Did You Know Just That Many Cancers Are Linked To
A Vitamin Deficiency?
WHY TAKE VITAMINS AND MINERALS
Throughout
history, health care trends and fads have risen and receded
like the tide of the ocean. However, along the way some
undeniable truths have emerged. Perhaps the most important
of these is the notion that food plays a significant role
in the human condition.
Mankind
must have always understood at leas at some level the importance
of supplementing the diet with particular foods when health
becomes a concern. Stone and papyrus records dating back
to 4,000 BC extol the virtues of special foods in relation
to certain health conditions. In the orient, food has been
a standard part of health care procedure for more than 5,000
years.
The
use of food as a drug had always been important until the
modern drug industry arose in the 19th century. Indeed,
prior to World War II many Herb's were listed side by side
with chemical drugs in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia, the official
listing of accepted medicines. Even now, nearly 50% of the
most commonly used and prescribed drugs are either derived
from a plant source or contain chemical imitations of a
plant compound.
Only
recently has society scoffed at relying upon nutrition as
a means to improve health and to ward off disease and illnesses.
For several decades in this century. people believed that
laboratories and man made materials not nature were the
source of all necessary answers.
Times have changed. Today science tells us that most of
the chronic illnesses people face can be traced to lifestyle
and diet. It tells us, too, that what we eat and breathe
and how we live affects how we feel and how our bodies function.
Although there are many principles of good health, one of
the most important is proper nutrition. Wise food selection
is critical to good health.
More
than 100 years ago American herbalist Samuel Thomson compared
the body to a furnace that needs both air and fuel to function.
The furnace burns air and fuel to create energy. In the
process, it eliminates the smoke while the residue, or ash,
falls away. If high quality fuel and sufficient oxygen are
used in the furnace, it burns clean and hot with minimal
waste. However, if poor fuel or too little air is present,
the fuel smolders and produces a great deal of ash and smoke.
Actually.
one could also compare the human body to a high performance
machine made to burn high performance fuel and produce large
amounts of energy. The body can't work efficiently if we
throw in low grade fuel such as junk foods. When people
complain they are tired and don't have enough energy, they
should take a close look at what they're eating. Are they
using low quality fuel, resulting in their internal furnaces
burning poorly.
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