Why do we need food supplements?

Our corps utilise ce que nous ingérons comme carburant. Une alimentation saine est la base d'un corps sain et elle ne peut en aucun cas être égalée par des compléments alimentaires.

Today, however, it's difficult to find all the nutrients you need. Intensive farming, irrigation and the massive use of pesticides deplete crop soils and, as a result, foodstuffs also lose nutrients. Added to this is our highly processed modern diet and cooking methods, which influence nutrient content.

Our new lifestyles and consumption patterns mean that our bodies need huge quantities of essential nutrients. Even with a strict, optimal diet, we can't supply them in such large quantities.

Food supplements allow to compensate for the most effective deficiencies and meet additional needs . Que l'on soit en bonne santé ou non, il existe un certain nombre de compléments nutritionnels dont presque tout le monde peut tirer un bénéfice. On vous explique tout dans cet article !

To function properly and stay healthy, the body needs to receive all the essential nutrients. These energy needs are covered by the food we eat. They contain proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals that are essential for our bodies to function properly.

Les nutriments sont toutes les substances alimentaires que l'organisme absorbe et utilise pour fonctionner. Les aliments deviennent des nutriments sous l'action des sucs digestifs. Ils sont distribués au niveau de la barrière intestinale et transportés dans la circulation sanguine pour nourrir l'ensemble de l'organisme.

Nutrients can be divided into two categories: macronutrients and micronutrients.

• Les macronutriments sont les protéines, les glucides et les lipides. Ils constituent l'essentiel des aliments.

Les glucides et les lipides sont surtout de nature énergétique, son constituant le "carburant", tandis que les protéines sont le matériau de base qui compose la structure physique du corps. Elles permettent aux cellules et aux tissus de maintenir leur organisation dans l'espace. Les plus connus sont le collagène et la kératine .

• Les micronutriments sont présents en très petites quantités dans les aliments. Ils ne fournissent pas d'énergie, mais sont nécessaires au fonctionnement des cellules. Ils contiennent plus d'une centaine de vitamines et de minéraux.

Les vitamines sont des nutriments nécessaires à l'organisme, que le corps ne peut pas synthétiser ou qu'il fabrique en quantités insuffisantes. Il est donc indispensable d'avoir un apport en vitamines .

Minerals are classified into two categories so-called "major" minerals such as calcium, potassium or sodium, and trace elements comme le fer, le zinc, le cuivre ou le sélénium. Ils sont présents en très faibles quantités mais néanmoins très importants. Ils contribuent à l'édification du squelette, à la conduction nerveuse, à la contraction musculaire, à la digestion et à l'immunité.

C'est un fait : nos aliments sont en moyenne 5 fois plus pauvres en nutriments qu'il y a 50 ans ! Pourtant essentiels à la vie, des scientifiques révèlent la disparition progressive des vitamines et minéraux dans les aliments. La mondialisation et notre système alimentaire moderne ont progressivement altéré notre façon de produire, cultiver, distribuer et consommer les aliments.

• Intensive agriculture and the quest for ever higher yields

With globalisation, farmers have to respond to an increasing demand. Fertilisation, irrigation, and the massive use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers are causing a decrease in minerals in cultivated plants.

Farmers are also using genetically modified plants. The food grown appears bigger, better looking and stronger, but it is depleted of nutrients. This is called the dilution effect.

Our fruit and vegetables have become particularly poor in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Several studies on the nutritional content of fruit and vegetables have shown that over a period of 51 years, broccoli has lost 80% of copper and 75% of calcium, while potatoes have lost 45% of iron and 35% of calcium.

• Soil depletion

Modern farming techniques impact on soil quality. Or, soil plays a fundamental role in crop nutrition. Composed of air, water, organic and mineral matter, soil nourishes crops and influences the amount of nutrients in food.

Today, soils are getting poorer and food is also losing nutrients. This phenomenon tends to increase over time because of our practices.

In 100 years, European soils have lost 72% of their mineral content.

• Harvesting before maturity

With globalisation and the growth of exports, food travels around the world. On average, food travels 2,500 kilometres before it is consumed.

In order to arrive fresh on the supermarket shelves, fruit and vegetables are very often picked before they are ripe. This means that the food has not been able to complete its ripening process properly. They have not had enough time to absorb nutrients from the soil or to develop sunlight-related nutrients such as anthocyanins (natural food pigments) or polyphenols (antioxidants).

Thus, our modern diet no longer meets the nutritional needs of the body. This is why supplementation can be beneficial to cover micronutrient deficiencies.

In addition to a nutrient-depleted diet, our environment has also become harmful to our bodies. Today, people in over 90% of the world's cities breathe polluted air. And the problem has been growing steadily in recent years.

Pollution in our daily environment impacts our organism and influences our health, our morale, and even our aesthetics.

For example, air pollution is toxic to cardiovascular and respiratory health and causes mood disorders, stress and anxiety. From an aesthetic point of view, pollution causes premature ageing of skin and hair cells. It thus promotes hair loss, dullness and the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines.

Today, despite policies aimed at reducing pollution, we are constantly exposed to harmful substances that attack our organs, cells and even our DNA! So our bodies have to work harder to defend themselves. It therefore needs more nutrients, especially antioxidants, to limit the oxidative damage caused by pollution.

Thus, our modern diet no longer meets the nutritional needs of the body.

To stay healthy, even with a varied and balanced diet, nutritional supplementation can be very beneficial to protect and detoxify the body.

Because of our nutrient-depleted diet and daily external stresses, our bodies are content to live at 60% of their true potential.

Reconnus comme des produits de santé naturelle, les compléments alimentaires permettent de restaurer l'équilibre physiologique de l'organisme pour augmenter son potentiel. Aujourd'hui, plus la moitié des Français sont consommateurs de compléments alimentaires.

Un complément alimentaire n'est ni un aliment, ni un médicament. Comme son nom l'indique, un complément alimentaire ne vise pas à remplacer une alimentation courante. Aussi appelé « complément nutritionnel  », son rôle premier est de compléter notre alimentation, qui est aujourd'hui, comme on l'a vu, fortement appauvrie en nutriments.

To do this, it provides the body with a nutritional gain, which depends on its composition. This may include vitamins, minerals, trace elements, antioxidants, amino acids, fatty acids and other active ingredients. All of this is in addition to those present in the diet.

Supplements, as well as food, therefore play a fundamental role. They affect both our physical and mental health. They also affect our stress levels, our emotional wellbeing and also our aesthetics.

Dietary supplements are often specific to certain situations, periods of life, beauty objectives or pathologies:

• Energy : 

Food supplements can provide nutritional support to energise the body and reduce physical and mental fatigue.

Our Active Energy Complex boosts physical and cognitive performance thanks to vitamin C and extracts of hibiscus, guarana and ginseng. The formula also contains eleutherococcus extract, an adaptogenic plant that increases cognitive performance and contributes to more mental and physical energy.

• Stress et sommeil :

Food supplements can help combat stress and sleep disorders.

Our Magnesium absolute, combines in its formula a patented liposome magnesium, marine magnesium, group B and D vitamins, to reduce fatigue, fight stress and improve sleep.

• Beauté de la peau :

Nutritional supplements can thus improve the quality of the skin thanks to purifying, antioxidant, nourishing, moisturising, soothing and plumping active ingredients, etc.

For example, our Clear Skin Complex concentrates ultra-targeted ingredients such as stinging nettle, burdock and rosemary extracts to regulate sebum production and cleanse the tissues of blemished skin.

Our Pure Grape natural ingredients titrated in polyphenols, the most powerful antioxidants, to protect cells from oxidative stress and help slow down skin aging.

Our Pure Collagen is composed of natural type I collagen and elastin, to promote visibly firmer and more elastic skin.

• Hair : 

Food supplements can provide the necessary nutrients for healthy hair.

Our Duo Hair Nutrition revitalizes and strengthens the hair fiber with two complementary formulas.

Keratin Absolute de la kératine naturelle d'excellente qualité prouvée hautement biodisponible contient par étude clinique. Elle est directement assimilée par l'organisme.

The Hair Growth Complex all the micronutrients that make up keratin: sulfur amino acids, B vitamins and minerals. Its active ingredients nourish the hair bulb in depth to promote growth.

• Detox :

Food supplements are particularly effective in detoxifying the body thanks to active ingredients that support hepatic drainage.

The Liver Detox is a concentrate of depurative phytotherapy that stimulates the elimination of toxins, fights against heavy metals and protects the liver, the body's filter organ, in the long term.

Slimming : 

Food supplements can promote weight loss thanks to ingredients that stimulate the body's energy expenditure, commonly called "fat burners".

The Fat Burner Program contains 30 natural active ingredients to trigger a sustainable weight loss thanks to 3 formulas that offer in synergy :

• , Metabolism Activator increases caloric expenditure to burn more fat at rest.
• The Active Energy Complex promotes the burning of sugars and fats, and helps to reduce hunger, to initiate sustainable weight loss.
• The Slimming Detox stimulates the elimination systems and cleanses the filter organs to improve their detoxifying power.