Vitamins Minerals

You are what you eat

It's relatively easy to eat well enough to prevent a major Vitamins Minerals deficiency disease such as rickets or scurvy. However, a minor deficiency of any nutrient can leave the body in a weakened condition, more susceptible to disease and less equipped to fight off pathogens(germs).

Your body needs many different nutrients to keep in peak condition; including protein, carbohydrates, fats, Vitamins Minerals, and phytochemicals (these are the new super nutrients). These are available in different combinations and different amounts in various foods. If you habitually eat the same foods continually (even foods high in nutrients), you may be missing out on important nutrients for your health. Vitamins  Minerals are essential and must be in the right proportions to give the maximum benefit.

Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of Vitamins Minerals

The RDA gives a figure below which known and tested deficiency symptoms would show up. No allowance was made however in the RDA for high stress or illnesses when working out the dietary allowance.

For optimum health there is no substitute for a well-balanced diet and we all should be looking closely at the food we consume. Many of us today, because of our hurried lifestyle, unfortunately don't eat as well as we would like. Even if we did, the quality of the food may well be lacking in the essential Minerals Vitamins. This may be a good reason for liquid or tablet based supplements of Vitamins Minerals.

Food quality and Nutritional Deficiencies

In 11 mid-western states in the USA,  1000 crop samples were taken and a decline in mineral levels of up to 68 per cent were noted over a four year period.
How good is the quality of our food in comparison with that of our forebears?
 
Indeed we are not getting enough from our average diet to meet the RDA levels in some nutrients. Further examples of this can be shown by investigations reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 37, 1983, showing the dietary patterns of healthy  pregnant women, even on a balanced diet, didn't have adequate amounts of some essential nutrients.

Worldwide studies involving people in all age groups, have shown nutritional deficiencies are common and the need for Vitamin And Mineral Supplements is growing just so the RDA recommended dietary allowance can be maintained.

Reasons for Supplementing With Liquid Vitamins and Minerals

1.    Poor Digestion
2.    Hot coffee, tea and spices.
3.    Alcohol
4.    Smoking
5.    Laxatives
6.    Fad Diets
7.    Overcooking
8.    Food Storage
9.    Fast Food
10.    Antibiotics
11.    Food Allergies
12.    Crop nutrient losses
13.    Accidents and illness
14.    Stress
15.    PMT
16.    Teenagers rapid growth spurts
17.    Pregnancy
18.    Oral Contraceptives
19.    Elderly decline
20.    Lack of Sunlight
21.    Athletic stress