| Many people take supplements of one form or | | | | not accept, isolated nutrients. It requires |
| another to ensure they are getting what may | | | | specific combinations working together |
| be deficient in the food they eat. To be | | | | synergistically before they can be recognized |
| useful to the body, a supplement must be of | | | | as food. |
| an organic origin and contain enzymes. It | | | | |
| must be derived from natural food sources. | | | | Bottom line-synthetic vitamins are harmful. |
| Vitamins and minerals must be delivered in | | | | Tests with rats fed synthetic vitamins found |
| trace amounts, as they are in whole natural | | | | that they died sooner than rats given nothing |
| food. This way, the body can utilize them to | | | | to eat. The synthetic, incomplete supplements |
| correct deficiencies without causing other | | | | stimulated the animals' systems, increasing |
| problems. | | | | their metabolic rates and literally causing |
| | | | them to "burn up" or wear out at a faster |
| What food on earth can you think of that | | | | rate. |
| contains 500 mg of any vitamin or mineral? | | | | |
| Nature only provides nutrients in small and | | | | Despite the preceding caveats, supplements |
| balanced combinations. Any supplement that | | | | can play an important role in paying back |
| comes in mega-doses stimulates the body and | | | | deficiency debts to the body created by years |
| creates an imbalance in the system.The body | | | | of nutrient deficient food consumption. |
| has to work hard to eliminate the excess, and | | | | |
| in the process, further depletes its supply | | | | When selecting vitamin and mineral |
| of other essential nutrients. | | | | supplements, make certain they come from |
| | | | whole organic food sources, contain enzymes, |
| A person might ask, "How can that be? When I | | | | and have been made with minimal processing. |
| take certain vitamins in larger doses I feel | | | | Such supplements may work with the body |
| better." That may be true; the good feeling | | | | slowly, but they also work surely and |
| comes from stimulation, just like when people | | | | continuously, without the stress of increased |
| who drink coffee are stimulated by the | | | | metabolism to remove unnatural, incomplete, |
| caffeine. You feel better because the body | | | | and toxic substances. |
| has increased metabolism in order to | | | | |
| eliminate the supplement, which in that form | | | | A diet of natural, raw, organic, ripe, and |
| and quantity, is toxic. | | | | fresh or undercooked foods provides the body |
| | | | with vitamin and mineral supplies with their |
| Over time, such doses cause more deficiencies | | | | complete synergistic components. Good |
| and wear the body down. The same stimulative | | | | supplements can help make up for nonorganic |
| situation applies to some herbal supplements | | | | foods that are mineral deficient. |
| and treatments. The body cannot use, and does | | | | |