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TechnoratiFact # 5 Environmental toxins are at an all time high. People are kidding themselves if they don’t think all the pollutants in the air and water don’t affect our health. Add the off-gassing of various chemicals that come from our carpets, paints, flooring, and glues found in our homes and offices. Compound that with all the electromagnetic waves coming from our computers, cell phones, microwaves, and televisions, and you overwhelm your body’s ability to effectively function the way it is designed to. Just like commonly known pollutants like pesticides and smoking, these other chemicals find their way into our body and disrupt normal function.
Fact # 6 People are consuming more processed, refined, junk, fast foods, artificial sweeteners and ‘fake fats’ than ever before. When we process, refine and pasteurize our foods, we take out the majority of the nutrients in the food, in order to give it a longer shelf live. This only exacerbates the deficiency problem. Refining our flours and sugars eliminates almost all of the vitamins, minerals, and fiber that are supposed to be there. Pasteurization removes all of the live enzymes and beneficial bacteria that is found in unprocessed milk, yogurt and butter. Artificial sweeteners and ‘fake fats’ (trans fats) are really chemicals and don’t provide the nourishment our body needs to properly function. All of these chemicals have to be broken down and excreted, which only further taxes our liver and kidneys. Ultimately these things can cause harm to our brain, thyroid, liver, lungs, reproductive and immune system.
Fact # 7 We are under so much more stress today. This alone is reason enough to add a few good supplements to your daily plan. Stress depletes our body of specific nutrients, just as water is depleted when we exercise. Yes, the good Lord designed our body to handle stress, but we’re talking about ‘acute’ or short term stress, not constant, prolonged stress that lasts for weeks, months or years. In the old days, when night time came, people would read or talk or do simple things around the house. They would unwind and get a good night’s sleep. Not today! Our family schedules are so over-booked – this is prolonged stress. Our ancestors worried about ‘saber-toothed’ tigers. Today, we are being attacked by ‘paper-tigers’ …the constant go-go lifestyle, from the moment you wake, until the time you fall asleep. This depletes our body!
How can you not say “Yes”
I’ll let the facts speak for themselves. If we still lived in the “garden of Eden” we probably didn’t need to take anything extra, but in today’s time with today’s stresses, the type of foods we eat, the type of toxins we are exposed to, we need to be supplementing our daily diet, just to maintain good heath. Let me also add that just adding a good multivitamin is probably not enough. Think about it – a good multi has a little bit of everything, and depending on your life and your stress level and your dietary choices…you may need a few more things. You might need some additional good fats (omega-3’s), enzymes, fiber, antioxidants or good bacteria to ensure your optimal health. Continue »
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