DESCRIPTIONS:
Men's Essentials is a broad-range formula, providing essential vitamins and minerals for energy production and healthy immune support, as well as active B vitamins. The formula contains rhodiola, used in eastern European medicine to provide support during times of stress and schisandra, used in traditional Chinese medicine to support the bodies resistance to stress.
- Provides nutritional support for key men’s health concerns: cognition, energy, testosterone levels and sperm production.
- Contains activated B vitamins – vitamin B6 (P5P), vitamin B9 (folinic acid/5-MTHF), vitamin B12 (mecobalamin) – to support healthy methylation.
- Upgraded formula provides a daily dose of 1000IU of vitamin D3, and vitamin K in the form of K2.
- Vitamin K2 supports healthy bones.
- Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5 and mecobalamin are included to assist energy production.
- Vitamins B1, B2, B6 and B12 support a healthy nervous system, and rhodiola is used in traditional eastern European and Chinese medicine systems for its adaptogenic properties, to provide support during times of stress.
- Iodine is an essential nutrient for the production of thyroid hormones.
- Schisandra is used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to tonify the kidneys and to support the bodies resistance to stress.
- Support for a healthy immune system provided by selenium, zinc and vitamins A, C and D3.
- Vitamins B9, B6 and B12 help to maintain healthy homocysteine metabolism.
- Provides a broad range of antioxidants, including lycopene, to guard against free radical damage.
- Choline helps maintain healthy liver function.
- Twice a day capsule for easier dosing, with a lower excipient formula (compared to previous formulation).
Ingredients
Each capsule contains:
| Vitamins: | ||
| Retinol palmitate | 341mcg | |
| Thiamine hydrochloride (vitamin B1) | 31.8mg | |
|
equiv. thiamine (vitamin B1)
|
25mg | |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 20mg | |
| Riboflavin sodium phosphate (active vitamin B2) | 6.8mg | |
|
equiv. riboflavin (vitamin B2)
|
5mg | |
| Nicotinic acid (vitamin B3) | 2.5mg | |
| Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) | 50mg | |
| Calcium pantothenate | 50mg | |
| Pyridoxal-5-phosphate monohydrate (P5P) (active vitamin B6) | 4.1mg | |
|
equiv. pyridoxine (vitamin B6)
|
2.5mg | |
| Pyridoxine hydrochloride | 30.4mg | |
|
equiv. pyridoxine (vitamin B6)
|
25mg | |
| Calcium folinate | 137mcg | |
|
equiv. folinic acid (activated vitamin B9)
|
100mcg | |
| Levomefolate calcium | 130.4mcg | |
|
equiv. levomefolic acid (5-MTHF)(active vitamin B9)
|
100mcg | |
| Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) | 100mcg | |
| Mecobalamin (co-methylcobalamin) (active vitamin B12) | 100mcg | |
| Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | 50mg | |
| Colecalciferol | 12.5mcg | |
|
equiv. vitamin D3
|
500IU | |
| Vitamin E (as d-alpha tocopheryl acid succinate) | 20.7mg | |
| Biotin (vitamin H) | 75mcg | |
| Menaquinone 7 (vitamin K2) | 7.5mcg | |
| Minerals: | ||
| Boron (as borax) | 0.5mg | |
| Calcium (as citrate tetrahydrate) | 12.5mg | |
| Chromium (as picolinate) | 25mcg | |
| Copper (as gluconate) | 100mcg | |
| Iodine (as potassium iodide) | 37.5mcg | |
| Magnesium (as phosphate pentahydrate) | 20mg | |
| Manganese (as amino acid chelate) | 1.5mg | |
| Molybdenum (as trioxide) | 62.5mcg | |
| Potassium (as iodide) | 11.6mcg | |
| Selenium (as selenomethionine) | 25mcg | |
| Zinc (as amino acid chelate) | 10mg | |
| Nutrients: | ||
| Choline bitartrate | 50mg | |
| Inositol (myo-inositol) | 25mg | |
| Lycopene | 100mcg | |
| Herbal extracts equiv. to dry: | ||
| Schisandra chinensis (schisandra) fruit | 750mg | |
| Rhodiola rosea (rhodiola) root | 250mg | |
*RE = retinol equivalents
Dose
Adults: Take 1 capsule twice daily with food or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
- The recommended daily intake (RDI) of vitamin A is 700mcg retinol equivalents for women and 900mcg retinol equivalents for men.
- WARNING - Stop taking this medication if you experience tingling, burning or numbness and see your healthcare practitioner as soon as possible (contains vitamin B6).
- This product contains selenium which is toxic in high doses. A daily dose of 150mcg for adults of selenium from dietary supplements should not be exceeded.
- If symptoms persist, talk to your health professional.
- Contains ethanol no more than 3% v/v as a preservative.
- Contains sulfites.
- Vitamin and mineral supplements should not replace a balanced diet.
- Always read the label. Use only as directed.