By Dr. Ciro Errico
In a recent study medical doctors
have announced supplements are a waste of money. How can that be true? For
years doctors of different fields have given patients vitamins and mineral
supplements, because it is ‘healthy’ or ‘good nutritional advice’. In my
opinion the best nutritional advice any doctor can give is explaining to a
patient the importance of eating fresh organic, grass-fed, non-processed,
non-GMO foods. The importance of allowing the body to eat clean, and not to
allow genetically modified, hormonal, or pesticide infected foods- whether
vegetables, meats, or fruits.
But, it seems in the new recent
study that doctors are trying to possible promote better eating, and lifestyle-
hence, doing away with vitamins forces a person to take control of food, and
not rely on supplements. So, here is another view. How many can honestly and
truly shop at a Farmers Market daily, prepare and cook meals everyday,
exercise- both mentally and physically, do chores, errands, spend time with
family, enjoy alone time, and enjoy life?
Supplements are good for people
when they know they are lacking a specific vitamin or mineral. A simple example
would be Vitamin D and winter. During the winter less people are willing to go
outside to sunbathe for twenty minutes to help increase his or her own Vitamin
D production- sun light increases the body’s production of Vitamin D naturally-
along side taking Vitamin K which allows the uptake of Vitamin D to increase as
well. So, what does Vitamin D actually do in the body? Vitamin D helps
strengthen bones, allows nerve impulses to travel optimally, and helps the
immune system fight off bacteria and viruses. Now, aside from the sunbathing
Vitamin D can also be found in beef liver and fatty fishes like salmon- make
sure the beef liver is from a grass-fed cow and the salmon is wild caught from USA .
Too much to ask for? Not sure of the source of food? Not sure about sunbathing
in the winter? These may be a time when a vitamin D (along with Vitamin K)
supplement may be helpful and useful until spring or summer.
A simple and honest way of
explaining why supplements should still be taken Is because not many people
take the time to research his or her food, have time to prepare and cook meals
every day and night, not many people can afford to spend the extra money at the
local Farmers Market, and not many people enjoy cooking. Another simple and
honest reason is because a person may eat two servings of fruit and four
servings of vegetables a day, but is that fruit or vegetable organic or has it
been genetically modified in some way? Result: ingesting a fruit or vegetable
that has no quality because it may have been modified to produce quantity on an
orchard or farm. Ultimately these modified fruits and vegetables contain no
proper quality nutrition that can give the body vitamins and minerals it may
need.
Supplements are just that. They
SUPPLEMENT the diet when nutrients are missing. How can that be a waste of
money?!
Dr. Ciro Errico is the Team
Chiropractor for Club Sports at CSUN and is also the Lacrosse Team Chiropractor
at CSUCI and Newbury Park HighSchool. He is a treating Physician at CSI. For
more info go to www.gotcsi.com
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