Diet Supplements Warnings? The Truth Behind Herbal Cures - Epilepsy Disability - Needed Vegetables
Herb: So, Josh, I understand you have epilepsy.
You say that nutritional supplementation is necessary for normally healthy people due to the lack in our normal diets and even a greater lack occurs in those of us with diseases.
You suggest a balanced diet is important and that the food pyramid is just a starter guideline but doesn't provide all the specifics.
So, Josh, tell our readers about the food pyramid and how we can use it as a starter guideline to eat a balanced diet according to it.
Josh: Sure Herb, vegetables and fruits take up a small square on the food pyramid, BUT that is not because they have a small importance.
In fact they just might be the most important items in the food pyramid.
It can seem impossible to eat the advised 9 servings a day of vegetables.
I realized that the nutritional content of vegetables is a disappointing subject.
Most vegetables are eaten after being boiled or cooked in some way that leaches out too much of the vitamins and minerals that you are assumed to need.
Most of our vegetables are grown in soil that has less and less mineral and nutritional content because the same fields are continuing to be reused over and over.
When they are fertilized it is with cheap nitrogen fertilizers that do not add nutrition but simply stimulate faster and larger growth.
The result is there is less time for the plants to process minerals and what does get into the fruits or vegetables is diluted.
Now you have half the nutrition but twice the size so one serving has only 25% of the vitamins and minerals that it is expected to have.
In order for me to get enough nutrients I would have to eat so much that I would be vomiting on a regular basis.
Herb: Dude! Calm down! You seem to be pretty angry when you talk about vegetables.
Josh: You're right Herb.
I do get a bit preachy when I talk about vegetables.
When I sit down at a meal and I enjoy savoring the wonderful flavor of the meat, I am relaxed.
When I take each bite of the pasta or breads, I look up to the ceiling and praise God after every bite and take a breath and then reach for another bite.
But when the salad comes out I forget to take a breath! I inhale the salad and go crazy for more! Literally! My eyes get wide and when the plate is empty I start hyperventilating with an intense craving for more of the life providing nutrients that I should be getting from the vegetables.
You should see me at a salad bar.
And I DON'T mean a buffet, I mean a SALAD BAR! I use the carrot sticks to build a wall around the outside of the plate to make it possible to pile up a larger mountain of vegetables.
This is because my body is not getting enough nutrients from the vegetables.
Fortunately I have been able to supplement a lot of those nutrients with herbal cures.
Even though people warn that herbs are a scam they are not and really do help provide the missing nutrients.
It is so disappointing that there just isn't enough nutrients in the vegetables where they are supposed to be.
The only realistic hope that I have found is to include in my diet the extra supplements that provide the nutrition that I must have to effect my healing.
Many seafoods are good if they are harvested from the ocean instead of fish farms.
The nutrition there is often much denser than stuff grown on land.
Still it is difficult to eat enough fish to get the omega oils that you need so omega oils are also good to supplement through herbal cures.
You say that nutritional supplementation is necessary for normally healthy people due to the lack in our normal diets and even a greater lack occurs in those of us with diseases.
You suggest a balanced diet is important and that the food pyramid is just a starter guideline but doesn't provide all the specifics.
So, Josh, tell our readers about the food pyramid and how we can use it as a starter guideline to eat a balanced diet according to it.
Josh: Sure Herb, vegetables and fruits take up a small square on the food pyramid, BUT that is not because they have a small importance.
In fact they just might be the most important items in the food pyramid.
It can seem impossible to eat the advised 9 servings a day of vegetables.
I realized that the nutritional content of vegetables is a disappointing subject.
Most vegetables are eaten after being boiled or cooked in some way that leaches out too much of the vitamins and minerals that you are assumed to need.
Most of our vegetables are grown in soil that has less and less mineral and nutritional content because the same fields are continuing to be reused over and over.
When they are fertilized it is with cheap nitrogen fertilizers that do not add nutrition but simply stimulate faster and larger growth.
The result is there is less time for the plants to process minerals and what does get into the fruits or vegetables is diluted.
Now you have half the nutrition but twice the size so one serving has only 25% of the vitamins and minerals that it is expected to have.
In order for me to get enough nutrients I would have to eat so much that I would be vomiting on a regular basis.
Herb: Dude! Calm down! You seem to be pretty angry when you talk about vegetables.
Josh: You're right Herb.
I do get a bit preachy when I talk about vegetables.
When I sit down at a meal and I enjoy savoring the wonderful flavor of the meat, I am relaxed.
When I take each bite of the pasta or breads, I look up to the ceiling and praise God after every bite and take a breath and then reach for another bite.
But when the salad comes out I forget to take a breath! I inhale the salad and go crazy for more! Literally! My eyes get wide and when the plate is empty I start hyperventilating with an intense craving for more of the life providing nutrients that I should be getting from the vegetables.
You should see me at a salad bar.
And I DON'T mean a buffet, I mean a SALAD BAR! I use the carrot sticks to build a wall around the outside of the plate to make it possible to pile up a larger mountain of vegetables.
This is because my body is not getting enough nutrients from the vegetables.
Fortunately I have been able to supplement a lot of those nutrients with herbal cures.
Even though people warn that herbs are a scam they are not and really do help provide the missing nutrients.
It is so disappointing that there just isn't enough nutrients in the vegetables where they are supposed to be.
The only realistic hope that I have found is to include in my diet the extra supplements that provide the nutrition that I must have to effect my healing.
Many seafoods are good if they are harvested from the ocean instead of fish farms.
The nutrition there is often much denser than stuff grown on land.
Still it is difficult to eat enough fish to get the omega oils that you need so omega oils are also good to supplement through herbal cures.