Do We really Need Supplements Or Can we Get All Our Nutrition From Food?

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The simple answer is yes and yes.

Ideally, all of the nutrition we need can come from the food we eat. Unfortunately, in today’s world, it usually doesn’t. Even if food was grown in nutrient dense soil without contaminates, much of the nutrition is lost in its journey from the field to our table. And finally, food alone can only fill our nutritional needs if our bodies are able to absorb all of its nutrients and assimilate them properly.

Diet

If your diet consists of a wide variety of nutrient dense, organic whole foods, with lots of raw produce, locally grown (preferably in your back yard) and harvested at the right time for maximum nutrition, and your digestive system is working at peak performance, then you have little use for supplements. Those are a lot of ifs. And even with this kind of diet, which, incidentally, would be of far more benefit than any supplement regimen could ever be, there are still some supplements that can be of benefit.

Today’s field to table journey is not conducive to optimum nutrition. Produce is picked before fully ripened, before reaching its full nutritional potential. Produce is often left in storage for long periods of time, and gassed or otherwise treated to last longer and appear ripened. The average distance and time from field to table is 1500 miles and 10-14 days. All the while, the food is losing its nutritive content.
Even local grocery stores have challenges in maintaining optimum nutritive value.

Health

The second consideration is whether your body can properly assimilate nutrients. Being healthy means you have a healthy immune system, which means the digestive system is working right. The problem is that Candida overgrowth is common due to the typical American diet, and Candida inhibits a healthy immune system. When the gut is out of balance, our bodies do not properly assimilate nutrients. Supplements can help us bridge the gap. Virtually everyone suffers from Candida overgrowth; sugar is just too easy to get in our modern society. There are two choices. A Candida detox is a must for almost everyone, and then the choices are to either eat a very strict diet or a good diet with regular intestinal supplemental maintenance. Obviously, the norm for those at the pinnacle of health is to eat extremely well almost all of the time and to take a strong probiotic or other Candida killer the few times we indulge in sweeter foods.

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