If you’ve been keeping up with me for a while, you’ve probably heard me mention and quote the benefits of a GF multivitamin on the gluten-free diet. After all, it’s common sense health advice. Now there’s scientific evidence that shows that taking a daily multivitamin also increases longevity!

The study in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that with a daily vitamin supplement, telomeres were lengthened by 5.1%. Not just any vitamins were taken, but specifically the powerful antioxidants, Vitamins B12, C, and E.  Telomeres are considered to be the anti-aging “key.” Part of the DNA, they’re found in every cell in the body. As cells divide, however, telomeres become shorter, which means that cells are getting “older,” and lengthening telomeres will lead to a longer, healthier life.

You can take B12, C, and E regularly in supplement form, but it’s important to also get these in your diet as well. Food sources of Vitamin B12 include grass-fed beef, salmon, tuna, and milk; vitamin C can be found in produce such as kiwi, strawberry, orange, grapefruit, and red and green bell peppers; and vitamin E can be found in spinach, broccoli, almonds, peanuts, olive oil and kiwi.

Here are the minimum daily values recommended in supplements for keeping telomeres long: 100 mcg of Vitamin B12, 3,000 mg of non-synthetic Vitamin C, and 200 to 400 IU of vitamin E in mixed tocopherols form, the last of which needs to be taken with food because it is a fat-soluble supplement, requiring fat in order to be absorbed.

Now you have no excuse not to take your GF multivitamin every day—not only is it “insurance” to make sure you’re getting all the nutrients you need, but it’s also an effective anti-aging method at minimum cost and maximum convenience!

Tina Turbin
www.GlutenFreeHelp.info

You’ve probably heard me speaking out about the importance of celiacs taking a gluten-free multivitamin regularly. Not only does a vitamin supplement help the body heal after the damaging effects of ingesting gluten, but it is a necessity on the gluten-free diet because gluten-free food products are generally not enriched with vitamins, especially the B vitamins.

Lucky for us, Freeda Vitamins sells dozens of gluten-free multivitamins, even prenatal and children’s formulas. Freeda Vitamins is no newcomer to the world of nutrition; they’ve been in business for over 80 years! Not only do they stress quality in their products, but they’ve made a point to meet the special dietary needs of celiacs as well as vegetarians, diabetics, those with food allergies, and the Kosher community with products that are not only free gluten but of common allergens such as lactose, milk, eggs, fish, casein, and wheat. They have also taken care to eliminate other additives such as sugar, artificial colors and flavors, aluminum, preservatives, sulfates, and sulfites.

The children’s formulas come in five different flavors as well as unflavored. Other products include B complex supplements, individual B and other vitamins, digestive supplements, and herbs and plant extracts. Their prices are also very reasonable. For a complete list of what their supplements are free of and to order their products, check out their website at www.freedavitamins.com.

Tina Turbin

www.GlutenFreeHelp.info

Freida Whitley, Susan Spann and Virginia Reed will soon be receiving their 60-day supply of the Lifepak Nano vitamins.

“Thank you for selecting me as a winner. This promotion is definitely one that I feel will make a tremendous difference for me. I will be excitedly waiting in anticipation for the mailman to deliver this one!  Thank you for running this promotion and keep up the good job on your blog.” Susan Spann

“Wow!  It’s so exciting to win such a great prize!  We have been searching for the best gluten-free vitamins and supplements, so winning the LifePak Nano giveaway couldn’t have come at a better time. Thank you Tina!”  Freida Whitley

“Thank you so very much! I was just recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease! This web site has helped me so much with questions and tips you have, also thanks for the great recipies!”  YOU ROCK! Virginia Reed

Thanks to everyone for participating – and to each winner, enjoy your prize!

                                             Tina Turbin 

The company Nu Skin has a gluten-free supplement line, Pharmanex, offering confirmed gluten-free dietary supplements in small packs—LifePak Nano—to address issues such as DNA protection, immune support, antioxidant defense, metabolism, and much more.

The supplements are also quality-guaranteed by the company, which says they can be an enhancement to an anti-aging program. Vitox is another GF supplement in individual capsules . This GF product supports important antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients. Nu Skin’s line of makeup is gluten-free and says soon many of their products will be, too.

Diane Poplawski had years of trouble with her own skin and even after being diagnosed celiac, the skin rashes didn’t clear up until she found Nu Skin’s lotions, cleansers, and makeup. She told me her two children, one celiac and the other having severe allergies, benefit from the lotions as well. Her kids are so sensitive that if they even kiss someone with gluten, they get a severe reaction. She can wear makeup and she has no worries now.

Her whole life turned around by being on a gluten-free diet after taking her two-year-old daughter repeatedly to the doctor for her constant vomiting, bloody stools, constipation, and diarrhea. It wasn’t until a remote nutritionist suggested “celiac,” a new word to Diane’s vocabulary, that she began to look into a gluten intolerance.

Her doctor willingly tested her little girl, and with no familiarity to gliadin, shrugged off the test results. It wasn’t until the nutritionist later read the results properly that Diane’s daughter was diagnosed as celiac. The nutritionist determined the new gluten-free diet for her little girl, and it saved her life. Diane’s second child has severe allergies and the family is 100% off of gluten and using Nu Skin products for skin and Pharmanex for supplements with no reaction.

The make-up applies beautifully, as you can see from some of the images from one of my employees, Mara Rouse. Mara is a makeup artist and special-effects-artist for television and movies in L.A – worked with Star Trek special effects team, Oscar winner for Best Makeup 2010! She now carries NuSkin’s make-up in her bags.

Call Diane with any questions at (631) 888-2296 or e-mail her at dianeanddanp@yahoo.com or visit www.dandeepop.com .  Pharmanex LifePak Nano  Gluten-Free vitamins. Anyone who would prefer a discount they can email Diane direct. The website will not offer auto discounts nor will it offer free shipping, so as a secondary promotion she will discount any Nuskin or Pharmanex product item on the www.theglutenfreechoice.nsedreams.com if they email her with products of interest. the gluten free products list is on that site as well on the home page, and all her phone numbers and email are there as well.

This company and Diane’s generous offers are given a thumbs up by me.

Tina Turbin

www.glutenfreehelp.info