Dear Reader,
Hello again, as winter passes and the first rays of the warming sun are melting away the accumulation of snow on top of the roof of my house. I can't help but correlate this process of accumulation and what seems miraculous vanishing of material on my rooftop to the process called metabolism, which our body goes through. We humans, belonging to a class of heterotrophic organisms, require a constant, complex supply of organic compounds from plants and animals, to supply our body with essential nutrients in order to provide the energy to sustain life.
Without this constant process of nourishing our cells, of which the body is composed of, their normal cell cycles would start to disappear, melt away, not much unlike the snow on my rooftop, little by little, until there are not enough fit cells left to sustain a healthy metabolism. Once this intersection is crossed, our body starts to show symptoms of disease. In some cases it might be too late to intervene, as malnutrition and disease yield to each other, resulting in a viscous cycle of chronic ailments, taxing our bodies, minds, families, and healthcare system. It won't be long until we all will feel the crippling effects of the Pandemonium, caused by obesity.
Enough now, I am sure you are anxious to see the list of minerals I promised you in the last newsletter. Here they are:
Boron, 1-6mg
Calcium, 250-1,500mg
Copper, 1-2mg
Iodine, 50-150mcg
Iron, 15-30mg (men and post-menopausal women rarely need to supplement iron, more on this later)
Magnesium, 250-500mg
Manganese, 10-15mg
Molybendum, 10-25mcg
Potassium, 200-500mg
Selenium, 100-200mcg
Silica, 1-25mg
Vanadium, 50-100mcg
Zinc, 15-45mg
My next task will be to bring you information of each and every single nutrient I have covered over the last two newsletters. I will cover why they are important, what the likely disease scenario would be if one or many were missing. This is the very interesting, and sometimes elusive part of human nutrition. We know we need a specific nutrient, but it is not that clear cut. We need a balanced nutrition because all these nutrients act together, in synergy, making the sum of the parts more important then the individual part itself.
Yes, one can take calcium, or vitamin C, for a certain ailment, and in fact I am a great proponent of a high potency vitamin regimen, short term, in consultation with a licensed practitioner, until homeostasis is restored. One can not forget that the best insurance policy against virtually any chronic disease is proper, balanced nutrition, complemented by an active lifestyle.
Beste Gesundheit,
Werner
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"Now, how about vegetables? Oughtn't you to have some vegetables?"
"Well, yes."
"Here's épinards and chou-fleur and carrots and haricots."
"I'd like chou-fleur."
"Wouldn't you like to have two vegetables?"
"I usually have one at lunch."
Above dialogue from "Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, between the protagonist of the story, Charles Wales and his daughter, Honoria.
"Babylon Revisited" first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in February 1941. Fitzgerald first collected the story in Taps at Reveille. (1935)