As an over the road truck driver, I am always looking for a healthy alternative for energy drinks. I’ve seen several products that list such ingredients like guarana, caffeine and ginseng, but none that offers a daily vitamin supplement. Trying to stay healthy and eating right is challenging enough while living on the road for weeks at a time. Preparing a healthy diet is limited to a couple of 12 volt lunch-box style stoves and a cooler – exercise is also limited also.

Getting the right nutrition hasn’t been more important to me than it is in this profession. I’m over 50 and maintaining one’s wellbeing should be on the high priority list or else your center of attention can be disrupted. There are many occupations that require a persons undivided attention military personnel, policemen/women, fire fighters, air-plane pilots, boat captains, transit bus drivers and yes, even truck drivers – and the list goes on and on! Read more

In 1993 there was proposed a new system of monographs for vitamins, replacing the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance). This system is called the Dietary Reference Intakes.

We will now take a look at the 4 subcategories of the DRI:

Recommended Dietary Allowance/RDA – Daily average intake of a vitamin to meet the needs of most of a given life stage/gender group in good health (97-98%). This is a goal for intake, not assessing a diet.

Adequate Intake Level (AI) – This is based on observed and or experimentally determined estimates of nutrient intake by relatively healthy people that are assumed to be adequate. This estimate is used when there is insufficient evidence to calculate the EAR (see below). Read more

Acai berry juice, capsules and powder are the hottest antioxidants around. You can usually acquire these acai berry products in capsules, or powder forms. The most favorite form is acai berry puree. Acai berry products are one of natures hottest supplements to appear in the Read more