This January at VitaCare Natural Health Clinic we put out a challenge to our staff and practitioners, to work at living their best life ever what could be better than considering a reset of your health, lifestyle and goals.
And we are starting with a supplement review, that means going through our cupboards and drawers and getting rid of what we don’t need, what’s outdated, what might have lost potency, seasonal formulas and ones we might not even remember why we bought them in the first place. John and I did one over the holiday.
What is a nutritional supplement?
Does everyone need to take them?
I want to add to nutrient depletion and soil vitality.
Five years ago the US government suggested that land us changes over the past 50 years has contributed to reduced ecosystem function. What that means is that when you combine intensive agricultural practices and soil contamination there’s the potential to reduce microbial abundance. That impacts nutrient retention.
Another factor that’s having an effect on nutrient concentration in plants is elevated carbon dioxide levels (eCO2). Studies found that in the presence of eCO2 there are up to 18% decreases in levels of nutrients like magnesium and zinc in fruits, root and stem vegetables. And get this a staggering 31% decrease in iron!
What is the different between maintenance and therapeutic doses of supplements?
What about quality? How can a consumer know that what they purchase has what it says it has on the label?
Everyone has such a unique physiological makeup, how do you determine what supplements and how much they should take?
What about a healthy individual? Should they supplement? What about for kids? How do you determine what and whether they should be taking certain nutrients?
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