We humans are adaptable, durable creatures. Current lifespan in the developed countries is up around 80 years! As scientific and medical knowledge progresses, we have recently come to understand that there are both short term factors and intermediate to long-term factors that affect human health.

For example, there is a generally accepted minimum daily Vitamin C intake necessary to prevent scurvy. Once we thought that this minimum amount was all that anyone needed. Subsequent scientific studies showed us that increased Vitamin C intake had significant health and well-being benefits.

If you don’t get any Vitamin C, you will contract scurvy in a few months. But the goal in nutrition is not just to avoid obvious short-term vitamin-deficiancy diseases. It is to promote optimum health, energy levels and well being. For that we need many times the scurvy-prevention level of Vitamin C intake.

There are still longer cycles of nutrient deprivation and lifestyles involving many different nutrients, phytochemicals, antioxidants, etc. These deprivations can lead to diabetes, circulatory problems, heart disease and maybe alzheimer’s disease and others.

We also know now that numerous pollutants (like lead) and certain substances found in processed foods (like trans fats, nitrates and certain preservatives) have long-term life-shortening effects on everyone.

All this pushes us to avoid artificial drug solutions and move toward more natural cures whenever possible.

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Science marches on, bringing new understandings and suggesting new possibilities every day. As researchers continue to unravel the secrets of how our body chemistry really works, down to the molecular level, our view and our capabilities to improve and prolong human live are constantly improving.

Disclaimer: The above blog posting is written by using information from the popular press and other public sources freely available to anyone on the Internet. There is nothing in this writing that is intended to be or should be construed to be any sort/type/form of medical advice. For any medical advice the reader should not rely on anything herein but should consult with his or her own personal physician or other licensed medical specialist.

– Jonathan Rushing

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