Micronutrients are essential nutritional substances that do not contain calories. The three main micronutrients are vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals. (Some researchers consider fiber and water to be micronutrients, too.) Micronutrients are extremely important for your health.
Micronutrients are needed for your body to manufacture the materials it needs for normal function, to rid itself of waste, and to repair damage. Without micronutrients, you quickly would get sick and die soon afterwards. Americans eat too few micronutrients, and we would live longer if we ate more.
There are 13 vitamins and 25 minerals know to be important for human health, and the importance of adequate intake of them for overall health cannot be overstated. Their impact on overall health is broad and vast; the effects of deficiencies are devastating. The human body requires large amounts of some of them, and trace amounts of others. Natural foods have been shown to contain the right types of t...
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John McCain, Vaccines, and AutismFrom: diseaseproof.com
Post Date: 2008-03-05 07:13:46
Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain believes that mercury—found in many childhood vaccines—is to blame for the increase in autism diagnoses in the United States . Jake Tapper of Political Punch has more:
At a town hall meeting Friday in Texas, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared that "there’s strong evidence" that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that was once in many childhood vaccines, is responsible for the increased diagnoses of autism in the U.S. -- a pos...
more Sleep America, Sleep...From: diseaseproof.com
Post Date: 2008-03-05 07:04:43
Eek! The Associated Press reports that one-third of U.S. workers are sleeping on the job . Take a look:
The survey of 1,000 people found participants average six hours and 40 minutes of sleep a night on weeknights, even though they estimated they’d need roughly another 40 minutes of sleep to be at their best…
…While sleepy workers know they’re not performing as well as they could during the day, work is what’s keeping them up nights, according to the survey...
more Obesity, What Obesity?From: diseaseproof.com
Post Date: 2008-03-06 07:50:53
“If the current trend continues by the year 2030 all adults in the United States will be obese,” warns Dr. Fuhrman. Pretty scary, Dr. Fuhrman goes onto explain WHY this might happen. Take a look:
Americans have been among the first people worldwide to have the luxury of bombarding themselves with nutrient-deficient, high-calorie food, often called empty-calorie. By “empty-calorie,” I mean food that is deficient in nutrients and fiber. More Americans than ever before ar...
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