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Before we start looking at the potential need for supplements, let’s look at nutritional deficiencies in general<\/em>

Factor 1
This results from either eating foods that do not contain adequate nutrition or food that leaches certain nutrients from the body. An example of a food that leaches nutrients would be refined foods such as sugar. For your body to convert sugar into energy, it needs magnesium as a co-factor. Since refined foods have been stripped of this nutrient, your own body\u2019s reserves of magnesium are used to facilitate the chemical process. In the long run, you become magnesium deficient.

Factor 2
Our soil is over-used, and modern farming techniques reduce the quality of the soil itself. As a result, the fruit and vegetables we eat today have far fewer vitamins and minerals than they did only 50 years ago. Here is a chart showing how some of the nutrients have become deficient. The table shows the differences in the calcium and magnesium content of various fruit and
Vegetables in 1999 compared to the same foods back in 1963:<\/em>



<\/strong>What does this mean?

What this essentially means is that if your granny ate an orange to get the benefit of the Vitamin C to increase the immune system, then we now need to eat about 6 oranges to get that same quality and quantity of the Vitamin C. This is one of the reasons why supplementation has become so important.

Factor 3
Fruit and vegetables are picked green to extend their shelf life. Since fruits and vegetables are often grown far from your dinner table, they are picked green, so they don\u2019t rot on the way to your table. Why does that matter? Look at the difference in the amount of vitamin C contained in three common fruits when they are harvested early, compared to when they are allowed to ripen on the tree.

Comparison of Vitamin C levels of Green and Vine ripened fruit:<\/em><\/strong>
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<\/strong>What accounts for these differences?
When fruits and vegetables are picked early, they haven\u2019t fully developed some of the nutrients, and they lose their supply of nutrients prematurely. This means these foods contain fewer vitamins and minerals than those allowed to reach maturity on the vine.


Some other info on Supplementation
A general myth is that vitamins are unsafe <\/em>since taking too many vitamins can have dangerous side effects. There are 13 universally recognised vitamins. Four of these vitamins are fat-soluble, and nine are water-soluble.

Excess quantities of fat-soluble vitamins<\/em> accumulate in your organs, such as the liver, while excess water-soluble vitamins are flushed out of your body via your urine every day.

In order words, overdosing on water-soluble vitamins is not a health concern.

More caution should be applied to the four fat-soluble vitamins \u2013 A, D, E, and K \u2013 especially vitamin A.

Vitamin A has indisputable benefits for reducing vision degeneration and even protecting against cancer in healthy individuals. At the same time, studies show that:

\u2022 Synthetic vitamin A can increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers
\u2022 Overdosing on vitamin A can cause liver damage. That is why we recommend taking moderate amounts of natural vitamin A only

There is no conclusive evidence that any other vitamins have dangerous side effects.

Taking Vitamin D as a supplement and monitoring your blood levels helps you determine the amount you need.

A word of caution
If you take crazy amounts of fat-soluble vitamins, such as taking 20 high-potency tablets in a short period of time, you may cause yourself some harm.

Anything taken in excess can be harmful. For example, drinking water is essential for human life, and health authorities recommend that each person drink several liters of water per day.

Yet, did you know that if you drink too much water in a short period of time you could die? It\u2019s true. Scientific American reported that a 28-year-old California woman died after drinking 6 liters of water over 3 hours.

How did this happen? Drinking large amounts of water at once can lead to brain swelling, which can result in severe headaches, seizures, coma, and eventually death.

So if drinking too much water can kill you, most likely stuffing yourself with large amounts of vitamins can do the same. So be reasonable. Don\u2019t take more than the recommended daily dose.

<\/em><\/strong>Prescription drugs are much<\/em> more dangerous than vitamins <\/em>(https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25355584\/)

When thinking about vitamin safety, it is important to put things into perspective. Did you know that each year between 76,000 and 137,000 people in the US alone die due to adverse reactions to medical drugs that were prescribed by doctors?

At the same time, there have been no documented cases of death due to vitamin overdose for the last 10 years. The bottom line is that unless you do something extremely silly, like taking a large amount of vitamin tablets in a short period of time, your chances of developing negative side effects due to vitamin overdose are negligible.

Why do all doctors not recommend supplements if we need them so much?
Medical doctors are trained to be proficient in one thing \u2013 medicine. A study was conducted on how much nutrition information is taught to doctors while they\u2019re in medical school.

This is the finding of the study: 127 accredited U.S. medical schools were given a study to report on the hours of nutrition training that were required for their medical students. Of the 105 schools answering questions about courses, only 25% required a dedicated nutrition course.

Overall, most medical students received only 19.6 contact hours of nutrition instruction during their medical school careers. Only 27% of the 105 schools met the minimum 25 required hours set by the National Academy of Sciences. “The teaching of nutrition in U.S. medical schools still appears to be in a precarious position, lacking a firm, secure place in the medical curriculum of most medical schools. Concerns remain that many future physicians will lack adequate preparation for this essential component of modern medical practice. Despite these challenges, a minority of medical schools still manage to provide substantial nutrition training for their students. Medical school faculties should encourage administrators to retain the nutrition education currently offered and expand it to provide, at a minimum, the 25 nutrition education hours needed to properly train physicians.” (Nutrition Education in U.S. Medical Schools: Latest Update of a National Survey)

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