MEGAFOOD VALIDATED 74% WHOLE FOOD
Essentials for Life Multiple Vitamin & Mineral Foodbased Formula

Full Color Spectrum FoodBased Nutrition

Herbicides, Pesticides & Gluten Free
Vegetarian Formula - Dietary Supplement

One of our greatest challenges in daily life is to be sure that we consume a variety of colorful whole food on a regular basis. Unfortunately this requirement for good health is often overlooked as we slip into the bad habit of consuming the same or similar foods day after day. The negative effect this has on our health is cumulative and may go unnoticed until we have one or more serious health issue to deal with.

Essentials for Life features 18 concentrated Quality Marked Whole Foods that deliver all known categories of Vital Food Factors and a full spectrum of protective color. This wonderful supplement also contains 2 super food concentrates and 11 tonic whole herb extracts which contain thousands of naturally occurring phytonutrients. The active food base enhances the efficacy of the 18 vitamins and additional nutrients the 13 amino acid chelated minerals and the 6 advanced phytonutrients and antioxidants.

Breakdown of the supplement during digestion is essential for complete utilization of nutrients. Essentials for Life is completed with 2 enzyme rich whole foods and 7 additional plant based enzymes which assist your bodys natural digestion process and assure optimal nutrient utilization.

Choosing Essentials for Life simplifies your choices and assures you colorful and varied foods every day. You can be confident that the positive benefits of making this daily commitment to your health are cumulative!

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE: MegaFood will always delivery 100% whole food, will never deliver Altered Foods and call them Whole, and will only offer Food nutrients As Nature Intended!

		Amount per Serving	% Daily Value
Vitamin A	(5000 IU from Vitamin A Palmitate, 5000 IU from Beta Carotene from B. trispora)	10000 IU	100
Vitamin C		500 mg	833
Vitamin D3		200 IU	50
Vitamin E	(from d-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate)	100 IU	336
Vitamin K1		60 mcg	75
Thiamine (B-1)		25 mg	1667
Riboflavin (B-2)		25 mg	1471
Niacin (B-3)		25 mg	125
Vitamin B-6		25 mg	1250
Folic Acid		400 mcg	100
Vitamin B-12		125 mcg	2083
Biotin		300 mcg	100
Pantothenic Acid	(as Calcium d-pantothenate)	50 mg	500
Calcium	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	200 mg	20
Iron	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	18 mg	100
Iodine	(from Kelp)	150 mcg	100
Magnesium	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	100 mg	25
Zinc	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	15 mg	100
Selenium	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	50 mcg	71
Copper	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	200 mcg	10
Manganese	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	3 mg	150
Chromium (GTF)	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	50 mcg	42
Molybdenum	(from 100% Amino Acid Chelates)	50 mcg	67

QUALITY MARKED WHOLE FOODS

	Amount per Serving
Flax Seed 10:1 (from 120 mg*)	12 mg
Beet 4:1 (from 24 mg*)	6 mg
Acerola Berry 4:1 (from 16 mg*)	4 mg
Broccoli 20:1 (from 80 mg*)	4 mg
Cabbage Sprout 10:1 (from 40 mg*)	4 mg
Carrot 15:1 (from 60 mg*)	4 mg
Shiitake 4:1 (from 16 mg*)	4 mg
Tomato 15:1 (from 60 mg*)	4 mg
Black Currant 4:1 (from 8 mg*)	2 mg
Blueberry 50:1 (from 100 mg*)	2 mg
Cranberry 15:1 (from 30 mg*)	2 mg
Green Pepper 5:1 (from 10 mg*)	2 mg
Kale 15:1 (from 30 mg*)	2 mg
Kudzu 10:1 (from 20 mg*)	2 mg
Onion 17:1 (from 34 mg*)	2 mg
Pumpkin Seeds 4:1 (from 8 mg*)	2 mg
Rose Hips 4:1 (from 8 mg*)	2 mg
Spinach 12:1 (from 24 mg*)	2 mg

SUPPORTIVE WHOLE FOODS

	Amount per Serving
Alfalfa Leaf	118 mg
Rice Bran	18 mg
Apple Pectin	6 mg
Orange Peel	5 mg
Lemon Peel	4 mg

FOOD ENZYME FACTORS

	Amount per Serving
Green Papaya 4:1	29 mg
Ginger Root 5:1	20 mg

TONIC WHOLE HERB EXTRACTS

	Amount per Serving
Eleuthero Root 5:1 (from 200 mg*)	40 mg
Turmeric Root 10:1 (from 300 mg*)	30 mg
Schizandra Berry 4:1 (from 100 mg*)	25 mg
Astragalus Root 4:1 (from 100 mg*)	25 mg
Ginkgo Leaf 8:1 (from 160 mg*)	20 mg
Dandelion Leaf & Root 4:1 (from 80 mg*)	20 mg
Nettle Leaf 5:1 (from 75 mg*)	15 mg
Fo-Ti Root 5:1 (from 75 mg*)	15 mg
Gotu Kola Leaf 5:1 (from 75 mg*)	15 mg
Spring Horsetail Leaf 5:1 (from 75 mg*)	15 mg

SUPERIOR FOODS

	Amount per Serving
Hydrilla verticillata 50:1 (from 5500 mg*)	110 mg
Chlorella	100 mg
Lecithin (naturally containing 56-60% Linoleic Acid, 6-8% Linolenic Acid)	50 mg

ADVANCED PHYTONUTRIENTS AND NUTRITION

	Amount per Serving
Soy 1% Isoflavones / Genistein	50 mg
Full Spectrum Grape Extract w/ 400 ppm Resveratrol	10 mg
Reishi Mushroom Mycelia Extract 7:1	10 mg
Shiitake Mushroom Extract 4:1	10 mg
Alpha Lipoic Acid	5 mg

PLANT SOURCE ENZYMES

	Amount per Serving
Amylase 1000 DU, Protease 3750 HUT, Lipase 20 LU, Glucoamylase 1.1 AG, Cellulase 25 CU, Invertase 0.03 IAU, Lactase 100 LacU

ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

	Amount per Serving
Bioflavonoids (from citrus)	250 mg
Choline (from Bitartrate)	30 mg
Potassium (from Amino Acid Complex)	99 mg
Inositol	30 mg
Boron (from 100% Amino Acid Chelate)	1 mg
Quercetin	1 mg
Rutin	1 mg
Vanadium (from 100% Amino Acid Chelate)	30 mcg

OTHER INGREDIENTS

Vegetable Lubricant (used to clean between each batch of product made, but in case it would get on a supplement, they are listing it as they are a full disclosure company), Guar Gum, Silica, Food Glaze.

*: 7174 mg equivalent fresh weights of whole food & herbal extracts. Delivering Food Factors, with potencies up to 50 times their actual weight, that are necessary for the highest levels of utilization. Quality Marked Whole Foods are assayed and Marked To A Marker to Guarantee Whole Food Activity.

What does Vital Food Factor mean? Without food, a supplement is not nutritious. Food has intelligence, the ability to know what to do with the nutrients it carries. These are called Vital Food Factors. One factor is known as a Protein Chaperone. In 1999 it was discovered that each protein (chaperone) carries in its structure the information (intelligence) needed to specify its proper location in the cell. You could say they act as zip codes or addresses. Supplements without these would require you to eat with each supplement taken.

What is Full Color Food Spectrum mean? It means that your getting foods from all the variety of colors in the garden, the greens, yellows, reds, purples, etc. So often supplements neglect these phytonutrients and our diets certainly do not get enough of them.

Is this product cold pressed? MegaFood uses Cold Fusion. Keeping the food cold is at the forefront of everything they do. No expense was spared to create this cold fusion process. This process involves using fresh frozen fruits, vegetables and Live yeast in the creation of their products to preserve their nutritive value. They want Fresh Food that maintains its cellular life force. Cold Fusion suspends and maintains the cellular life force, prevents thermal deterioration and bacterial contamination. All the foods are kept frozen until the final stages of nutrient transformation.

Do you need to eat with MegaFood Nutrients like other brands suggest? No. MegaFood is a FoodState Nutrient, so just as if you would eat broccoli, the body knows exactly what to do with the nutrients broccoli contains, your MegaFood supplement will also know. This is a major difference between other brands. You can also chew it. You'll notice the texture is quite different as well than other brands. You can see the food in the supplement.

Can the product go bad quicker? It does have a 2 year shelf life, however just as food spoils and smells bad, you will know if your MegaFood supplement has gone bad because it will spoil just the same.

Should the nutrients be higher than what is provided in a daily serving of Essentials for Life? Actually whole food is different than what is mostly available on the market. Your getting the entire apple you might say, not just the citric acid, one small percentage of the apple. Your body understands what to do with the food then, and does not require such high doses. See the question below on Marked Whole Foods to further explain.

I noticed that the product is not certified organic, does that mean it is not as pure as organic or does not meet organic standards? Actually Validated does not meet organic standards, it exceeds them. The value of a supplement begins with the handling of the raw material. The finished material is only as Valid as the weakest link in the processing. When dealing with raw materials, especially foods, there are a series of events that must be controlled for the finished product to be the highest quality. No matter what the intent of the finished product, Cold Fusion FoodState, whole food, organic, cultured or food based, the condition and Quality of the raw materials used throughout the process is crucial. Validation Documentation is a measure of the raw material now. True nutritional value should be measured through the support of laboratory analysis and Documented Validation.

What is Marked Whole Foods and Marking To A Maker to Guarantee Whole Food Activity mean? One approach to establishing the quality of raw materials is to set minimum levels of quality through Marker Compounds for each raw material. This process is known as "Marking To A Marker. The markers Validate phytonutrient levels and therefore the quality of the raw materials. Marked To A Maker Validation testing reveals that when a Marker Compound is high in a specific raw material, other phytonutrient compounds in that material measure high as well. When Sulfurophane, Beta Carotene and Vitamin C are at high levels in broccoli, other compounds such as Vitamin A, B Vitamins and Iron will also measure at high levels. Marker Compounds are the best Validation. It's impossible to measure every compound in broccoli to ensure its quality. Broccoli may contain as many as 20,000 individual compounds. No one knows the exact number or all the components that make up any food. Therefore we rely on certain identified marker compounds as a measure of broccolis quality. Marked To A Marker is not perfect. It is the best current method to Validate the quality of raw materials.

MegaFood is the first company, and currently the only company, to offer "Quality Marked" fruits and vegetables in our formulas. Specific marker compounds are used to Validate the Quality of our raw materials. This concept, created a whole new category of supplements, Quality Marked Whole Foods. This was the beginning of an important step for MegaFood, requiring Validation Documents for the foods used in our formulas.

There exists considerable debate and uncertainty as to the definition of Quality in relationship to supplements. There are many tests that can be performed using HPLC, TLC, IR, NMR and other testing methods to Validate supplements. This testing is expensive; therefore, validation is not routinely performed. MegaFood believes that it is crucial to the future of the Health Food Business to Validate the Quality of our supplements.

We can objectively measure the value of supplements and assure they are the highest Quality through analysis of the finished product. The material must pass a test that proves nutrient activity at the tableted or encapsulated stage.