| There is a vitamin, mineral and antioxidant | | | | 3. The over processed and preservative added |
| supplement store in almost every shopping mall in | | | | food removes important nutrients. |
| the United States. We can also find vitamin, | | | | Consuming even a very good diet is not sufficient |
| mineral and antioxidant supplement shelves in | | | | if most of the nutrients, vitamins and minerals in |
| almost every super market. More and more | | | | our food are diminished by over processing and |
| people are taking food supplements today. | | | | adding preservatives. |
| But there are quite a few people who still refuse | | | | 4. The RDA is only the lowest level of nutrient |
| to take vitamin, mineral and antioxidant | | | | intakes that will prevent deficiencies in apparently |
| supplements. They think that their diet is good | | | | healthy human beings. |
| enough and that they do not need to take any | | | | The RDA was developed originally to help people |
| supplements. Theoretically what they are saying | | | | reduce the rates of contracting severe nutritional |
| may be true, but in reality it is not possible to | | | | deficiencies, like scurvy, rickets, beriberi and so |
| obtain all your nutritional needs from just the food | | | | forth which are rarely seen in our modern world. |
| you consume. | | | | Instead, what we should be concerned with in this |
| Here are 5 reasons why vitamin, mineral and | | | | industrialized world are the degenerative diseases, |
| antioxidant supplements are necessary in our daily | | | | such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, |
| life: | | | | osteoporosis and so forth. In order to prevent |
| 1. Eating a healthy and well-balanced diet every | | | | the degenerative diseases, we need to consume |
| day is a difficult task. | | | | every day the optimal level of nutrients, beyond |
| The USDA Food Consumption Survey discovered | | | | the RDA recommended level. |
| that only 3 % of those surveyed actually ate | | | | 5. Complete nutritional intake is necessary for |
| healthful and balanced diets. And no one met the | | | | optimal health. |
| RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowances - which | | | | Using scientifically researched, complete and |
| are set by the U. S. government about daily | | | | balanced, and quality nutritional supplements |
| intakes.) consumption of vitamins and minerals. | | | | assures the necessary dietary intake for optimal |
| 2. The food you eat now does not contain the | | | | health. |
| same amount of nutrition as it did in the past. | | | | Choosing the quality vitamin, mineral and |
| The nutrients in a soil have been exhausted over | | | | antioxidant supplements with safety, balance, |
| the years and the vegetables and fruits grown on | | | | completeness and potency in mind will help |
| the farm have been loosing its nutritious values. | | | | apparently healthy people stay healthy while |
| Therefore, the same amount of broccoli, for | | | | lowering the provability of contracting |
| instance, contains less calcium and vitamin C than | | | | degenerative diseases and enjoying a healthier |
| it did 50 years ago. | | | | and longer life. |