Human beings are sturdy, long lived and long-lasting. Every year one can find many more centenarians, Men and women 100 or more years of age. We’re now coming to understand that certain eating and life-style selections we make have not only short term effects but also intermediate term (10-20 years) and long run (40-60 years) outcomes on Human health.
In nutrition, this means that there is a minimum amount of Vitamin C we need to keep from getting scurvy. So the recommended daily amount of Vitamin C was once set just high enough to keep people from getting scurvy. Later we began to realize that while low amounts of vitamin C kept us from getting sick, they did not promote optimal health.
If you don’t get any Vitamin C, you will contract scurvy in a few months. The general health cycle for better health from higher C Vitamin levels consumed daily is measured in years and decades.
There are other, longer-lasting cycles of effects of deprivations of nutrients, antioxidants, phytochemicals, probiotics and others that affect us. Long-term deprivations of these seem to lead to problems usually associated with aging, like diabetes, heart disease, senile dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
On the dark side there are pollutants, toxins, carcinogens and other substances, both known and as-yet-unknown, that have cumulative life-shortening effects on us humans.
Knowing this encourages us to avoid commercial drugs in favor of natural cures whenever available.
Understanding this now helps us to better care for our bodies. It helps us with treating inverse psoriasis and with treating ovarian cyst symptoms successfully.
Our biochemistry is complex. There are apparently genetic links to more diseases and conditions than we ever suspected just a few years ago. As we continue to decode the complex interrelations of genetics, DNA, biochemistry and causes and effects of what we ingest, we are finding new answers to old problems in often unusual places.
DISCLAIMER: I hope this helps, but please note that I am not a doctor so you should consult with your physician before taking any medical advice from the Internet.
Courtesy of – Carlos Johnson