Calcium
(1,200 mg daily)
- Protects bone mass
- Lowers blood pressure
- Improves insulin's effectiveness at processing blood sugar
Chromium
(200 mcg daily)
- Helps the body process blood sugar
- Lowers cholesterol
- Aids weight loss efforts
Multivitamin/mineral
(daily)
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- Prevents vitamin and mineral deficiencies
- Reduces the risk of several diseases, including heart disease and osteoporosis
Regular exercise
(30–60 minutes, five days a week)
- Weight loss aid
- Preserves bone mass
- Reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes
- Relieves stress
- Improves sleep
Healthy weight
(BMI: 18.5–24.9)*
- Keeping body mass index (BMI) in the normal range reduces the risk of obesity, premature death, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and osteoarthritis
* Body mass index (BMI) is a formula for determining obesity. BMI equals a person's weight in pounds divided by height in inches squared. This number is then multiplied by 703. BMI=(pounds/inches2) x 703.
