I’m presently studying
vitamins and minerals. Something like
four chapters’ worth of material. Here’s
the executive summary, for executives who don’t always use businesslike
language:
It’s important to get
enough of all the vitamins and minerals, but not too much. If you don’t get enough, your nerves will,
literally, fray, your teeth will fall out, your skin will itch and bleed, and
you will feel lousy and die. If you get
too much, your teeth are probably all right, but the rest of you is toast. And not even whole-grain toast.
In seeking that
Goldilocks amount of vitamins and minerals, most of us should avoid the temptation
to pop a bunch of supplements. In
general, the forms of vitamins and minerals found in foods absorb better into
our bodies. There are, of course,
exceptions, but most of those involve scary metabolic disorders, chronic disease,
or various prescription drugs.
No one food has all of
what we need. Eat lots of different
things, including our friends the fruits and vegetables.
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