WHAT are Essentials, WHY it is unique
and HOW it BENEFITS Your Health?
To maintain health, we need a diversity of vitamins, minerals, bioflavonoids, and other nutrients. Although we receive many of these nutrients from our diets, its impractical and virtually impossible to obtain an optimal dose through diet alone.
USANA understands the importance of providing the right ingredients - in the correct amounts, in the right balance, and in the correct forms - for all age groups. For this reason, USANA has created Essentials to provide the most well-rounded supplementation possible - a must for everyone interested in true health.
The Right Ingredients
The "essential" vitamins and minerals, as defined by U.S. government and nutrition authorities, include the 13 organic compounds and 19 inorganic elements the body needs for proper cell function. Our bodies cannot manufacture these essential ingredients; so we must obtain them from our diets.
USANA has expanded the meaning of "essential" to include several nutrients that recent research has shown help to maintain optimal health. The USANA Essentials also contain a combination of antioxidant compounds to counteract free-radical damage in the cells.*
The Correct Amounts
The U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) lists essential vitamins and minerals in amounts necessary to ensure a continuation of life and to address nutritional deficits that may cause acute deficiency diseases. The USANA Essentials are formulated to do more than defend against deficiency diseases; they are designed to promote optimal health.* The Essentials contain greater amounts of almost all the necessary vitamins and minerals than are prescribed by the RDA.
The Precise Balance
There is still much we don't know about the ways nutrients work together. A healthy body is an extremely complex system, and each functional area requires a diverse mix of nutrients. For many reasons, nutritional supplementation should provide nutrients that are both balanced and in adequate doses. For example, certain vitamins supplied in isolation can result in other nutritional deficiencies, and many micronutrients can be toxic at excessive or imbalanced levels. USANA painstakingly designed the Essentials to allow components to work together both safely and effectively.
The Optimal Form
To be useful, all nutrients must be of high quality and be bioavailable; in other words, in a form the body can absorb and use. USANA makes every effort to obtain the highest quality ingredients; and it tests those ingredients for quality and potency. In addition, USANA imposes rigorous quality control standards at every step of the manufacturing process.
Why the USANA Essentials?
USANA Essentials are advanced daily nutritional supplements that supply optimal nutrition for every age group. To help meet the "essential" nutrient needs of children and teens during the years of development, when good nutrition is most important, USANA offers:
- Usanimals, a great-tasting formulation of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, in an easy-to-take chewable tablet. For children 13 months to 12 years old.
- BodyRox, a nutritional supplement containing 31 essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and cofactors for adolescents 12 to 18 years old, who need optimal nutrition to support the demands of growth and active teenage lifestyles.
USANA Essentials for adults is a combination of two products:
- Mega Antioxidant, a balanced, high-potency blend of 30 vitamins, antioxidants, and other important nutrients to support cellular metabolism* and to counteract free-radical damage.
- Chelated Mineral, a complete spectrum of essential minerals, in balanced, highly bioavailable forms.
Including:
-Mega Antioxidant
-Chelated Mineral
112 Tablets
Hands down the most well-rounded nutritional supplement on the market, the Essentials™ fuel your body with the micronutrients it needs to maintain a healthy lifestyle. This upgraded formula also contains USANA's Patented Olivol®, an ingredient which cannot be found in any other multivitamin/mineral formula anywhere. A complimentary blend of vitamins, minerals, bioflavonoids, and antioxidants make the Essentials a must for anyone interested in true health.*
All ingredients are highly bioavailable and contains USANA's Patented Olivol, olive fruit extract.
Unique blend of powerful antioxidants provides comprehensive protection from oxidative stress*
Guaranteed high-potency formula comprised of vitamins, minerals, herbs, and cofactors
Laboratory tested for guaranteed quality
Meets U.S.P. guidelines for potency, uniformity, and disintegration, where applicable
112 Tablets
Mega Antioxidant is the most powerful and complete vitamin and antioxidant formula on the market today. It provides antioxidants and all the vitamins your body needs for optimum health. This exciting formula contains USANA's Patented Olivol (Olive Fruit Extract) for added protection.
- Delivers a comprehensive, high-potency formula with the full spectrum of vitamins, antioxidants, and cofactors needed for long-term optimal health*
- Contains USANA's Patented Olivol (Olive Fruit Extract)
- Provides optimal, balanced amounts of the essential vitamins and cofactors to support a robust and vigorous metabolism*
- Contains 15 antioxidant ingredients to give comprehensive, full-body protection from oxidative stress*
- Laboratory tested for guaranteed quality. Meets U.S.P. specifications for potency, uniformity, and disintegration, as appropriate
112 Tablets
USANA scientists developed Chelated Mineral because most people don't consume the amount of minerals necessary for optimal health from their diet.
Minerals act as essential co-factors for vitamins and help catalyze many biological processes. Chelated Mineral provides an ideal balance of the essential minerals your body needs.
- Supplies a broad spectrum of essential minerals
- Provides a balanced formula of safe and effective doses of minerals in highly bioavailable forms
- Complements the Mega Antioxidant to form the USANA Essentials
- Meets U.S.P. specifications for potency, uniformity, and disintegration where appropriate and is laboratory tested for guaranteed quality
84 Tablets
Body Rox- The teenage years are trying times, especially in terms of nutrition. Teenagers need extra nutrition to support their adolescent growth spurt. But busy schedules, peer pressure, and other factors often combine to produce poor eating habits. Body Rox is specifically formulated to meet the nutritional demands of growing adolescent bodies and provides a new, more potent combination of antioxidants that help young bodies maintain ideal health*, including Olivol, rutin, quercetin, hesperidin, grape seed extract, green tea extract, turmeric extract, lutein, and lycopene.*
56 Tablets
Usanimals- Are you having problems getting your kids to eat their vitamins? Great-tasting USANIMALS help make nutrition fun, with an improved taste and smaller, easier to eat size. With children's lifestyles and growing bodies, it's crucial for them to receive adequate vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. USANIMALS provide a full array of these nutrients in amounts designed specifically for children. USANIMALS include large doses of vitamins C and E, two of the most powerful antioxidants needed by kids today. USANIMALS also contain a new antioxidant phytonutrient blend of blackberry, cranberry, raspberry, and wild blueberry fruit powders. Your children will love the natural Wild Berry Blend flavor and new animal shapes that are smaller and easier to eat. Adults love the new USANIMALS because USANA uses only natural flavors and sweeteners.
Download the Usanimals coloring pages:
- Mega Girl (64 kb PDF)
- Caleb (32 kb PDF)
- Free Radical (16 kb PDF)
Including:
56 Packets individually wrapped packets
If you are looking for one product that contains a complimentary array of nutrients to maintain good health, then the HEALTHPAK 100™ is for you. This powerful formulation includes the New Essentials with Olivol® and some powerful Optimizers including ACTIVE CALCIUM™ and the exclusive AO BOOSTER™. The HEALTHPAK 100 was formulated to support a healthy heart, healthy bones and joints, healthy eyes, and healthy lungs.* The Patented Olivol cannot be found in any other product except USANA products.
WHAT are Optimizers?
USANA understands that each of us has a unique health profile and thus unique nutritional needs. For this reason, we have created the USANA Optimizers, an extensive selection of state-of-the-art nutritional products that enable you to customize our nutritional program to meet your individual needs.
Part of a lifelong program of good nutrition is recognizing that we all have different nutritional needs, and that our individual needs change as we move from one stage of life to the next. For each one of us, a unique combination of age, sex, lifestyle, and other considerations demands a nutritional program that is both flexible and customized. USANA's line of Nutritionals comprises both the Essentials and the Optimizers to successfully meet this challenge. The Essentials products provide the foundation of USANA's nutritional system. The Optimizers allow you to customize that nutritional system for your individual needs. By using the following two-step process, you can create a complete nutritional program to fit those needs.
First, choose the Essentials product designed for the appropriate age group - Usanimals for children, BodyRox for teens, and regular Essentials for adults.
Next, choose the Optimizers that suit your individual needs. USANA Optimizers are grouped by label color in categories according to their primary benefit. You will find Optimizers that support cardiovascular health, skeletal/structural health, digestive health, and more.
Proflavanol
Proflavanol 90
CoQuinone 30
OptOmega
BiOmega-3
E-Prime
Poly C
Active Calcium
Active Calcium Chewable - Body Rox
Procosa II
Phytoestrin
Palmetto Plus
Ginkgo-PS
Visionex
Hepasil DTX
TenX NEW!
WHAT Are Macro-Optimizers?
Virtually all chronic degenerative diseases that plague today's world are caused or exacerbated by the deterioration of the modern diet. MACRO-OPTIMIZERS were developed to provide great-tasting, high-quality macronutrients your body needs to maintain health and feel great. These convenient, lowglycemic foods can be used along with the ESSENTIALS™ and OPTIMIZERS to complete your healthy diet. Many MACRO-OPTIMIZER foods contain beneficial ingredients like dietary fiber, soy protein, and potassium - ingredients that may help prevent cancer, heart disease, and hypertension.�
To achieve and maintain a healthy body, your body's cells need specific nutrients (high-quality protein, varied fiber sources, low-glycemic carbohydrates, beneficial fats, vitamins, and minerals). When your body's cells lack these vital nutrients, they do not function properly.
At USANA, we understand that good nutrition includes both micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other compounds we consume in small amounts) and macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that make up the bulk of our food). The primary goal of good nutrition is to promote lifelong good health. This state of well-being implies the optimal performance of all body systems.
THE RIGHT MACRONUTRIENTS
It is vitally important that your diet include the right types of each class of macronutrient:
- The right carbohydrates are either complex carbohydrates or fiber, and have a low-glycemic index. Complex carbohydrates and fiber generally supply additional healthy trace elements and phytonutrients, as well as energy.
- A healthy diet includes a variety of protein sources including complete proteins, which contain all of the essential amino acids.
- Beneficial fats are high in essential fatty acids and low in saturated fatty acids. No more than 10 percent of your total daily calories should be derived from saturated fat.
THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOW-FAT, HIGH-FIBER DIET
Soluble fiber, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease. Low-fat diets rich in fiber-containing grain products, fruits, and vegetables may also reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors. Unfortunately, the normal diet in today's society includes only onehalf to two-thirds of the fiber necessary for optimal health.1 The positive impact of a highfiber diet is increased when there is a concurrent reduction in the amount of saturated fat consumed.2
GLYCEMIC INDEX: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU
The glycemic index is a way of measuring the rate at which carbohydrates are broken down and appear in the blood as simple sugars. Those foods that result in a rapid rise in blood sugar have a high-glycemic index. Carbohydrates that are broken down slowly and cause only a moderate increase in blood sugar have a low-glycemic index. Some carbohydrates fall in between.
High-glycemic foods provide quick energy, but it is usually short lived and hunger soon returns. Low-glycemic foods provide greater satiety and sustained energy, which makes eating less and losing weight easier.
High-glycemic diets also have been linked to obesity, type II diabetes, insulin resistance, and heart disease. Virtually all convenience foods and many meal replacement and diet products on the market today are unfortunately, high glycemic.3
TRANS FATTY ACIDS AND YOUR HEALTH
Trans fatty acids, or trans fats, are created when food manufacturers turn vegetable oil into solid fat, like shortening and hard margarine. This process increases the shelf life of foods, including the potato chips, cookies, and fried food that Americans consume every day. Trans fat behaves like saturated fat, clogging arteries and increasing LDL-C (bad cholesterol) levels. Trans fat may also reduce HDL (good cholesterol levels). Elevated LDL-C increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease. The health risks posed by this dangerous fat have prompted the FDA to require that U.S. food manufacturers list trans fat amounts on all nutritional labels by 2006.
USANA MACRO-OPTIMIZERS
New MACRO-OPTIMIZERS are a healthy source of complex carbohydrates, complete proteins, and beneficial fats. SOYAMAX™, based on highquality soy protein, provides complete and balanced amino acids. And some MACRO-OPTIMIZERS, such as FIBERGY® and Iced Lemon FIBERGY BARS™, are low-fat, high-fiber foods. These delicious snack bars and drink mixes are formulated to be low glycemic to provide sustained energy throughout the day. All USANA MACRO-OPTIMIZERS have been analyzed and do not contain trans fats.
MACRO-OPTIMIZERS have been developed by USANA's team of scientists to help take the guesswork out of proper nutrition. These precision formulations not only provide the correct amounts of healthy carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, they also taste great and are convenient. More importantly, they will help you build a lasting foundation for true health for tomorrow.
�Low-fat diets rich in dietary fiber may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors. Diets low in saturated fat that include 25 grams of soy protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease. Diets containing foods that are a good source of potassium and that are low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.
Nutrimeal
SoyaMax
Fibergy Drink
Iced Lemon Fibergy Bar
Nutrition Bar
RESET
HAIR CARE & BODY CARE SET- Awaken your senses and invigorate your body, mind, and spirit with personal care products that let you look and feel your best from head to toe.
Natural Toothpaste / Dentifrice- This refreshing mint formula will help maintain your healthy smile.
- Contains POLY C® and green tea extract
- Provides a natural, fluoride-free formula
- Includes baking soda to neutralize plaque acid
- Sweetened with all-natural xylitol
Support your own business while keeping your smile bright.
New, larger size contains 50 percent more than USANA's previous toothpaste. Net Wt. 4.5 oz. (128 g)
Gentle Daily Cleanser
Hydrating Toner
Daytime Protective Emulsion
Night Renewal
Sensé Splash
Energizing Shower Gel
Revitalizing Shampoo
Nourishing Conditioner
Firming Body Nourisher
Intensive Hand Therapy
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.