Our most frequently asked questions.

Why is it better that ingredients be all natural?

Consuming all-natural ingredients are always better for us than consuming synthetic ingredients because the metabolism of our body is set up for natural chemicals. Our body is unfamiliar with the chemical groupings of synthetic chemicals and doesn't really know how to handle them and metabolize them. It doesn?t have the intercellular machinery to utilize synthetics. Eventually synthetic chemicals build up, gum-up the works by accumulating in cells, and cause them to stop functioning in a beneficial way. This leads to organ failures. Synthetics also fail to work as catalysts to speed up beneficial chemical reactions. It is believed that synthetic chemicals in our environment lead to a number of chronic diseases and failure to thrive; fatigue, insomnia, poor digestion, etc., perhaps even a number of Auto-Immune disorders.

Why is it better to have more ingredients instead of higher amounts of fewer ingredients?

It is repeatedly seen in nature that combining several nutrients that do similar things results in greatly increased benefits; benefits more than additive, but rather as if multiplied. We call this synergism. So, for example, combining perhaps 5 different anti-oxidants might result in 100 times the benefit of just one, rather than 5 times the benefit. A product with over 100 anti-oxidants could result in many hundreds of times the benefit instead of just 100 times the benefit. Different nutrients help the function and effects of other similarly acting nutrients and vice-versa. This is all good for us because few of us have the inclination to take hundreds of nutritional pills each day; 5 or 10 can accomplish the same thing.

What makes Crossroads brand different from other brands?

Crossroads products contain more different nutrients for treating various specific medical problems than the products of any other company. This results in the greatest possible synergisms for effectiveness and also makes it simple for the consumer ? they need only take one product each day for a problem, rather then having 8 or 10 bottles where they take their medicine.

If I eat a proper diet do I need nutritional supplements?

Yes! Because no one can eat a perfectly ideal diet every day without gaining huge amounts of weight. An ideal diet is one that contains adequate amounts of at least all the vitamins and minerals you need, and also significant amounts of other nutrients that improve your metabolism. These other nutrients are such things as quercitin, curcumin, grape seed extract, resveritrol, alpha lipoic acid, pycnogenol, and almost 100 others.

Should I consult my doctor before I take a nutritional supplement?

It is always a good idea to check out what supplement nutrients you take with your doctor or other care-giver. This is because there could be harmful interactions taking place between medicines the doctor gives you and the supplements you might want to take. An example would be a patient receiving the anti clotting drug coumadin and then taking supplemental nutrients that increase its effect, creating a potentially dangerous bleeding situation. Such things as Vitamin E, Gingko biloba, and asperin containing nutrients can do this. Actually some medicines the doctor gives you decrease your body's production of beneficial nutrients and increase you daily need for those nutrients. A good example is the effect that Statin drugs (for cholesterol control) have in decreasing the liver's production of Co-Enzyme Q10, a very beneficial nutrient for the heart (prevents heart failure).

Have all the ingredients been tested to be safe and effective?

Yes! They have all been repeatedly tested as individual ingredients and found to be safe and also effective in doing what is claimed for them. We know of no harmful combinations involving the ingredients used in these products at the dosage levels used in these products. Remember that in any given person any side effect can happen in response to any nutrient, but so far in the lives of these products, side effects from these products have been rare!

I have heard and read a lot about the benefits of Omega-3 oils. Why do I need all 6 oils in Crossroads? Essential Oil formula?

The "Essential" Oils are essential for optimal health, but lacking any one of them will not kill you. All but Coconut Oil are high in Omega-3 oils, but each an every one of them helps the body in its own way. For example, Coconut Oil kills viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites; improves gum health; helps you lose weight, lowers the lethal Lipoprotein-a, strengthens the immune system, improves the absorption of Calcium, protects against cancers of the colon and breast, and does many other beneficial things. The net effect of all of this is that each of the oils makes each of the other Crossroads products work better, a kind of synergistic boost! Overall, this group of oils is the most beneficial group of Oils on the market.

What do I gain from taking the Diabetes Formula product? What does it do for me other than lower blood sugar like prescription drugs do?

You are right that the Diabetes Formula contains many ingredients that lower blood sugar in both Type I ("Juvenile") and Type II ("Maturity Onset") cases of Diabetes. These include some ingredients that are somewhat known; like chromium and vanadium, and others that are not widely known at all, including Fenugreek, Banaba Leaf Extract, Bitter Melon Extract, Cinnamon Extract, Gymnema sylvestra, Soy Isoflavones, and Goggiberry (Chinese Wolfberry). There is another much more important reason for taking Diabetes Formula, and that is that it contains a number of ingredients that prevent the horrifically damaging process of Glycation with the formation of so-called Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGE's), the culprits behind the common diabetic complications of Renal Failure, Blindness, Heart Attacks, and Amputations. In this process, elevated blood sugar (as in diabetics) makes chemical combinations with both proteins and fats (lipids) that gum up the works both around and within cells of the kidney, retina, and vessels of the heart and the legs; this eventually prevent cells from functioning optimally, leads to failure of organ function and finally the terrible complications listed above. It turns out that such nutrients as Carnosine, Alpha L-Carnitine, Alpha-Lipoic Acid, Vitamin C, and Pomegranate Extract directly slow this terrible process and in fact Carnosine actually reverses it! All these ingredients (except Alpha-L-Carnitine) are found in the Crossraods diabetic formula. That's why it is important for diabetics to take the formula daily.

What is the Return Policy at Crossroads if I?m not satisfied with a product I?ve purchased?

Return it and get you money back on a pro-rated basis that favors the customer. For example, if you used 25% of the product, we will refund all but 20% of your money. We will round up, to your benefit to the next nearest 10% of refund based on the purchase price.

What is your shipping policy?

Our shipping policy is that we will ship your product within 24 hours from the receipt of your order, and we will send an email confirmation upon receipt of your order showing the total cost charged to your credit card.

Our Guarantee and Service Promise

Crossroads Nutrition, LLC guarantees to deliver a product that is sastisfactory to your expectations, our decade of research has yielded supplemental formulas that are second to none.