Are You Getting The Right Amounts Of Vitamins, Minerals, And Fatty Acids?
MSNBC ran an article which explores the issue of “Are we getting the right amounts of nutrients for optimum health.” Sceintist have discovered that nutrients work more subtly than drugs. Instead of delivering predictable effects at particular doses, they team up in complex ways that they’re just beginning to understand.
Forgo your daily orange for a vitamin C pill, and you will miss out on other compounds that protect the heart, fight cancer and combat infections.
But don’t mistake the subtlety of these compounds for a lack of power. Exciting new findings are pouring out of the nation’s research labs, linking long-neglected nutrients to everything from brain function to cancer risk. And it’s increasingly clear that, despite our abundant food supply, we’re still getting too little of some crucial vitamins and minerals. Here are some of the latest insights on how eating well can help us live well - and target some of our most common dietary deficiencies.
[Are You Getting The Right Amounts Of Vitamins, Minerals, And Fatty Acids?]
