Healthy Way to Save Money

A Healthy Way to Save Money

There is a question out there that many of us in the supplement industry have asked numerous times, "I wonder how much money would be saved in a year if everyone were to take at least one supplement?" This question could also apply to the healthcare problem we currently have in the United States.

In 2005, the NNFA, National Nutritional Foods Association, joined with Lewin Associates, a healthcare, financial analysis and research group, to complete a study involving five supplemental products. These products - saw palmetto, folic acid, omega-3 fatty acids, glucosamine, and calcium with vitamin D - were taken by people who later were analyzed to determine any cost savings.

The findings were incredulous. Over a five-year period, the people who took both folic acid and calcium saved the United States approximately $15 billion. Three billion dollars a year!

What a difference supplementation can make if more people started exercising, watching their diet, and using at least a multivitamin/multimineral every day.

Source: Natural Health Retailer, Volume 1, Issue 3, "Juggling Act" by Mary Hager, page 19.