Large-scale study after large-scale study has shown that shotgunning single vitamins and minerals across a general population does either no good or is actively harmful. Vitamin C, E, A, folic acid, etc… and now calcium. I suspect that vitamin D supplementation may meet the same fate. Fibre additives are not the same as naturally occurring fibre, so don’t kid yourself about that high-fibre cookie with added inulin — you’re just turning yourself into a gassy balloon as your bifidobacteria population explodes, fairly literally, in your intestines.
Nature is still smarter than we are. The world — and our physiology — is still more complex than we like to think.
There are hundreds — thousands — of chemical compounds in our food that we need, and that probably work synergistically. Just because we’ve isolated a few doesn’t mean that;READ ON
To throw or not to throw my calcium supps in the bin? After reading that I shouldn't have a problem,so why do I?
ReplyDeleteMaybe some more reserch may convince?
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