Already a $200 Billion business, with most of its revenue coming from vitamin sales and health club memberships, the wellness industry is just now taking off. In the next ten years, an additional $1 trillion of the U.S. economy will be devoted to providing healthy people with products to maintain their health. It is the baby boomers, the 77 million people who are demanding more from our current healthcare system and they are concerned and motivated about living longer and healthier lives. These same people are paving the way for Wellness to become the next trillion dollar industry.

Wellness and longevity look at health from a multifaceted approach. Health becomes an extension of how well the mind, body, and spirit work together. Each extension brings opportunity for you to take charge of your health. Stress management, learning a new hobby, and setting goals are a few examples of ways to enhance the mental aspect of “health.” Your belief in a higher spiritual being, your personal search for peace, and your inner belief in the world are spiritual outlets. The human body requires a daily intake of vitamins along with certain minerals, amino acids and water to sustain the millions of chemical reactions our bodies perform each day. The physiological needs of the body are related to the function of the body its strength, endurance, and flexibility.

The growing trends of health, wellness, and fitness provide us with many opportunities to change our current path of health. Each of us is unique and requires specific programs in order to gain the greatest benefit of change. Customization is the way of the future. Today it is common place to have a latte made just for you, a computer with just the specifications of your needs, golf clubs customized to your height and mechanics, running shoes made for your feet, and even vitamins customized for your metabolic needs.

Yes, vitamins can be customized for you. Are you one of the 180 million people currently taking vitamins? Are you confused about what is right for you? Vitamins are a key factor in warding off chronic diseases: heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and the ravages of aging. World class nutrition experts have been recommending vitamins for more than 35 years.

“To take or not to take” is no longer the question. All nutrition experts and most doctors support supplementation. Harvard researchers publish JAMA articles recommending vitamin supplements for all adults. “most people do not get an optimal amount of nutrients by diet alone. Supplements are a convenient and affordable way to bridge the nutrition gap.”

Vitamins and nutritional supplements help support our body when we are not at our best. A custom vitamin formula can support the following areas:

• Mental alertness
• Emotional balance
• Memory and concentration
• Tension and stress
• Increased vitality
• Anti-aging
• Skin, hair, nails, and eyes
• Liver, kidneys, heart, and lungs
• Neuromuscular
• Vascular
• Intestinal, and digestive
• Menopause, prostate, and joints

   There is a common sense approach to good health based upon sound science taking the confusion and guesswork out of nutritional supplementation. You can restore your body’s natural power, by taking the specific nutrients that can be custom made to “fit” the biochemistry of your body. Testing will identify the nutrients you need for optimal function in 3 key areas of cellular performance.

Longevity and lifestyle enhancement can be achieved. Now is the time to find out what is best for you by getting tested in your home and receiving a customized product made for you.

Take charge of your health today. Find out more about your bioindividuality and what you need to enhance your health and well-being. Fitness assessments evaluating strength, flexibility, endurance, body composition, cardiovascular endurance, and resting heart rate give fitness professionals and personal trainers a snap shot of your physiology. The Priva-Test will give you a snap shot of your metabolic nutrient needs.

(Editor’s Note: Dr. Monique West is an independent marketer of ideal health and an independent personal trainer specializing in helping clients achieve health, fitness, and financial goals. Contact her at westwellness@hotmail.com or 206-718-4895.).