This article is not meant to knock vitamins and minerals or take away from their healthful aspects, because not all supplements are the same. We should be aware at this point, though, that concentrated whole foods like Juice Plus+® are almost a necessity in today's world. I look at vitamin and mineral supplements as a backup system to whole foods and as a useful approach to particular needs or deficiencies. I take extra minerals, for example, because I run and sweat every day, so that's being specific with supplementation for my individual needs. But most supplements don't have the other known and unknown food factors, such as phytonutrients, which our bodies also require. After reading this article, you will know why taking a whole-food supplement like Juice Plus+® should be a lifetime commitment.

A healthful diet and exercise are necessities of life. If you exercise for three months and then stop, what happens? You end up right back where you started! If you detoxify your body by eating well but then don't continue on a good diet or wellness plan, you become sluggish and toxic again. Good eating habits and exercise are lifelong commitments. It's the same way we should approach Juice Plus+®. Juice Plus+® provides the known and unknown nutrients combined in organic complexes, the way nature intended. Natural food complexes of enzymes, vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and other food factors are organized by the sun, rain, water, and living bacteria in the soil. Whole-food concentrates, with their nutrients intact, retain the functional and nutritional integrity of those complexes.