The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHS) have delivered us the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) guide to promote basic nutritional intake. Most of us recognize it as the food pyramid. These recommendations were based on the lowest levels of nutrition needed to prevent such deficiencies as scurvy, rickets, and beriberi. They accomplished their delivery of education because these diseases are all but non-existent since WWII. This leaves to question that if we were to supplement with very high or optimal levels of nutrition could we experience even more physical benefits?

The evidence is strong in support of optimal nutritional supplementation and the number of health care professionals is growing daily in their knowledge of prevention through nutrition. The USDA surveyed 16,000 Americans and found that not one of us acquired a 100% of the daily essential nutrients needed, and our children did not get enough essential nutrients such as folate, vitamin C, and calcium. These nutrients are critical to Fortify Your Health!

We have become undernourished yet overfed. This is due to our poor eating habits, food preparation and preservation, fast foods, etc. This is sadly supported by the obesity epidemic in our country. Unfortunately, what used to be called Adult Onset Diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes in now common in our countries youth. In America today 33% of our children are expected to develop Type 2 Diabetes and for Afro-American and Hispanic children the number is expected to elevate to 50%! How sad is that? Just by cleaning up our diet alone the numbers could be dramatically altered, but if we additionally supplement our diet with optimal levels of vitamins and minerals it would allow us a defense against the free radicals creating degenerative diseases.

An example of free radicals and oxidative stress would be to take a cut apple and watch it turn brown once exposed to air. Oxygen in turn can cause negative effects on our body too. The positive side of oxygen is that we cannot live without it, but the process of aging itself is called ‘oxidation’, or rusting. Ageing is somewhat predetermined by genetics, but pollution, smoke, drinking alcohol, eating high fat, fried foods, etc. can also contribute to the production of free radicals and oxidative stress.

I do not know about you but I would like to maintain long term health so I can hopefully lead a life free from pain and suffering. The leading degenerative diseases in our country are cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, stroke and respiratory disease to name a few. Some professionals state that up to 70% of these diseases are preventable! If not for yourself, do it for your children and create a household that supports common sense food intake rich in fruits and vegetables, regular-moderate exercise, and supplement with a pharmaceutical grade nutritional.

References:

Nutrition Today

USDA Nutrition Assistance Program

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