Vitamins & Minerals

Some mind-opening experiences or thoughts…

Have you ever thought of food instead of vitamins and minerals? Gaining nutrition mostly from food… that sounds vaguely familiar. However, with the way food is nowadays (with much less nutrition than in our great grandparents’ day (see previous post), no wonder doctors and nutritionists are urging us to be sure to take our vitamins as a way of ensuring our health. Nutrition mostly from food… It took some “turning my mind around” to get me used to the idea. Doctors did say a while back that we don’t have to take vitamins or supplements. Just eat “right.” Now, virtually all doctors say that we should take them everyday… So when I started eating and drinking the foundational foods (Sunrider), I was surprised to hear from my mentor that instead of taking vitamins, I could just eat and drink these foods. It took some time adjusting to the concept. I just stopped buying the vitamins at the health food store. An easy decision due to budget constraints anyway. Money I would’ve spent on vitamins, I spent on Sunrider’s nutrition-dense foods instead. I learned that nutritional gaps would be covered with this program; with some adjustments (additional food-based nutrients) according to individual needs, i.e. menopause.

I’ve been on that nutrition program (The Basic 5) for over 3 years now. Have gained health as I got older; and strength too. Gained health as I got older; that might be thought of as an oxymoron”. I am seeing many people in my generation–unfortunately–having more ailments (such as arthritis) and a lot of them succumbing to degenerative diseases (I’m in my 50s). I feel lucky that I regained most of my health and energy. I’m surprised that I have more energy than when I was in high school (I was dragging myself around though, due to a dependence on coffee/tea and sugary foods). Considering that I was on a downward spiral of getting worse in my health (RSI (repetitive strain injuries from the computer), fibromyalgia, depression and low energy with blood sugar imbalance causing brain fog, among others), I’m amazed how those symptoms got reversed. BTW, I’m not saying that Sunrider cured me though. It was the nutrients that supported my body in the correct way that got my body to the point of healing itself—that made the difference. The awesome thing (here I am using that word again) is that my body cured itself! That’s another mind-opening “thing” for me to comprehend! Wow just about sums it up for me…!

 

Our Food Supply Today

I’m paraphrasing of all things, an astrology reading for Virgo by Rob Brezsny (thanks to Rob Brezny of Free Will Astrology). This is from a November ‘07 reading, if you’re curious (and BTW, I’m not a Virgo):  ”Because of  changes in agricultural techniques, food is nowhere near as nutritious as it used to be. Vegetables grown on modern factory farms have 27% less calcium and 37% less iron than they did in 1975, for example, as well as 21% less Vitamin A and 30% less Vitamin C.  So if you want to avoid being starved of essential nutrients, you either have to eat a huge amount, take supplements or consume organic food… “I  beg to differ with Rob about the organic food. Although it is an improvement from the cheaper food that’s harvested from chemically fertilized soil, even organic food has less nutrients than in our great great grandparents’ day. See this article which was referred by Dr. Dees (PhD, Nutrition) for more complete info.