What do you think about vitamins & minerals for people as food supplements?

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2 What do you think about vitamins & minerals for people as food supplements? We get all the vitamins and minerals we need in our diets so taking supplements just gives you expensive urine a waste of money!

3 This Answer is TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE because it

4 1. How many people really eat according to the Food Guide Pyramid 7 days a week? 365 days a year? 2. What about food quality? 3. What about soil depletion? 4. What about malabsorption? 5. What about the need of extra antioxidants in this polluted environment? 6. What about extra nutrients necessary due to stress? 7. What about a body that is already showing symptoms of imbalance?

5 According to Health & Welfare of America that means the following MINIMUMS every day for adults for HEALTH MAINTENANCE: DAILY ADULT SERVINGS 8-10 FRUITS & VEGETABLES WHOLE GRAINS 2-3 MEAT OR ALTERNATIVES 2-4 DAIRY

6 HOW DO TODAY S AMERICAN DIETS STACK UP AGAINST AMERICA S RDA S NOT ONE GROUP IS GETTING THE RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCES

7 The dietary patterns of Americans do not result in nutrient intakes that fully meet Recommended Dietary Allowances of vitamins and minerals. Not a single person consumed 100% of the RDA for all ten of the following nutrients

8 Tired Of Being Tired? Where Do The Nutrients Go? Early Harvesting Transporting Storage Cooking Freezing Canning Over processing Refining Pasteurization can account for food value losses of UP TO 25% can account for food value losses UP TO 25% can account for food value losses UP TO 50% can account for food value losses UP TO 50% can account for food value losses UP TO 83% can account for food value losses UP TO 83% can account for food value losses UP TO 100% can account for food value losses UP TO 100% can account for food value losses UP TO 50%

9 LESS FRESH LIVING FOODS MORE MAN-MADE FOODS New government Recommendations America s food guide Today s advertising has changed the way we eat 60% of all TV ads promote food low in nutrition Grain Products Vegetables & Fruit Milk Products Meat & Alternatives

10 FOODS ARE MERELY A SHADOW OF WHAT THEY ONCE WERE: Example: Spinach cup 158 mg iron cup 27 mg iron cup 2 mg iron That means: You would need to eat 75 CUPS of spinach to get the same amount of nutrients 47 years ago. from 1995 Consumer Alert Publication

11 The food you eat today will be your body tomorrow TRUE or FALSE Diet Choices What you put in your mouth Digestion Absorption Assimilation Elimination Nutrition All of the digestive organs work perfectly so that nutrients can be made available Nutrients are released from G.I. tract into the blood stream Nutrients are assimilated into cells from the blood stream (Detoxification) Cells release wastes into the blood stream Cells are nourished by the nutrients MALABSORPTION: Due to digestive difficulties, people often utilize only a small percentage of the nutrients in the food they put in their mouth (sometimes as little as 10-25%!!!)

12 Risk of developing cancer increases for baby boomers, study indicates A report released today speculates that chemicals in the environment could be one cause for the disease showing up more often than in previous decades.

13 Federal ruling could restrict use of 67 pesticides in produce The government has illegally allowed cancer-causing pesticides to remain in processed foods, a federal appeals court said. EPA wouldn t forbid all uses of cancer-causing pesticides, which still may be used on raw foods at EPA-approved levels as long as no higher levels are found in processed foods. THE BATTLE RAGES ON

14 Therefore 8 out of 10 doctors take ANTIOXIDANTS Medical Tribune Poll SHOULD YOU?

15 STRESS The Silent Killer Increase in pulse rate Increase in blood pressure Increase in adrenaline Decrease in immunity Muscle Tension Elimination Reduced Oxygen demand increases Decrease in Digestion THREE TYPES OF STRESS: 1. Physical 2. Emotional 3. Chemical Protein B Complex Vitamin C Increases Need for: Increase in blood conagulation Calcium/Magnesium Lecithin Zinc Stress is the most widespread medical problem in North America today. It is the major contributing factor in 100% of disease.

16 1.It takes 6 7 times the normal amount of nutrients to build and repair than to maintain health. 2.Nothing heals the human body in less than 3 months, then add on one month for every year of illness. Dr. L. Lee Coyne

17 Your nutritional needs are individual BUT EVERYONE NEEDS TO ESTABLISH A BASE PROGRAM AND THEN DETERMINE THEIR EXTRA NEEDS! YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE OF: Age Sex Heredity Food choices Exercise regime Environment/pollution Stress Attitude Job satisfaction Lifestyle THE DEFICIENCY OF JUST ONE NUTRIENT HINDERS THE BODY S ABILITY TO USE OTHER NUTRIENTS Everyone needs a base program for the minimum daily requirements more for optimum health. Listen to what your own body is telling you!

18 Your Bloodstream is a smorgasbord table of your body 60 trillion cells are at your smorgasbord table now Are your cells well fed? Are you supplying lots of antioxidants the protector nutrients, due to the polluted world we live in

19 (You live in a body) (Your body is made of organs) (Your organs are made of cells) (Cells require nutrients) NO ONE FEEDS CELLS! CELLS FEED THEMSELVES CELLS SELF-SERVE. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PUT NUTRIENTS INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. Did you provide adequate nutrients today? Cells cannot take out of the bloodstream what is not there?

20 Cutting Through the Health Confusion Layman s resource guide with answers to.. Why am I so tired? Why do I have these aches & pains? Why am I constipated? Why do I get all these headaches? What can I do to help my acne? Why do I suffer from indigestion? Why don t I have any energy? Why do I feel so bloated? Why do I have so many allergies? Why do I get this heartburn? How can I help my asthma? Why is my skin so dry & itchy? How can I support my body when dealing with: fibromyalgia, or gout, or ulcers, or Multiple Sclerosis, or anxiety, or insomnia, or? By Christine Gaber and Charlene Day