote our health. It is important to have a good knowledge of supplements before taking them. With careful investment we all can get a boost of our life.

 

1 comment:

  1. 1. The introduction includes a general thesis about the causes and effect. : Dietary supplements cannot cure illness like medicine but can help our body to keep the best condition to be healthy.

    2. Each body paragraph contains a topic sentence that defines a specific cause.
    Multi-vitamins cannot be the cure-all but can be the vaccine in the way that they prevent diseases.
    Omega-3 help improve cardiovascular system to work better. Also, it helps with mental illness and improving intellectual capacity.
    It is a mega consumption of vitamin-c which helps maximizing body condition.

    3. The causes are explained in a logical way.

    4. The writer uses connectors such as thus, also, other to show cause and effect.

    5. The conclusion restates the causes by providing the benefits of each dietary supplement.

    6. The writer suggests that with the right use of dietary supplement, we all can be healthy.

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