Why You NEED Supplements

t’s an ominous warning that affects you and your family: It is IMPOSSIBLE to get the nutrients you need… even when you eat a so-called healthy diet. The problem? Our farm soil is so nutrient-depleted that you MUST TAKE SUPPLEMENTS to feel well, fight disease and make your body function properly.

It’s hard to swallow but the leading cause of disease in America is malnutrition — virtually every American suffers from malnutrition to one degree or another. A chronic shortage of even one nutrient will cause disease, yet studies show that most Americans are malnourished by at least several nutrients.

We’re told that in order to stay healthy you must eat a diet of fresh, whole foods filled with nutrients in the right balance. However, the truth is that given the sorry state of food today, satisfying your nutritional needs can only be accomplished by eating a high-quality diet of unprocessed, fresh, organic, whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables and also taking high-quality supplements.”

“As a result of our nutritional deficiencies, we are experiencing an unprecedented pandemic of chronic and degenerative disease -- including overweight -- that is decreasing our quality of life,” says MIT-trained chemist Raymond Francis, author of Never be Fat Again (HCI).

“This epidemic is both preventable and reversible. We can get the nutrition we need by learning how to eat a good diet and by learning how to select supplements that do what they are supposed to do and are worth what you pay for them.”

One of the biggest myths around: You can get all the nutrients you need by eating a balanced diet. Sadly, that’s next to impossible.

Foods no longer contain the nutrients needed for good health, and you can’t physically eat enough of the “healthy foods” to get the nutrients you need.

A shortage of nutrients sabotages your body’s biochemical balance, stimulates your appetite, keeps you hungry, encourages unwanted pounds and undermines your best efforts to stay healthy.

So what should you take each day?

Experts suggests “as a minimum” most of us should take a multivitamin/mineral formula, extra vitamin C and essential fatty acids every day. Beyond that, you should be supplementing with additional vitamin E, bioflavonoids, calcium, and magnesium.

It wouldn’t hurt for anyone with an active disease to boost intake of nutrients tailored to a specific deficiency. For instance, if you have a chronic disease or are overweight, you should supplement with the antioxidants vitamins C and vitamin E.