People are usually strong, durable and long-lasting. Every year you can find many more centenarians, People 100 or more years of age. We’re now coming to understand that several nutrition and life-style decisions we make have not only short term consequences but in addition intermediate term (10-20 years) and long-term (40-60 years) results on Our well-being.
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.
The cycle for getting scurvy is measured in 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 people.
Knowing this encourages us to avoid commercial drugs in favor of natural cures .
Understanding this now helps us to better care for our bodies. It helps us with treating inverse psoriasis and with treating ovarian cyst symptoms with great results.
Our biochemistry is complex. There seem to be 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 are finding new answers to old challenges in sometimes surprising places.
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– Horace Houseman