Especially women over fifty, who have not found themselves “on the other side of youth,” but on the right side of experience. Chronology may have its own opinion, but it certainly doesn’t have to have the last word. They raised children, managed homes and businesses, saved the world before breakfast, and then still asked everyone if they needed anything. It’s time to direct that question to themselves.
That is why Garden of Life created Vitamin Code 50 & Wiser Women — a formula for women over fifty. The name itself is beautiful: not “older,” but “wiser.” Because a wrinkle can simply be an elegant signature of experience.
The formula contains vitamin D3, which supports immunity and helps the body utilize calcium. Vitamins K and K2 participate in maintaining healthy bones, and vitamins C and E help protect cells against oxidative stress. Vitamins B6, B12, and folate support energy metabolism and the nervous system — although the manufacturer, quite sensibly, does not promise dancing until dawn. Zinc supports immunity, selenium thyroid function, and chromium normal glucose metabolism. The formula is supplemented by boron, coenzyme Q10, powdered fruits and vegetables, as well as small amounts of probiotics and enzymes.
Noteworthy is the plant background of the formula: over twenty powdered fruits, vegetables, and plants. Among them are ginger, garlic, parsley, and kelp, as well as beetroot, broccoli, kale, spinach, berries, and cherries. They will not replace a fresh salad — a fork is still needed — but they provide antioxidants and plant compounds that accompany vitamins. Probiotics and enzymes, including bromelain and papain, complete the composition supporting proper digestion.
Hippocrates already pointed out the connection between nutrition, movement, and health. More than two thousand years later, Warsaw-born Kazimierz Funk helped explain why. He studied beriberi, a disease occurring in Asia, including in Ceylon — today’s Sri Lanka — among people whose diet consisted mainly of white rice. It was not a minor deficiency, but a severe neurological disease: it caused weakness, pain, loss of sensation, difficulty walking, and even paralysis. Its cardiac form led to edema, shortness of breath, and heart failure. Untreated, it could end in death. Today we know that the cause was a lack of thiamine, or vitamin B1. Polishing removed the outer layers and the grain germ, depriving rice of an essential ingredient. Less refined rice, considered a more modest food, retained more of its natural wealth. Funk called such substances “vitamines,” combining the Latin vita — life — with the belief that they were amines. The Polish father of vitaminology showed that food can fill the stomach and yet fail to nourish the body. Vitamins were not born in tablets — from the beginning they were part of food. A supplement is merely a way of their concentrated replenishment.
Dear women, especially those who have happily crossed fifty: take better care of your health than your purse. For what is the use of a full purse if there is no strength to go for a walk among the golden leaves? Not every one of our peers was granted the chance to reach this beautiful autumn of life with us. Let us therefore respect this gift and experience it to the fullest — cheerfully, consciously, without unnecessary storms.
Garden of Life Vitamin Code 50 & Wiser Women can be found where one looks for the best solutions and kind, expert advice — at Markowa Apteka Pharmacy. Ask your pharmacist if this particular “code” fits your needs.
A dietary supplement does not replace a varied diet or medical treatment. Statements regarding the product have not been evaluated by the FDA. The product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
