Why Nutritional Supplementation?
Humans, as with all animals, have certain nutritional requirements. Deficiencies in certain nutrients become very apparent very quickly (lack of vitamin C results in scurvy, insufficient thiamine/vitamin B1 results in beriberi), but certain nutritional inadequacies take a long time to manifest noticeable symptoms (insufficient B12 results in pernicious anemia). In Nature, where out ancestors came from, we’d get our nutrition from our natural diet that grew “wild”. We’d eat a variety of foods thus assuring that we got enough of all the nutrients our bodies need to thrive (not just survive). But in today’s culture, most if not all of our food is agricultural-based and one of this industry’s “movers” is financial profitability (as with most businesses). And as such, certain foods may be lacking in certain nutrients. If they are they contain less than they would in Nature, but still have enough to supply our needs, then it’s not a problem, we simply store/excrete less of what’s not needed.
