>Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:23:35 +1000 >From: Phosphor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: supplements >>Another thing is that the body does not eliminate certain >vitamins and >minerals when an excess is reached. The body >>stores them. But if they come in whole food form the body >naturally gets >rid of excess. > >ive never heard of this. which ones? Calcium for a start. When intracellular calcium exceeds Mg you are in for a lot of problems. The ones I had for 20 years. I have only balanced this by going paleo. Any supplement will upset my equilibrium now. But then it took 20 years to reach this state so I am probably more sensitive than most. For more from Dr. Vladimir Shmitsman, M.D., H.D. http://www.reflexology.bc.ca/homeopat.htm Despite what vitamin companies tell us, natural vitamins are not 100% natural, as they would be if we derived them from food - and they never will be. Insulin injections will never be the same as natural insulin. Regardless of how hard we work to reproduce natural substances such as the body it produces, we can never duplicate them exactly. I do recognize we have poor soil and that our fruits and vegetables do not contain enough minerals and vitamins, but also I recognize that manufactured vitamins have to be taken in moderation, in cycles, so that the body has an opportunity to cleanse itself, eliminate gelatine capsules, etc. and also to make sure our body does not develop a tolerance to the extended use of such products I have heard many arguments that our soil has become weak and it does not have all the microelements as it had before, and that this leads to the decreasing of vitamins and minerals content in vegetables and fruit. I agree, and I am even ready to give vitamins to the patients by the short courses and only several times a year, but not constantly =96 from month to month during the years. Only something alive creates life. An apple growing on the tree carries not only a vitamin C inside, but also the energy the Universe, the energy of the vibration of the sun, moon, stars and the Earth. In Chinese medicine we call it Chi-energy, in Indian medicine =96 Prana, on the West =96 biological energy. No laboratory, not even the best ones, can fill their tablets of vitamins and minerals with this energy. Just as we become tolerant of recurrent noises and other annoyances in our physical environment, we can also create a tolerance for something that we take for a long period of time. Therefore minerals and vitamins that used to be effective a few months ago become ineffective in our system and no longer respond in the same positive way they did prior to the tolerance build up. In the same way that antibiotics become ineffective after a while, so to do other treatments after a long enough period of time. Long-term research shows that when we break the treatment of vitamins and minerals into cycles, they remain much more effective in our bodies. The duodenum processes some vitamins, such as B12, B6, B1, beta-carotene, etc, the main area, which either produces or accepts these same vitamins from the food we eat. What happens over a long period of time when we take artificial vitamins is that they build up in the blood and the system doesn=92t need to get them from food anymore and therefore it becomes lazy and forgets how to produce these vitamins on its=92 own. After two of three years when you stop taking these vitamins the system gets worst because it is no longer able to derive the same vitamins from their natural sources. In other words, our digestive system forgets how to do its=92 job. By using cycles of treatment we supplement our supply but do not interfere with the body=92s natural processes. For example, by improving the condition of the kidneys with homeopathy, we stop the loss of minerals by =91plugging the hole=92 causing mineral loss.