A lecture.

1. 12/27/2020
SAFE are your
SUPPLEMENTS?
How
Prof. Roel Tolentino, MD, MBA, FPCS
General Surgery-Surgical Oncology
Chairman of Surgery – CEU School of Medicine
Nutrition Coach
DEC. 27, 2020
8 pm.

2. Did you know that the
supplement industry is not
strictly regulated?
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3. Did you know that some
supplements do not have the right
ingredients?
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4. Did you know that taking the
wrong supplements may be
harmful to you?
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5. …..you can have the right knowledge
to choose what is safe for you.
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6. …will discuss the important factors to
consider when you buy your supplements.
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Cancer
Researcher

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10. Slideshare.net
supplements and roel tolentino

11. sa NUTRILITE ko,
HEALTHY ako.
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17. Is your supplement a plant based product?
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18. If plant based, did it come form a variety of
plants?
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V
I
T.
C

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22. Does the manufacturer own its own land and
grow and harvest, and concentrate plants?
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28. Does the Vit. C concentrate contain the whole
plant concentrate, including phytonutrients?
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29. sa NUTRILITE ko,
HEALTHY ako.
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30. Are the supplements organic from the soil and
seed up?
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Certified organic dietary supplements
- provide nutrients in their most natural form
- they are the most biologically active and
beneficial they can be

35. Is the disintegration time on the tablet about 30
minutes or less?
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37. Chewable tablets
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38. Does the manufacturer adhere to Good
Manufacturing Practices?
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39. QUALITY CONTROL
• follows Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) –
the established, required practices for production
and testing
• > 25,000 tests each month (Nutrilite)

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41. alpha tocopherol (Vit. E)41

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43. Does the manufacturer checks its entire line for
heavy metals, microbiological contaminants
and pollutants? Desirable nutrient compounds?
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45. Does the manufacturer have published BIO-
ASSAYS?
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47. Nutrigenomics – the science of
how our genes interact with
nutrients.
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48. sa NUTRILITE ko,
HEALTHY ako.
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49. Does the manufacturer have Oxygen Radical
Absorbance Capacity score on its anti-
oxidants?
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50. 3,000 ORAC units/day
RECOMMENDATION: 3,000 - 5,000 ORAC
units daily
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51. X 33 for Vit E X 7 cups for Vit. C X 6 cups for Vit. B9
3 lbs for Vit B1 x 22 for Vit B6 4 lbs for Vit B 12
4 cups for Mg 1 ½ for Vit B 3 x 8 for Vit B251

52. Does the manufacturer have a medical advisory
board?
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53. Are the products FDA approved?
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57. chemotherapy agents with supplements
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58. sa NUTRILITE ko,
HEALTHY ako.
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63. • Raw materials – to ensure the quality of
the ingredients that go into a particular
product.
QUALITY CONTROL

64. QUALITY CONTROL
Disintegration – to ensure the tablets
disintegrate in 30 minutes or less.
QUALITY CONTROL

65. QUALITY CONTROL
Micro limit
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
QUALITY CONTROL

66. QUALITY CONTROL
Stability – to check the shelf
life of the tablets.
QUALITY CONTROL

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Take your NUTRILITE
EVERYDAY!

68. sa NUTRILITE ko,
HEALTHY ako.
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