Vitamins, nutrients vital for proper function of body
Last week we began to talk about why vitamins and nutrients are so important. Realistically, we can barely live without them. Every organ in your body needs vitamins and nutrients to survive. If you aren’t getting them sooner or later things are going to stop working right. Your cells simply can’t continue without food, just as you can’t continue without food. So, when all you eat is junk all day, you know for sure that you are doing what amounts to starving yourself. The only difference is that you feel full. Just imagine chewing on an oily piece of cardboard. Sound appetizing? I think not! That is basically all you are getting when you eat many types of junk food. But, an oily piece of cardboard is often better for you than many of the junk foods that are out on the market today. At least it has some fiber and hasn’t been refined to death. Many types of junk food are so refined that they don’t even qualify to be as good as cardboard.
There are many types of junk food and some kinds of fast food that have been analyzed by laboratories, and it was discovered that they have little or no nutrients at all. Even the meat in one well-known fast food restaurant had less protein that certain non-meat items. Now that is scary!The fact is that we really do need vitamins, and without them we are certain to become ill sooner or later, not to mention the sheer wear and tear that our bodies will take when we don’t take good care of them. I will use a metaphor that I have used many times before, which is how well we take care of our cars. When we take good care of our cars, they will serve us well and keep on running for years. But, when we don’t change the oil and filters, and keep them tuned up, pretty soon our cars are good for nothing. So, it is with our bodies.
Except the difference is that we can always buy a new car, but what can we do when our body gives out? Even with modern medicine, multi-organ transplants, and more, we can’t do a whole lot for a body that decides to give out once and for all. Thus, it is imperative that we do whatever we can to make sure that we are getting all the vitamins and nutrients that we need. This is preferably done with foods, or more specifically, whole foods, rather than supplements, whenever possible. These whole foods would ideally be taken from all of the various food groups, including proteins (either animal or vegetable), carbohydrates (including grains, vegetables, and fruits), and fats. If you eat everything that is required of your body daily, you will never, ever feel hungry and you probably won’t need to use supplements (unless you have some type of organic cause of deficiency). But when you fill your body with junk, then you feel full without any benefit. Most foods have several different types of vitamins and nutrients, so by eating a wide variety of foods, and by varying or rotating what you eat (ie don’t eat the same food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner), you should easily fulfill the requirements that your body has. It will take some work though, but once you get used to it, it will become easy.
So, we are back to the original question... why are these vitamins and nutrients that we’ve been talking about so important anyway? Well, the fact of the matter is that our bodies are made in such a way, that in order to function properly (our bodies perform thousands, even millions of hidden chemicals reactions every day, without us ever really knowing about any of it), we need to have vitamins and nutrients for these functions to take place. For example, one of the most important vitamins that we have is the B group of vitamins. They are absolutely essential for so many of the important functions of the body. Some of the functions that the B group of vitamins (which include biotin, folic acid, B1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 12, along with some other ones) do are: help cells to get their oxygen (along with Vitamin E) (and we can’t live without it), help get the important constituents from the foods that we eat (enzymes, for example), help to make the functions of our nervous systems work correctly, and help in overall good health (skin, hair, eyes, and more). People even get B injections to help when they have back and other bodily aches and pains.
Now, this is only one of the many vitamins that are required by the human body. We all know about the amazing importance of Vitamin C (protecting the body from toxins, fighting infectious invasions, etc). Vitamin D (helps keep our bones and teeth strong, etc), Vitamin E (helps to keep our circulatory systems running well, etc), and Vitamin A (for fertility and our eyes, etc) (remember those rabbits and the carrots?). And this is only the tip of the iceberg! Hopefully it is very clear now that everyone needs vitamins. There are no exceptions at all. And you simply can’t get them from eating junk foods. So, cease and desist! (Or at least cut down a lot). You need to be eating foods that contain those important vitamins and nutrients that are required so desperately by your bodies. And you can start right now!

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