Human beings usually are strong, resilient and long-lasting. Each year there are actually many more centenarians, People A hundred or more years old. We’re now beginning to realize that a number of diet and life-style choices we make have not only short-run consequences but in addition intermediate term (10-20 years) and long-term (40-60 years) effects on Our health.
For example, there is a generally accepted minimum daily Vitamin C intake necessary to prevent scurvy. Once we thought that this minimum amount was all that anyone needed. Subsequent scientific studies showed us that increased Vitamin C intake had significant health and well-being benefits.
If you don’t get any Vitamin C, you will contract scurvy in a few months. But the goal in nutrition is not just to avoid obvious short-term vitamin-deficiancy diseases. It is to promote optimum health, energy levels and well being. For that we need many times the scurvy-prevention level of Vitamin C intake.
There are still longer cycles of nutrient deprivation and lifestyles involving many different nutrients, phytochemicals, antioxidants, etc. Long-term deprivations of these seem to lead to problems usually associated with aging, like diabetes, heart disease, senile dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
We also know now that numerous pollutants (like lead) and certain substances found in processed foods (like trans fats, nitrates and certain preservatives) have long-term life-shortening effects on everyone.
Knowing this encourages us to move away from commercial drugs in favor of natural cures whenever available.
Understanding this now allows to effectively treat fibroids symptoms and make highly effective psoriasis shampoo. This rapidly evolving understanding of things now helps us to live longer, better, happier lives.
Our biochemistry is very complex. There are apparently genetic links to more diseases and conditions than we ever suspected just a few years ago. As we continue to decode the complex interrelations of genetics, DNA, biochemistry and causes and effects of what we ingest, we have been finding new answers to old challenges in often surprising places.
Disclaimer: This posting is based on information freely available in the popular press and medical journals that deal with medical matters. Nothing herein is intended to be or should be construed to be medical advice. For medical advice the reader should consult with his or her physician or other medical specialist.
Contributed by Charles Riggins