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Seriously though, all speculations aside about the history of humanity and this planet, let’s get real honest about the quality of our foods — even organic foods. It is indeed lacking, to put it nicely. Unless you can find a very special farmer who grows with intense love and care on a very unique property, you are likely eating a product from the big commercial growers which is probably intensely devoid of certain vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, antioxidants, and more. This is due to a number of expedient commercial decisions by the growers — such as not putting a full spectrum of all the natural minerals back in the soil after depleting it with a crop yield — which leads to poor soil quality. The huge decline of vitamins and minerals in the food over the last century is well documented.
Also, an unprecedented environment that we live in today should also be factored in. For example, extremely high levels of aluminum have been observed in the the air, water and resulting soil content (which ends up in the food), which is just one example of pollution. This heavy metal ultimately winds up inside the body, and can cause us to become more toxic and function at a lower and lower level as a result. Also consider the impact of what some would describe as toxic pollution in the form of EMF radiation and electronic pollution, which has been documented as causing much stress, tension, and potentially free radical oxidation within human cells.
Whenever there are outside environmental factors which are creating a higher amount of oxidative stress to a person, then it ultimately would require extra resources from within that person’s body to balance out this lack of ease. This could also be applicable regarding the modern lifestyle of most individuals which is filled with constant pressure, stress, complexity, and artificial stimulation, not to mention the litany of unnatural and processed foods! All of this could be potentially draining to the resources inside of the body of a human which was really designed to live a much simpler, cleaner existence. The ancestral human would have still had his or her challenges, no doubt, but the problems were cleaner, simpler and not as toxic.
There is also an observation worth considering that the genetics of humans have over time become compromised due to all of these environmental factors, not to mention generations of families eating unhealthy foods and causing their own genes to suffer before and during passing them on to the next generation. It is true that incidents of health issues with babies for example have exploded in recent decades and are on track to continue increasing at an alarming rate. One way to define this issue is a litany of genetic weaknesses being proliferated to the next generation and progressively growing more intense with each transfer.
As explored in more depth in another segment about testing, the question of whether supplements should be taken, and if so which ones and how much, is best answered with some helpful data from your own body. I do think this investigation is enriched by doing testing of the blood, urine, genetics, and perhaps even hair sample testing. For example, if your blood is showing dangerously low amounts of Vitamin D3, then you might strongly consider supplementing with Vitamin D3 if it’s not feasible to get adequate sunlight. If your urine is showing that you have extremely low amounts of iodine in your body, then depending on that measurement it would help you figure out whether to supplement with iodine and by how much. And if you have genetic mutations showing suppressed enzyme activity for certain genes, then that could indicate whether or not certain B Vitamins may be worthwhile to supplement with.
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