#complex interactions among nutrients

The nutrition study the $30B supplement industry doesn’t want you to see

Popping vitamins is no substitute for eating nutritious foods, study suggests.

"A decade-long observational study of more than 30,000 people finds that certain vitamins and minerals may help extend your life and keep you from dying of cardiovascular disease—but only if you get those beneficial nutrients from foods, not supplements...

Simply put, popping pills can’t take the place of eating a healthy diet"

I knew the easy way was never gonna work...

also - some dangers:

"Getting high doses of calcium (1,000 mg or more per day) from supplements—but not from foods—was linked to higher cancer mortality risks in the study. Likewise, people taking vitamin D supplements who didn’t have vitamin D deficiencies may have higher risks of all-cause mortality and death from cancers."

It’s unclear from this observational study exactly why the same vitamins and minerals had different effects based on whether they were, say, chewed from a salad or gulped in a tightly packed capsule. But, it’s likely due to the fact that our bodies are tuned by evolution to best absorb and use micronutrients at the levels and ratios found in foods.

The authors of the study—a team of nutrition experts led by researchers at Tufts University—note that:Humans consume foods and nutrients that are highly correlated.

“The complex interactions among nutrients are likely to play a more important role in determining health outcomes than individual nutrients.”

Source: mudwerks

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