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Join in the conversation! Could sugar be the culprit for obesity in ways other than being 'empty calories'?
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Photo of my supplement book case. Yea I know, lots of stuff. :)
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3784450
Photo of my supplement book case. Yea I know, lots of stuff. :)
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I agree fully with you! But we have to take our circumstances into account. Because if you want to be completely natural you would have to also remove foods that are not natural to humanities diet, let us not forget things like sugar, wheat, corn, rice, cheese, milk, vegetable oils, food colorings, sweeteners, pesticides, antibiotics, medicine, pain relievers. Why stop with things that enter the mouth? How about electricity, plastics, metals, vehicles and clothes?
The point is less about being able to live without them, but having the best life you can by using what resources you have available. I would 100% want to get all the nutrients I need from food. But what if the food was grown in mineral depleted soil? What if the fruit was picked well before it ripened in order to transport it, and it has a lower nutritional content? And when the meat I eat is fed grains, meaning that the omega 3s found in meat are gone and replaced with omega-6?
The introduction of meat into the homosapien diet was the catalyst for our brain to develop further, it was not natural to eat meat beforehand but look where it has brought us.
Please know I am not trying to be snarky with my response, just taking 'being natural' to the logical conclusion.
The point is less about being able to live without them, but having the best life you can by using what resources you have available. I would 100% want to get all the nutrients I need from food. But what if the food was grown in mineral depleted soil? What if the fruit was picked well before it ripened in order to transport it, and it has a lower nutritional content? And when the meat I eat is fed grains, meaning that the omega 3s found in meat are gone and replaced with omega-6?
The introduction of meat into the homosapien diet was the catalyst for our brain to develop further, it was not natural to eat meat beforehand but look where it has brought us.
Please know I am not trying to be snarky with my response, just taking 'being natural' to the logical conclusion.
First of all, it's nice to see that someone around these parts doesn't mind having a normal, civil conversation about something they
believe in. Too many times have I tried discussing something with someone only to have them end up ranting and raving about it
like madmen out for blood.
Now, I suppose that if we look closer at what the word "natural" means one can assume that humans developing into a race able to
create things like plastics and electricity makes those things as natural as anything else. Which in turn would mean that the things
I see on that book case would in turn also be deemed as natural.
It's all a matter of perspective I guess and from where you hail. I've grown up in Sweden, lived here my whole life and the food I had
growing up was always healthy and sound. If you don't count things like candy, fast food and chips (of course). I'm used to a certain
standard and the only real supplement I take myself are Omega-3 capsules, since I don't eat enough fish. Even though I love the
stuff.
I also don't think I've ever heard of anyone ever mentioning a lack of Omega-3 in meat, since there has always been a lack of it. To
my knowledge the issue has been trying to get people to eat more fresh fish to get enough of the stuff into their bodies.
Then again, as I said, it depends on what we both consider to be "natural". I don't see a point to take all those supplements if you
eat a healthy diet unless you're really lacking in something, on my part as I said before it's Omega-3. For others it might be Zink or
something else and then I think you should take them.
But it's easy to forget that you can damage yourself by taking too many supplements. Taking too much Vitamin-D for example can
put you at risk for high blood pressure, clogged arteries due to too much calcium in your blood, irritable skin or even liver failure.
believe in. Too many times have I tried discussing something with someone only to have them end up ranting and raving about it
like madmen out for blood.
Now, I suppose that if we look closer at what the word "natural" means one can assume that humans developing into a race able to
create things like plastics and electricity makes those things as natural as anything else. Which in turn would mean that the things
I see on that book case would in turn also be deemed as natural.
It's all a matter of perspective I guess and from where you hail. I've grown up in Sweden, lived here my whole life and the food I had
growing up was always healthy and sound. If you don't count things like candy, fast food and chips (of course). I'm used to a certain
standard and the only real supplement I take myself are Omega-3 capsules, since I don't eat enough fish. Even though I love the
stuff.
I also don't think I've ever heard of anyone ever mentioning a lack of Omega-3 in meat, since there has always been a lack of it. To
my knowledge the issue has been trying to get people to eat more fresh fish to get enough of the stuff into their bodies.
Then again, as I said, it depends on what we both consider to be "natural". I don't see a point to take all those supplements if you
eat a healthy diet unless you're really lacking in something, on my part as I said before it's Omega-3. For others it might be Zink or
something else and then I think you should take them.
But it's easy to forget that you can damage yourself by taking too many supplements. Taking too much Vitamin-D for example can
put you at risk for high blood pressure, clogged arteries due to too much calcium in your blood, irritable skin or even liver failure.
I envy where you live. Not that the USA isn't wonderful, but food wise it is a bit of a wasteland of processed food.
And breathing too much air will kill you even faster. It is in finding the right amount for your body that you get to the sweet spot. Also it is looking at how much it takes to get to a dangerous dose and being well informed.
Vitamin D has a very high safety threshold before any of those adverse factors would even start to appear. Specifically in that the body uses between 4,000 and 8,000 IU per day for maintenance, and your body makes between 10-25,000 in 15min of suntanning. Yet the 100% mark in the US is at 400, or 1/10th of what your body needs. If you are in the northern latitudes this poses a severe health problem because generally only foods 'fortified' with Vitamin D contain any.
From my perspective it is similar to how you treat your vehicle, better oil, higher octane gasoline, enhancing the engine and wheels to produce more power. None needed, but the results give you increased performance above stock. It is not that it is required to take most of the time, but can it be beneficial to you?
And breathing too much air will kill you even faster. It is in finding the right amount for your body that you get to the sweet spot. Also it is looking at how much it takes to get to a dangerous dose and being well informed.
Vitamin D has a very high safety threshold before any of those adverse factors would even start to appear. Specifically in that the body uses between 4,000 and 8,000 IU per day for maintenance, and your body makes between 10-25,000 in 15min of suntanning. Yet the 100% mark in the US is at 400, or 1/10th of what your body needs. If you are in the northern latitudes this poses a severe health problem because generally only foods 'fortified' with Vitamin D contain any.
From my perspective it is similar to how you treat your vehicle, better oil, higher octane gasoline, enhancing the engine and wheels to produce more power. None needed, but the results give you increased performance above stock. It is not that it is required to take most of the time, but can it be beneficial to you?
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