|  Why
Active Individuals need Whole Food Supplementation!
By Del Millers, Ph.D.
WHY I Use a Whole Food Supplement ?
by Del Millers, Ph.D., November 2001
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ARE JUST ANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OK?
NO, and here is why:
— They need to be RAW because ENZYMES are only found
in RAW foods. Enzymes act as catalysts for the 10,000 functions
per second that the cells themselves undergo. They strengthen the
immune system, defy aging and detoxify the body.
Cooking (118-122 degrees) destroys the life quality of
enzymes. Meat is cooked, milk/juices are pasteurized, grains
are baked and nuts are roasted. Fruits and vegetables are about
the only other sources of enzymes and even then we COOK most of
them!
— VARIETY is important because everyone absorbs nutrients
differently, kind of like medications. Your body may absorb
calcium beautifully from broccoli, but I may need to get it from
spinach. Kale is the #1 anti-cancer vegetable and I didn’t
even know what it was until recently! (and when I found out, it
was too bitter to eat!)
Since each fruit and vegetable has a unique composition of phytochemicals,
vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and trace elements, and since most
people only eat the five fruits and vegetables they like, they may
be missing some important fuel.
— NUTRIENT DENSE SOIL is erratic at best—American
AND foreign alike. Synthetic fertilizer instead of humus, as well
as other cost cutting measures, have affected soil conditions. NO
nutrients in soil = NO nutrients in produce!
— Not only does a VINE RIPENED tomato taste delicious, but
also the bright red coloring is proportional to the number of phytochemicals
within. It not only creates MORE nutrients, but those nutrients
CHANGE so that they are absorbed better.
— Produce needs to be FRESH! 5 days after picking
approximately 75% of the nutrients are lost! Most (ALL?)
of the produce in the market is at least 2 weeks old—some,
like apples, may be YEARS old! FRUITS AND VEGETABLES JUST AREN’T
WHAT THEY WERE 20 YEARS AGO!
so, why not a vitamin pill?
— Multi-vitamins are FRAGMENTED supplements
which ARTIFICIALLY speed up the body causing the person to "feel"
more energetic, but in fact, it is a FALSE sense of energy! The
body identifies these chemically processed "bullets" as
foreign bodies which need to be disposed of and eliminated from
the body; at a COST of GOOD enzymes and nutrients!
Or, many have an enteric coating, like "shellac", making
them easier to swallow—except that these vitamins leave the
digestive system 70% unchanged. It Isn’t unusual for a doctor
to visualize a vitamin pill so clearly, during a colonoscopy, that
you can read the manufacturer’s name on the pill itself! Doctors
see this all the time!
— FIBER IS IMPORTANT and it is added back! The
#1 complaint of patients to physicians is CONSTIPATION! Since most
of the absorption of nutrients takes place in the small intestine
AND the intestine is BLOCKED, malnourishment can result.
There are 2 kinds of fiber: INSOLUBLE AND SOLUBLE. The insoluble
fiber travels through the intestinal tract cleaning and scrubbing
the walls, freeing them of the debris which blocks this absorption.
The soluble fiber acts like a sponge "sopping up" fats
and cholesterol as well as assisting with "glucose" transport
between blood and cells.
This eases the strain on organs such as the pancreas and gallbladder
which, in Americans, are often enlarged from constantly digesting
over processed, high fat and cholesterol food!
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