Malnutrition. Why take supplements at all?

Malnutrition is the condition that occurs when a person's body is not getting enough nutrients. The condition may result from an inadequate or unbalanced diet, digestive difficulties, absorption problems, or other medical conditions.

Malnutrition can even occur because of the lack of a single vitamin or a group of nutrients in the diet.

General malnutrition often develops slowly, over months or years. As the body’s store of nutrients is depleted, changes begin to happen at the cellular level, affecting biochemical processes and decreasing the body’s ability to fight infections. Over time, a variety of symptoms may begin to emerge, including anemia, fatigue, mental changes such as confusion, irritability, anxiety, depression, memory loss among many others.

Alcohol and drugs use may contribute to malnutrition.

The big question is:

Do we get enough nutrients from our daily diet and why should we take supplements at all?

The answer to the question is simple. We have so depleted our soils, contaminated our water, polluted our food & air, degraded our food supply and thus created much of the disease that now plagues us. By choosing to eat the right foods and nutritional supplements, and by making simple changes in your life style, you can prevent and even reverse far more disease than any doctor, any hospital, any drug, & any combination of medical treatment known to man.

That's both the good news & the easy bit. Not so easy is how to do it. The supplementation industry is now estimated to be worth US$30 billion a year so you can bet your life that there are a lot of snake oil salesmen out there, some of them bearing household names. But that's another story to come.

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