subject: Vitamin Supplements and Diseases: What You Should Know Before Taking in Any Supplements [print this page] Vitamin Supplements and Diseases: What You Should Know Before Taking in Any Supplements
For some people, being healthy is all about taking at least five types of vitamins per day. But the truth is, you really should be more concerned about the kind of vitamin supplements you take rather than disease itself. Here are some facts you need to know about vitamins and diseases.* Disease is a matter of habitThe number one causes of disease are toxicity and stress. When you don't eat healthy or continuously lack sleep, toxins and stress hormones accumulate to the point that the body reacts suddenly and radically to release eliminate the toxins and stress (this is when you get sick).Taking drugs to "cure" your disease actually suppresses the symptoms, and whatever relief you feel is actually just temporary - the body will be forced to release the toxins in a stronger manner, and you will get sick a worse kind of disease. The common cold is a very good example of this. If you frequently treat colds with drugs it can become influenza. When suppressed it may lead to asthma, then skin eruptions, and may then worsen into cancer and severe heart problems.The next time you catch a cold, you might want to let it pass without taking any medicine and instead drink more fruit juices and water.* Vitamin supplements are not a substitute to a health dietTake note of the word "supplement", which means that they only act as support or add to your main source of nutrition. As it is, your body is not able to absorb any vitamin nutrient or mineral found in your vitamin supplements on an empty stomach. Raw fruits and vegetables remain the best sources of vitamins and minerals.In their synthetic form, vitamins and minerals are difficult to absorb by the body - they have a chemical structure that's different from nutrients found in raw and unprocessed foods. The vitamins found in synthetic vitamins are, sadly, mostly eliminated by the body.* The best vitamin supplements are "chelated"The best form of vitamin supplements is the chelated ones. Chelated vitamins easily pass through the intestines and into the blood stream. The minerals in chelated health supplements are bound to amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein.Chelation helps the vitamins and minerals to move easily from the intestines to the body's blood stream. The body's cells later absorb these nutrients from the bloodstream. Once inside our body's cells, the nutrients found in chelated vitamin and mineral supplements then promote chemical reactions inside the body that are necessary for good health.
