Why take nutritional supplements?
A. We would not need to take supplements in the perfect world, however, mass production and processing methods used by the food industry today, strip many of natural nutrients normally found in foods. Therefore, to keep our bodies anywhere near optimal nutritional levels, requiresus to supplement our dietary intake with important vitamins, minerals and trace elements.There are also a number of other factors that deplete our bodies of nutrients including: a) Smoking – strips 25mg of vitamin C for each cigarette smoked. b) Stress – utilizes a lot of B-complex vitamins and minerals. c) Eating sugar and other refined products – will strip chromium, zinc, vitamin B3 and other minerals from the body.
