Supplementation

Written on June 6, 2009 No Comment

The Need for Supplementation

Page 1: The Need for Supplementation
Page 2: Popular Methods to Choose a Supplement
Page 3: How to Choose a Supplement

Supplementation

Your body requires certain nutrients to stay healthy. These nutrients are supposed to be supplied by the food that you eat – your diet. We say ‘supposed to’ because food can no longer be trusted as a nutritional source.

Depleted soils, green harvesting, and other modern manufacturing processes remove the great majority of the nutrients^[1][2][3] from food items.

How Safe is the Food that You Eat?

You now know that the foods you eat lack nutrients. But there’s something else you should know: The foods you eat to stay alive may actually be hurting you!

Your food could be infected with bacteria (as is the current case with E. Coli in Spanish cucumbers^[4] and salmonella in jalapeños in mid 2008^[5]). Additionally, antibiotics are injected in meat products, heavy metals are found in fish, and high hormone levels are detected in poultry. Foods are also full of colorings that are known allergens, and much more. It’s no surprise that the nutritional value in food continues to decrease as time passes.

As a result, the USDA has increased the number of fruits and vegetables you should eat. Why? A study in Canada found that two peaches in 1951 would have supplied 100% of a woman’s vitamin A Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA). Today, that same woman would need to eat 53 peaches to meet the requirement.^[2] When was the last time you ate 2 peaches in the same day? When was the last time you ate 2 fruits the same day? Can you imagine 53? And this is for ONE VITAMIN! Your body needs 13 different types of vitamins!^[6]

It is physically impossible for you to eat or drink the nutrients that your bodies requires on a daily basis because a healthy body requires more than just the 13 vitamins previously mentioned. To be healthy you also needs:

carbohydrates (monosaccharides for energy, cellular structure and intercellular communication)
minerals
phytohormones (plant sterols)
Phytochemicals (phytonutrients)
amino acids (proteins)
fatty acids (such as omega 3)
oxygen (O₂)
water (H₂O)
and more…

Still Think You Can Go Without a Supplement?

Try it. Make up the healthiest meal plan that you can and go to the studies that we have made reference to. Calculate the amount of nutrients that you will get and contrast the values to the amount you need.

You will mots likely find that you need to take a supplement.

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References:

[1] Mayer A-M. “Historical Changes in the Mineral Content of Fruits and Vegetables,” Brit Food J 1997; 96(6): 2007-11.

[2] Christian J. “Charts: Nutrient Changes in Vegetables and Fruits, 1951 to 1999.” CTV.ca News 2002. Available at: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020705/favaro_nutrients_chart_020705.
Accessed August 11, 2008.

[3] Davis DR, Epp MD, Riodan HD. “Changes in USDA Food Composition for 43 Garden Crops, 1950 to 1999.” J Am C Nutr 2004; 23(6): 669-82.

[4] “Pain in Spain: The E. Coli Outbreak’s Lousy Timing”. Time/CNN, June 02, 2011. Available at http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2075333,00.html#ixzz1OFp3MZvS
Accessed June 03, 2011

[5] Venkataraman, Bina. “Salmonella Strain in Jalapeños Is a Match.” The New York Times, July 22, 2008. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/us/22salmonella.html?ref=health.
Accessed August 13, 2008.

[6] MedlinePlus. “Vitamins.” Available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamins.html.
Accessed August 13, 2008.