Do we realy need food supplements?
By kusum07
@kusum07 (11)
India
December 27, 2007 11:53am CST
In the present time due to fast and busy lifestyle we are not able to take care of our health properly and in time.The food we take is not only un-balanced but contaminated and adulterated also.Most of the time we are taking into our body very harmful and toxic chemicals,which produces billions of free radicals inside our body which in turn causes various killer diseases like---heart disease,cancer etc.
The life style also gives stress.Too much stress is also cause of free radicals.As we all know free radicals cause fast oxidation of our body and that also at the cellular level which gives rise to many killer diseases.
To nullify these free radicals we need good quality of balanced food without any harmful chemicals,plenty of fluid,regular exercise and proper rest.
But can we get high quality nutritional food in this age of pizza,burger,noodles and aerated cold drinks?
Therefore in my opinion we must take food supplements regularly.But the quality of these should be very high.They should be natural,without any harmful chemicals and must be derived from organic fruits and vegetables.The track record of the supplier company should standard with good GMP.
Following these criteria will help every body to choose the best supplements from the flooded market of various useless food supplements.
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3 responses
@goldencoyote (6)
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28 Dec 07
This is the most common myth that we need the supplements to ecourage our body functioning as I feel in no way the food supplements can take place of the natural food in its own best forms. The facts remains as the digestion begins from mouth when the fist bite is taken, while when talking food supplements we are actually bypassing it.
@kusum07 (11)
• India
28 Dec 07
There is no doubt that natural food is always better.But my dear friend,from where are you getting real and natural food nowadays?All the fruits,vegetables and grains are grown and reaching to us with fertilizer,pesticides,preservatives, and so many harmful chemicals.Then how only food can do all?
@goldencoyote (6)
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29 Dec 07
I do not know why people cant live normal? you should rather say, we need to stand togather to get this food industry in track rather than taking food supplement. What about those who just need food. Dear friend, talk masses!! dont talk about you and me ..who can take those supplement. first we contaminate food and make them worst for eating , without even giving a hint what hell it consists of..and then we are escaping from the fact that food is not good for eating ..and then you talk about food supplement!! talk about food not food supplement ! We need to curb the actions which are eactually contaminating the natural food.
@nothingbetter2do (235)
• Australia
27 Dec 07
I used to get sick very easily - I usually get the flu at least 4 times a year and lots of colds/coughs in between. After I started taking vitamins, my health has improved a lot. I'm sure a good diet will be much better than taking vitamins but it's hard to eat right and get all the nutrients from food every day. Popping a multivitamin is much easier!
@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
27 Dec 07
It's unfortunate, but I think lots of people could probably benefit from taking vitamin and mineral supplements. In our western society here, it's quite common for people to eat a lot of junk food, eat at fast food places (McDonald's, etc) and not sit down to traditional, planned, family meals. Personally, I take vitamin/mineral supplements (similar to the brand called 'one-a-day') A few years ago I was very ill and I know I didn't eat right due to the illness, so I started taking supplements. I must say that they helped a lot. I don't think a one-a-day type vitamin would hurt as so many have poor eating habits.
