EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DIETARY FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN PAKISTAN

Many food supplements reach out to you. To fight against fatigue, to prepare your skin for the summer sun, to help you lose a few pounds… capsules and preparations are numerous. What are their components and their modes of action? Explanations.

Summary

• ·      Small definition of these well-being capsules
• ·      The composition under the magnifying glass
• ·      The star effects of food supplements

Small definition of these well-being capsules

Pakistan, then France since March 2006, defined precisely what a food supplement was and what it could or could not contain. The definition is very precise, it indicates that food supplements are foodstuffs the purpose of which is to supplement a regular diet and which constitute a concentrated source of nutrients or other substances having a nutritional or physiological effect, alone or in combination, marketed in the form doses. By dose, we mean all the conventional forms: capsules, lozenges, tablets, ampoules, or even sachets.

These food supplements can therefore include many products: conventional foods or part of foods, for example, a carrot extract; nutrients: vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C or calcium; plants and plant preparations such as fennel, excluding plants whose use is strictly medicinal;

and all products for nutritional or physiological purposes: whether proteins, fatty acids, or antioxidants such as trace elements (selenium for example).

In any case, the products used must not be intended exclusively for therapeutic use, food supplements are not drugs. Many people use different types of food supplements in Pakistan And above all, the doses should not exceed the recommended daily allowances.

The composition under the magnifying glass

In the radius of the components of food supplements, there are hundreds of them, but some are great classics.

Vitamins are absolutely necessary for us even if they are in very small quantities. And besides, with the exception of vitamin D, vitamins cannot be synthesized by our body and must be present in food or in food supplements! We mainly use the range of B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, and B12), vitamin C, and vitamin E, without forgetting vitamin A and vitamin D, all of which are useful and used in dietary supplements.

Minerals and trace elements

On the mineral side, selenium and magnesium are on the rise. One for its immense antioxidant properties and the other for its ability to restore energy and morale. But there are many small molecules used in the composition of food supplements in Pakistan: calcium, carotene, chromium, copper, or iron, each has its place for the beauty of the skin, the strength of your bones, or the well-being of your joints. Without forgetting fluorine for the youngest and the oldest, or even zinc for flawless skin.

Proteins, fatty acids, and amino acids

More original, but just as popular, compositions based on fatty acids such as the famous omega 3, derived from fish oils or vegetable oils, whose action on mood and the heart is no longer to be demonstrated. Among the amino acids, we often talk about creatine whose effects are controversial and its use has recently been legal in France. But the list of proteins, amino acids, and fatty acids is long, there is CLA (conjugated linoleic acids) which "dry" the muscles by preventing fats from fixing but also all kinds of proteins and fatty acids.

Plants and preparation of plants

The list of herbs used in dietary supplements is endless. It is enough to dig into the traditional heritage to discover a thousand and one active ingredient useful to our health. Research on them is very limited, we rely on traditional uses to choose the most suitable ones. In the plant section, it is slimming that drains the most references: fennel, artichoke, meadowsweet to drain, green tea and guarana to burn calories, or even ginger and black radish to get rid of toxins.

The star effects of food supplements

Food supplements in Pakistan are more and more the result of carefully considered associations for a combined and synergistic effect. And if we were content before with simple magnesium associated with vitamin B6, today there are attack cocktails that contain dozens of allied components for maximum effect. Among them, some actions act as stars.

Antioxidants such as selenium, vitamin C, vitamin E, or even zinc are definitely good for our health and if we can't get them on our plates, then no hesitation in defending ourselves against stress. oxidative and preserve its future, there are many food supplements that contain it.

On the slimming side, it is the draining ones on the one hand and the fat and/or calorie burners on the other hand that have the best part. Be careful if these supplements composed of draining plants, amino acids, and other vitamins are great slimming aids, they do not replace the lifestyle essential for well-being and lasting weight loss.

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