What is the one thing you must absolutely know about supplements?
There is one essential think about food supplements that you must absolutely realize and never forget.
You know what it is?
Wait for it:
They are supplemental.
In others words, they are additional.
Would you make a big deal about them if you actually called them additionals? I wouldn’t. But that is what supplements are.
Therefore, by definition, there are no essential supplements. If they were essential, they would not be called supplements. Never mind the fact that we are being led to believe that we need to take supplements. Some are getting very rich by selling supplements.
As a friend of mine, a doctor, always says:
Americans have the most expensive urine in the world.
Because that is where most of the ingredients end up.
Now, if you have a diagnosed deficiency, for, say, iron or vitamin-D, you take supplements to treat your deficiency, under guidance of your doctor. It becomes medicine at that point. But most of us can eat much more vegetables and fruit. And those will provide the vitamins and minerals you really need.
And food will give you vitamins and minerals in a form that your body can actually absorb. When you take pills, you are taking vitamins and minerals in sterilized forms and your body did not evolve to absorb them that way.
A whole food diet is still the best way to go. Base it on vegetables and fruit and you are so much better off.
Only when you do that, and you still need something extra, go ahead and take some additionals, I mean, supplements.
Enjoy your dinner, with a loved one if possible.
Enjoy your food.
Life is good.
