Why Do You Need Supplements?
March 21st, 2008The answer to the question posed in the heading is plain: You simply cannot get enough of some of the vitamins and minerals in either regular or anti-aging dosages, even if you eat a healthy anti-aging diet (50% fruits and vegetables, 25% protein, and 25% fat).
The following information on several important vitamins and minerals shows why dieting alone cannot give you enough vitamins and minerals to promote anti-aging. Take Vitamin E for instance, one would need an intake of 5,000 calories per day (and then mostly as fat) to get 400 IU. Or take chromium - a daily intake of 5,000 calories per day to get the minimum requirement of 50 mcg per day. And to get the recommended 200 mcg of chromium, you would need to consume more than 12,000 calories per day! Zinc - a daily intake of 2,400 calorie per day is needed just to reach its RDA; magnesium - intake of 2,000 calorie per day is needed to get enough magnesium; coenzyme Q-10 - intake of 1 pound of sardines or 2.5 pounds of pancreas to get 30 mg of CoQ-10 (healthy people need 30 mg and chronic patients need 50-150 mg).
From this short catalog it is evident that taking supplements is the only reasonable and convenient way to provide you with the necessary optimum level of these nutrients.
