Nutrient Supplements Are Also Needed Besides Foods For Our Health
The balanced nutritional content of various sources in whole foods is not always able to meet the nutritional needs of the body. In some circumstances, our bodies need more specific amounts of nutrients than others. For example, during pregnancy or excessive bleeding during menstruation, the body requires more iron intake than the intake obtained only from food sources. Whole foods are also not necessarily able to meet the amount of nutrients with a minimum sufficiency limit as in pregnant women who require 400 micrograms of folate and vitamin B to meet the needs of infant development. Moreover, if a person is on a diet and avoids certain types of food, then the food he consumes may have nutritional deficiencies that are important to the body.
Dr. Joel Wallach says that “Every man, woman and child needs 90 essential nutrients just to survive, much less to thrive. To put the odds … Read More