Human beings are generally tough, durable and long-lasting. Every year there are more centenarians, people 100 or more years old. We are now coming to understand that certain nutrition and life-style choices we make have not only short term effects but also intermediate term (10-20 years) and long term (40-60+ years) effects on human health.
In nutrition, this means that there is a minimum amount of Vitamin C we need to keep from getting scurvy. So the recommended daily amount of Vitamin C was once set just high enough to keep people from getting scurvy. Later we began to realize that while low amounts of vitamin C kept us from getting sick, they did not promote optimal health.
The cycle for getting scurvy is measured in months. There is a longer general health cycle in play, measured in years, which calls for higher vitamin C daily allowance levels.
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.
On the dark side there are pollutants, toxins, carcinogens and other substances, both known and as-yet-unknown, that have cumulative life-shortening effects on us humans.
Knowing this encourages us to avoid commercial drugs in favor of natural cures .
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Our biochemistry is complex. There are 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 solutions to old problems in often surprising places.
Disclaimer: The above blog posting is written by using information from the popular press and other public sources freely available to anyone on the Internet. There is nothing in this writing that is intended to be or should be construed to be any sort/type/form of medical advice. For any medical advice the reader should not rely on anything herein but should consult with his or her own personal physician or other licensed medical specialist.
Written by – John R. Olsen
