Acquisition of Nutrition - Through Supplements

NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF THE BODY
"Each day, normal cell functioning must be maintained, damaged cells need to be repaired,
and new cells are generated. These things cannot occur without proper nutrients."

THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION

SUPPLEMENTS

Nutrition is the vital chemical components needed daily by the body, which can be acquired in one of three ways: either 1)through foods, 2)through supplements, and in certain circumstances, even 3)intravenously. The most commonly practiced method is through the consumption of food, however, supplements may also be required to support the acquisition of nutrition.

In the United States, the use of supplements began roughly around the 1930s. Before then, there was both a lack of knowledge and lack of need for supplements, which scientists have contributed to the following reasons: 1) ignorance from the medical community about vital nutrients that are required by the body, 2) fast-paced lifestyles that allow less time to cook and prepare food, thus greatly reducing the variety factor in the diet, 3) more women enter the job market, and now, most couples are working, which allows less time to cook and prepare food, 4) more sedentary lifestyle centered around the TV set hinders metabolism and circulation of vital nutrients, and 5) the soil has become depleted of many essential nutrients.

 Due to the use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture, the nutrients needed from food are not attained. In 1936, the United States government warned the American people in Senate Document 264 that the soil being used to farm was seriously deficient in minerals. The document said that the body’s physical wellness is more directly dependent upon the minerals taken into our systems than upon calories, vitamins, or the precise proportion of starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume.

Today, 60 years after the release of Senate Document 264, the soil is even more depleted of nutrients. The United States is rich and abundant in food, but from the viewpoint of nutrition, people are starving. The agricultural industry has constantly farmed the land without rest, and the soil cannot produce food sufficient in nutrients. The pollution of the air and water has worsened the depletion of soil. American soil has been depleted of minerals, and the rest of the world is following close behind.

According to the Earth Summit Report in 1992:

                        Continent:                   % of mineral depletion over the past 100 years

        Australia                                               55%

        Europe                                                 72%

        Africa                                                   74%

        Asia                                                     76%

        South America                                       76%

        North America                                        85%

From the senate document and summit report, it is safe to say that no one gets all the nutrients needed for the body, which threatens and weakens health nationwide. United States Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Joel Wallach researched for twelve years the natural deaths of 3000 humans and 17,500 animals of different types through autopsies. He found that the common reason for their deaths was a result of various nutritional deficiencies. Two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling said, “You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.” Now nutritional supplements are needed because diets have deviated to fast foods, fatty foods, junk foods, processed foods, refined foods, and a lack of variety of foods.

The 1936 Senate Document 264 also said that 99% of Americans are deficient in minerals, and a deficiency of one or more minerals can lead to disease, thus shortening our lives. People with health problems naturally have shorter lives, and the moving away, deviating from, and ignoring the principles of nature causes these illnesses.