Which Nutrients Should I Take?
I would like to provide you with a basic supplementation plan to follow now and after you ' ve reached your goal weight. Certain nutrients can aid in weight loss, so I have devised a basic formula that is integral to the Atkins Nutritional Approach. This formula is also perfectly appropriate once you ' ve reached Lifetime Maintenance. I ' ll list its contents, so you won ' t necessarily have to get them from Atkins Nutritionals( in which, of course, I have a financial involvement). You can simply provide yourself with a collection of vitamins that provide the equivalent nutritional support.
Atkins Basic # 3 Formula contains all the ingredients in my basic multiple vitamin, known as Basic # 1, although in somewhat different dosages( see table beginning below). Basic # 1 is a good formulation when weight loss is not an issue. Basic # 3, on the other hand, is designed to be taken as three tablets daily, one with each meal. Compared to Basic # 1, it contains greater amounts of certain nutrients-including chromium, pantethine, selenium, vanadium and biotin-all of which play a role in regulating blood sugar and insulin, as well as in burning fat. We ' ve also included additional amounts of antioxidants. Although you will certainly be able to find a good multivitamin that contains most of the ingredients in Basic # 3, you may choose to purchase separately the individual substances I ' ve just cited so you can take them in the desired amounts. Basic # 3 is formulated with intestinal flora, which helps your body use the nutrients more easily. It contains the following:
Atkins Basic # 3 Formula
Three tablets daily |
Amount Per |
Daily |
give you: |
Serving |
Value |
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Vitamin A( as acetate) |
4000 IU |
80 % |
Vitamin A( as natural beta |
7500 IU |
150 % |
carotene with mixed carotenoids) Vitamin C( as calcium ascorbate) |
360mg |
600 % |
Vitamin D-3( as cholecalciferol) |
200 IU |
50 % |
Vitamin E( as d-alpha |
150 IU |
500 % |
tocopherol succinate) Vitamin K( as phytonadione) |
5mcg |
6 % |
Vitamin B,( as thiamine HCL) |
25mg |
1666 % |
Vitamin BZ( as riboflavin) |
25mg |
1470 % |
Niacin( as niacinamide) |
20mg |
100 % |
Vitamin B( as pyridoxine HCL) |
25mg |
1250 % |
Folate( as folic acid) |
600mcg |
150 % |
Vitamin B12 |
200mcg |
3333 % |
( as cyanocobalamin) Biotin |
150mcg |
50 % |
Pantothenic Acid |
60mg |
600 % |
( as d-calcium pantothenate) |
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