Frequently Asked Questions

Who developed Your Custom Supplement program?

Our panel of doctors and a group of vitamin and supplement experts with decades of experience with vitamin and supplement formulations developed the program.

Do I have to take my Custom Supplements with a specific meal?

Your report will recommend which supplements should be taken with meals and which ones should be taken between meals. For optimal results, follow the instruction provided with your report.

How long does it take to see results with Custom Supplements?

Our Doctors recommends that you give the program three months in order to see its full benefits. However you should start to notice some results in about two to three weeks. Additionally, a healthy diet and regular exercise will help your body better adapt to your new supplement program and increase overall well being.

Do I need to take Custom Supplements when I am on a diet?

Absolutely! When you are dieting your body usually is not receiving the proper amount of nutrients. Our supplements help to replenish your body with the correct amounts of nutritional support.

What is the quality of your supplements?

Our vitamins are made with the highest quality ingredients. Our supplements are custom manufactured for us by one of the country's leading manufacturers. They are a licensed pharmaceutical manufacturing facility and one of the largest softgel producers in the United States. The manufacturer is GMP certified with over 200 register trademarks with several USP certified supplements.

Over thirty years of premier level knowledge and experience gives us access to supplier relationships that are second to none. All raw materials are purchased from world class suppliers, each of whom supplies certificates of authenticity. The materials are quarantined until they go through extensive testing, using both internal and external labs to verify the content, purity, and potency.

Do any of your products contain Ephedrine?

No, our products do not contain any harmful stimulants.

Could there be any side effects with the prescription medications I am presently taking?

You should always consult with your physician before starting any diet, exercise, or supplement program, especially if you are pregnant or taking prescription medication. elementalsT is not responsible for any interactions that may occur with your prescription medication. If you are on any blood thinner or antidepressant, are pregnant, or suffer from liver or kidney disorders, we advise you to consult your doctor prior to starting any supplement program.

What forms of payment do you accept?

We accept Master Card, Visa, American Express, Discover and Debit Cards

When will I receive my order?

Orders received before 2:00 PM (EST) Monday through Friday will be processed the next business day. Orders received after 2:00 PM (EST) Friday, or on Saturday or Sunday will be processed the following Monday.

We use USPS which usually delivers within 3-5 days. At your request and at an additional cost we will ship your order via UPS next day.

Do you ship outside of the United States?

We currently ship exclusively within the United States.

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How Does Nutrition Work?

The presence of symptoms, disease or a diagnosed disease is a sign of some underlying imbalance. This means that a change of some kind is needed to regain health. These changes may be in the lform of lifestyle (diet or habits), beliefs and attitudes, and/or nutrition and body chemistry. There is no one product that works the same for everyone all of the time. There is no magic 'bullet', no pill, potion, or supplement that works for every person- every time. Clinical nutritional research has now consistently shown that specific ratios of active nutritional ingredients can benefit most people who have specific and/or general health conditions.

Nutritional Deficiencies and Under-Nutrition:

Under-nutrition and nutritional deficiencies are the underlying cause of the vast majority of disease states in the human body. We have found that most people's nutritional reserves have become depleted in some way. By supporting the body with the nutritional building blocks it is lacking, it can heal itself, in most instances. Consider yourself lucky to find a nutritional company who understands the underlying stress factors and nutritional deficiencies that are often connected to specific health conditions.

How Does The Body Heal?

One of the first things many nutritional patients report, after taking "targeted nutritional formulas", is increased energy. The body itself will prioritize the use of this new energy and vitality gained from improved digestion and assimilation, and by overcoming specific deficiencies through nutritional supplementation.

Rebuilding, Repairing, Regenerating:

It is not always easy, but if you want to rebuild, repair, and regenerate your body- it can be done. Rebuilding, repairing, and regenerating with nutrition does take time. A reversal of most conditions depends on numerous factors. First, is the amount of time a person has been nutrient deficient and in a degenerating state, and second, their willingness to make certain changes in their diet, nutritional supplementation, and lifestyle (exercise, habits, addictions), daily exercise and sleep needs, pure water intake, and mental-emotional well being (thinking good thoughts). Beware of any health program that offers "quick and easy" or "fast" results.

Is It Safe To Use Dietary Supplements For Nutrition?

Most dietary supplements are simply concentrated foods, or specific plants that have a long history of balancing certain conditions in humans. When compared to pharmaceutical drugs, dietary nutritional supplements are extremely safe. It is extremely rare for people to be injured from taking nutritional supplements, especially those recommended by a health care professional. Of course, there are certain nutrients that people should avoid if they have certain health conditions, or are taking certain prescription drugs. Nutrients should always be used at the recommended dosage- unless following the directions of a licensed health care provider. Nutritional supplementation combines the uses of amino acids, plant-based enzymes, herbs, homeopathic remedies, minerals, superfoods, vitamins, and other natural substances for supporting, maintaining and protecting all of the tissues, organs, glands, and systems of the body.

Prevention Is The Key:

Take time to learn how your body works, the basic principles of nutrition and what nutrients your body requires for your individual lifestyle, occupation, and dietary needs. You can improve the state of your health, prevent disease in the future, and maintain your health in the way nature intended.

Our main message is this:

If you do not provide the essential nutrients to the body you will impair its normal functions. You may not be sick enough to be in bed, but remember that the 'normal' aches, pains, and general fatigue a majority of American's are experiencing are most likely linked to nutritional deficiencies as a root or contributing cause. Once you are aware of the nutritional 'stressors' in your diet and environments, and begin using specific nutrients to rebalance and repair current conditions, and prevent future imbalances- you will begin to understand and actually 'feel' how nutrition works.

WEIGHT LOSS

Obesity is defined as the excessive accumulation of body fat, or an increase in body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical abilities. Overweight and obese people face a clear health risk. Obesity has been linked with numerous health conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, gall bladder disease, respiratory conditions, complications of pregnancy, even certain cancers. Obesity shortens a person's life span. Once a person becomes obese, all that is required to remain obese is that the energy input (food) equal the energy output. In other words, once a person becomes obese, all they have to eat is the same amount of food as a person of average weight to remain obese.

A January, 1997 Harris Poll showed that 75% of Americans, twenty-five or older, are overweight. The number of severely obese children in the United States nearly doubled between 1965 and 1980. If this trend continues, the rate of overweight and obese adult Americans will continue to rise.

As many as 50% of women and 25% of men in America are trying to lose weight at any given time by dieting, exercise, behavior modification, or drugs. Diets for weight loss have been shown to be ineffective and even damaging to one's health. Scientific studies reveal that most low-calorie diets that aren't accompanied by heavy exercise can result in a 50% loss of lean muscle mass. Most people trying to lose weight are able to lose one tenth of their body weight, however, up to two-thirds of that weight is regained within a year, and all (or more) is regained after five years.

There are a variety of reasons why people are unable to lose weight. The following is a list of physical and psychological reasons for not being able to lose weight:

1. Is your thyroid gland sluggish? This will change your metabolism rate (rate of burning fuel for energy in the body) and make it more difficult to lose weight.
2. Is glandular malfunction causing you to have a pear-shaped figure?
3. Do you have bloating and swelling from excessive fluid retention?
4. Do you have poor digestion and assimilation (undernourished people, having inadequate intake of essential nutrients or- do not easily burn fat), poor circulation, poor liver function, or constipation?
5. Are you deficient in digestive enzymes, acidophilus, or have improper pH levels (acid-base levels) in your digestive or body chemistry?
6. Are you a binge eater, stress eater, reward eater, have a big sweet-tooth?

Having a knowledge of how your body works, and if your individual chemistry is working properly or is unbalanced, and looking at what type of eating habits you have will make it easier for you to choose the correct program to make the necessary long-term changes in diet, body chemistry, and lifestyle to gain the results you desire. Permanent weight loss can be achieved safely, and without side-effects in this way.

Our society is very confused as to why so many people are obese. It is commonly assumed that obesity is due to a lack of character, discipline, or will power. It is also commonly believed that one must severely restrict calories in order to lose weight. Another popular myth is that obesity is due only to overeating. The truth is that there is a complex interaction of many variables, unique to each person, which determines their "set point" and "basic metabolic rate" (BMR), including one's environment, culture, eating and exercise habits, genetic makeup, and individual biochemistry. The "set point" theory states that one's size and body fat are determined by genetics and eating patterns at certain life stages which determine adult body weight. To try to lose or gain weight away from this "set point" will cause a shift in body physiology and biochemistry that will cause the person to return to the set point. This is why most people return to their previous weight after a diet. Basic metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate which the body utilizes energy. The BMR can be affected by age, sex, hormones, body size, fat to muscle ratio, and diet. BMR varies greatly between individuals. Thin people have higher metabolic rates and burn calories at a much higher rate than obese people.

The best answers seem to combine common knowledge and basic logic. If you don't want to gain fat, don't put more fat in you mouth than you plan to exercise off or your body can metabolize before your next meal. To properly manage weight, people have to be conscious about how much fat is in the food they eat in relationship to their individual metabolic rate. A well-balanced diet which avoids fat-laden foods, an individual nutritional supplement plan, regular exercise, plenty of pure water, and stress reduction will all help maintain a healthy weight compatible with one's body type. Lack of certain specific nutrients is often the reason people cannot properly digest and utilize fats. Fat is not easily or fully burned and utilized as a fuel by the body. If metabolic conditions aren't correct or if certain nutrients are not available, the body will store fat as a source of future potential energy rather than break it down.

Four things that I have found to be crucial for any successful weight loss program are:

1. A diet containing as few processed foods as possible. Avoid 'dead' foods like canned, salted, pickled, preserved, and overcooked foods. Avoid foods containing animal fats.
2. Nutritional support for a 'sluggish' thyroid gland, if needed.
3. Regular, significant exercise and plenty of pure, filtered water (6-8 eight oz. glasses/day).
4. Psychological or emotional counseling or work to help determine underlying emotional causes of weight gain.

There are numerous nutrients that I recommend in my clinical practice to help in curbing appetite, to balance and stabilize blood sugar, to increase the basic metabolic rate (BMR), to maintain healthy cholesterol levels, to assist the body in the digestion, breakdown and elimination of fat, and to support healthy thyroid function

Why Do You Need Nutritional Supplements?

The main reasons that you should take nutritional supplements every day are:

• To maintain nutritional sufficiency in your body.
• To provide the essential nutrients that are lacking in your diet.
• To replace the nutrients that your body is supposed to be able to manufacture but is unable to due to compromised biochemistry caused by health conditions.
• To provide the nutritional building-blocks your body requires on an ongoing basis for the repair and maintenance of the structure and function of body tissues.
• To provide natural support to tissues, glands, organs, and body systems involved with health conditions.
• To provide specific nutrients which are in greater demand by your body to cope with the stress of living in modern society.
• To provide protection from, and assisting your body cope with the stress of exposure to environmental chemicals, metals, and toxins.
• To reduce your risk for health conditions in the future.

When you walk into a health food store or any retail outlet where nutritional supplements are sold, are you:

• Overwhelmed by all of the choices?
• Not sure who to turn to for advice to choose the correct nutritional product?
• Not sure if the product is a 'good deal' for the money it costs?
• Convinced that nutrition is too complicated to understand?
• Would you like a qualified health care professional to walk you through this process?
• Why Do You Need elementals™ Nutritional Supplements?

Regarding nutritional supplement formulas, you should know:

• Who created the formula? Doctors, biochemists or qualified health care professionals?
  All elementals™ nutritional formulas were created or sourced by doctors.
• Are they made with high quality ingredients?
  All elementals™ nutritional formulas are made with the highest quality ingredients available.
• Are the supplements easily digested?
  All elementals™ nutritional formulas are easily digested and assimilated.
• Has the product been tested or used in clinical practice?
  All elementals™ nutritional formulas have been used for years in clinical practice.
• Does the supplement have a history of proven effectiveness?
  The comprehensive elementals™ 'targeted' formulas have a history of proven effectiveness.
• Does the manufacturer have clinical, university or double-blind studies?
  All elementals™ nutritional formulas have undergone clinical trials, certain formulas and ingredients have undergone university and/or double-blind studies.
• Does the manufacturer have any patented ingredients or 'delivery systems' that prove increased bio-availability or effectiveness?
  All elementals™ formulas are highly bio-available, accomplished with softgel capsules, liquefied ingredients or enzyme delivery systems.
• Does the product come with a complete guarantee that what is listed on the label is actually in each capsule?
  All elementals™ formulas have a certificate of analysis, and have been assayed by an independent laboratory to prove what is listed on the label is actually in each bottle.
• Does the product come with a complete guarantee of "full potency" for the shelf life of the product?
  All elementals™ formulas guarantee "full potency" for the shelf life of every product.
  Your body has an enormous capacity for self-healing. Each one of the cells that make up your body has specific functions, an extraordinary ability to correct and rejuvenate, and specific nutrient requirements that are unalterable. Compliance with those needs, in providing optimum nourishment daily, yields greater vitality.
• How does the body use nutrition?
  Primarily in four ways:
  • To replace used up "building-block" nutrients (for body structure),
  • To provide essential nutrients that the body cannot make itself (essential nutrients for daily function). As nutrients are used daily in the body, they must be replaced daily, and
  • To address various stress factors, environments and health conditions that increase nutritional requirements.
  • To detoxify and eliminate accumulated toxins and wastes from the body.
  Remember: Your body is made of nutrients- not drugs. Your body knows how to use nutrition.

Multivitamins could lengthen lives

By Colleen Corkery. Published: Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Taking a multivitamin could prevent cancer, genetic mutations and rapid aging.

Bruce Ames, professor of molecular biology at the University of California-Berkeley and senior scientist at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research, says that multivitamins are a "relatively cheap solution" to preventing long-term diseases.

According to Ames, the human diet requires 40 micronutrients which include iron, calcium, fiber, essential fatty acids and other vitamins and minerals. Low intakes may lead to acute diseases.

"Not enough of these micronutrients or deficiencies act as radiation and break the chromosomes," he said. "Cells die and also cause neurons in the brain to die."

According to Ames, damage to the mitochondria in the brain causes the body to age faster and the dead cells will lead to cancer.

"More than half, or maybe even most, of the U.S. population is deficient in something," he said. "Taking a multivitamin will solve that."

According to Ames, multivitamins will take care of the majority of the micronutrients necessary for a healthy life.

"More than half of the population that lives in the northern United States are deficient in vitamin D because they're not receiving enough exposure to sunlight," he said. "They need to take multivitamins."

There are somethings that a multivitamin won't cover, according to Ames, such as fiber and essential fatty acids.

"Fruits, vegetables and grains will give you fiber, and foods like salmon and deep-sea fish have essential fatty acids," Ames said.

According to Ames, one-third of the country is taking multivitamins. However, he says that he feels the United States needs a program to teach people about eating healthy diets.

"If you have a healthy diet and you don't smoke, you're way ahead of the game," he said. "Good eating habits and taking multivitamins are your best insurance."