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will be somewhat beneficial to you if you have a poor diet. However, if you re really
serious about getting lean and ripped and truly healthy for good, why would your
diet be poor? So, in the case that you re eating a healthy, balanced diet, the
answer is that you don t need a vitamin supplement.
Let s think about this for a second. Did humans thrive on the planet for tens of
thousands of years by popping an artificially created vitamin pill. Out of tens of
thousands of years of human existence, vitamin pills have only been around for a
couple of decades, yet the population is in worse health than ever before. Sure,
maybe the human race is not in its worst health from a contagious disease
perspective, but we definitely are from a degenerative disease perspective. Now I
admit that we do live longer these days compared to historically, but that is only
because medical advances keep us alive longer even though we are in horrendous
shape physically. People might live longer now, but they re simply living longer
while being overweight, crippled with degenerated joints, plagued with heart
disease and cancers, and on and on. You get the point.
So let us get right to some answers as to why I contend that vitamin/mineral
supplements are a waste of money and are not necessary to optimal health. Well,
first and foremost, a healthy balanced diet consisting of a large variety of natural
unprocessed foods (from meats, dairy, eggs, fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts,
seeds, legumes, etc.) provides a rich array of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and
all the other nutrients we need to thrive in perfect health. The problem is that many
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people don t choose a healthy balanced diet full of variety. They claim they are too
busy, or it s too inconvenient. Well, I hope that you take your body and the health
of you and your family more seriously than these people that apparently don t care
about the physical being that they are walking around in day in and day out.
Another problem with attempting to obtain your vitamins and minerals from a pill
instead of natural foods is that your body does not absorb and utilize the nutrients
from a pill as efficiently as those obtained from natural food. Whole foods naturally
contain vitamins and minerals in combinations that are best assimilated. On the
other hand, vitamin/mineral pills contain lots of vitamins and minerals that many
times interfere with each other. For example, zinc and copper taken at the same
time interfere with each others absorption. Also, high doses of Vitamin E can
interfere with absorption of beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor) and other fat
soluble vitamins. Many other combinations interfere with each other as well.
Another problem with vitamin pills is possible excess consumption of fat soluble
vitamins (vitamins A, D, E, and K). Fat soluble vitamins accumulate in fatty tissue
in our bodies, and therefore it is easier to overdose on these compared with water
soluble vitamins (vitamin C and the various B vitamins). Excess fat soluble vitamin
accumulation can cause various toxic effects within the body. It is much harder to
take in excess quantities of fat soluble vitamins through natural foods. You would
have to consume exorbitant quantities of liver and other organ meats to take in too
much Vitamin A and D. It would be rare for someone to overeat on foods such as
that. Also, it would be hard to over consume a plant-based precursor to Vitamin A
(beta carotene), found in sweet potatoes, carrots, etc., because your body simply
would shut down the conversion to Vitamin A once it has obtained what it needs.
There are even some instances where mega-doses of water soluble vitamins can
be toxic. Mega doses of some B vitamins can potentially cause nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, and even liver damage. However, in most instances, you simply excrete
excess water soluble vitamins in your urine. That is why many times, your urine will
be a deep yellow color a couple of hours after taking a vitamin that has high doses
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of vitamins B and C. So, when you take a vitamin pill, most of the water soluble
vitamins are simply flushed down the toilet. You might as well just eliminate the
middleman and flush your money right down the toilet!
Another problem with vitamin pills is that they often use synthetic versions of
vitamins that can actually be unhealthy. For example, the forms of vitamin E that
are found in pills can be either d-alpha tocopherol (a natural version) and dl-alpha
tocopherol (a synthetic version). First of all, the bioavailability of synthetic vitamin
E is much lower than natural vitamin E. In addition, I ve seen many studies cited
that indicated that there could be potential health dangers with taking synthetic
vitamin E. Once again, we get back to the fact that natural is always better than
something that has been heavily modified by man.
The bottom line is that as long as you eat a balanced diet full of a good variety of
fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains, legumes, meats, dairy, eggs, etc.,
you will obtain all the nutrients your body needs to operate efficiently without the
need for a manmade vitamin/mineral pill.
Exercise is obviously very important for losing body fat and building a strong, lean
body, but always remember that proper nutrition is even more important. A lousy
diet means a flabby, unhealthy body, regardless of how often someone works out.
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