Natural Nutrition
Natural nutrition is the only form our bodies can utilize efficiently and safely. Man made vitamins (chemical form), while
basically similar to the natural form, are missing the natural cofactors that accompany the natural form. A good example is, our bodies
need salt. What we buy in stores as salt is actually highly refined into sodium chloride. Natural salt contains every mineral our
bodies need. You can be sodium chloride toxic at the same time lacking all the naturally accompanying salt minerals. Not to mention
the balance / lack of balance of minerals (especially sodium/potasium balance).
The company with the best natural nutrition products that I have found is:
Greenwood Health Systems
The human body is an amazing creation of interdependent systems that performs millions and millions of functions (chemical,
electrical, mechanical...). It is a self repairing machine if it has the required nutrients and is not compromised by toxins and
pollution. It even has the ability to repair damaged DNA! Unfortunately we live in a toxic environment and our food supply no
longer provides all the nutrients we need.
Processed food with man-made chemicals in the form of preservatives, artificial flavoring, artificial colorings and more is
poisoning our bodies. This is adversely affecting every bodily function. The toxic chemicals in our food, water, air, in our homes,
cars and workplaces is continuously assaulting our bodies. I wonder why there are so many "dis-eases", "afflictions",
"conditions" that did not even exist a couple hundred years ago?
There is hope -
By providing our bodies with what is required, our bodies can repair themselves as they were divinely designed. I am going
to provide a very basic description of the needed nutrients for vital wellness.
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Vitamins - Required for virtually every metabolic process in the human body -
conversion of food to energy, bodily repair, growth... Vitamins for the most part must come from food or supplemental
vitamins must be taken with food (the body can only produce a few vitamins of it's own). Vitamin's functions alone
could (and does) comprise many books.
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Minerals - People know less about minerals than vitamins but they are every bit as
important (you can not live without them). They are essentially the catalyst of just about every chemical reaction in all of
the bodily systems. Minerals must be supplied through food and supplements as the body cannot make it's own minerals
(it can rob minerals from another part or system of the body - NOT GOOD). Minerals that the body can use are plant based and
our soil is devoid of minerals therefore lacking in our food.
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Antioxidants - Anti-oxidants scavenge and reduce the rate of oxidation (burning or
rusting). It does this by neutralizing free radicals that rob electrons from molecules. Certain vitamins, enzymes,
phytonutrients, polyphenols... are antioxidants.
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Phytonutrients - Less is known about phyto-nutrients but their importance is being proved every day.
The FDA says they possess anti aging and cellular repair properties. Phytonutrients consist of many other
classifications of nutrients, anthocyanidins, bioflavonoids, Flavanols, OPC,
ellagitannins, Resveratrol, proanthocyanidins... Some of the benneficial properties that these amazing
phytonutrients possess are - anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-mutagin, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant,
anti-tumor... Get the idea?
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Water - Water is probably next to oxygen in importance to the living body. The
human body is mostly water. Our water supplies are polluted and even municipal water systems cannot remove all the
toxins. Chlorine added to municipal water is estimated to cause 10,000 bladder cancer deaths each year. Chlorine is
hard on our arteries and blamed for much of the arterial scarring and plaque buildup as a result. Most water is
clustered too large to enter cells and therefore almost everyone is dehydrated at the cellular level. Greenwood Health
Systems has a functional water product that corrects this problem.
It is called M-Powerment Water.
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Enzymes - Responsible for every single reaction in the body. Most enzymes
come from food - problem is, cooking foods kills all enzymes. Processed foods are also totally devoid of enzymes. The
digestion of food requires enzymes (which are lacking in our diets). Most digestive problems are the result of the
incomplete digestion of the food we eat. Heartburn, acid reflux, indigestion are common symptoms of lack of enzymes.
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