Alongside a well balanced diet, The Four Pillars daily supplement product from Pharmax furnishes the essential ‘four pillars’ nutrient groups in a practical and cost effective manner. The Four Pillars daily supplement helps to provide the best possible opportunity to enjoy lifelong optimum health and to lower the risk of chronic diseases caused by poor diet and today’s stressful lifestyle. To achieve this, a single 1-day strip of four capsules/tablets provides the following essential nutrients:

PILLAR ONE – VITAMINS & MINERALS

The Four Pillars vitamin and mineral component is  designed to furnish optimum levels of these nutrients in order to maintain health and help prevent disease -without any further requirement for supplementation. Adequate provision of vitamins and minerals are required for virtually all functions in the body including:

• Muscular/skeletal/skin function and condition
• Circulatory and heart function
• Nervous and mental function
• Immune and hormone systems functionality
• Intestinal, liver and kidney function

PILLAR TWO – ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS

It is essential that both omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids be supplied in our diet. However, over the past 50 years, the amounts of omega-6 fatty acids in our diets have significantly increased, while the levels of intake of omega-3 fatty acids have decreased dramatically. This has resulted in the USA population being chronically deficient in omega-3′s. The average USA adult intake for the three important omega-3 fatty acids compared to the recommendations of The American Heart Association are shown below – and the deficiency is clear!!

PILLAR THREE – ANTIOXIDANTS

Excessive free radical production is now implicated in the chronic breakdown of functionality of the following physiological systems in the body:

• Cardiovascular system
• Immune system
• Digestive system
• Liver detoxification system
• Neural system

In many cases, research has shown that supplementation of antioxidants prevents this breakdown from occurring and the indications are that the greatest benefits come from the provision of a wide range of both endogenous and plant antioxidants. It is also now recognized that our intake of fruit and vegetables, which are the richest dietary sources of antioxidants, is generally below optimum levels.

The Four Pillars antioxidant component provides physiologically relevant concentrations of 21 different antioxidants (including vitamins C and E), providing a comprehensive spectrum of these ‘new vitamins

PILLAR FOUR – PROBIOTICS

Prior to the development of refrigeration and freezing technologies, many foods were preserved by fermentation with probiotic-type bacteria, and consequently intake of these microbes was much higher than today. The importance of adequate intake of these bacteria is now recognized, as it is acknowledged that our normal intestinal microflora confers numerous health benefits, including;

• Being essential to the development and maintenance of our immune systems
• Providing direct protection from invasion by pathogenic microorganisms
• Maintaining intestinal integrity and functionality

The Four Pillars probiotic component has been proven in human clinical trials to be effective in protecting against potential enteric infections and overgrowth of undesirable microorganisms as well as providing relief to numerous gastrointestinal complaints.

Features & benefits

• Provides all essential ‘four pillars’ nutrient groups in one tear-off strip, i.e. vitamins ft minerals; fatty acids; antioxidants; probiotics
• Each vitamin and mineral tablet provides the total requirement of category A nutrients
• Each fatty acid softgel capsule provides 265mg DHA and 395mg EPA as pure concentrated fish oil
• Each antioxidant tablet provides a wide range of both endogenous and phyto antioxidants
• Each probiotic capsule provides 2 billion viable cells of the HLC LAB4 Consortium bacteria – proven in human clinical trials