Getting Your DVs
Although each of us has somewhat different needs for vitamins and minerals, we all need a certain basic supply of nutrients. Based on research, experts have drawn up a set of nutrition guidelines that are universally used as a standard of measurement by the federal government. The nutrition information that you’ll find on [...]
The scientific definition of a vitamin is “an organic compound, not a lipid or amino acid, required in very small amounts for essential functions in the body.” Anything that’s organic—from mulch and tree trunks to toenails and earlobes—contains the element carbon, the same element that’s found in every vitamin. Lipids (fats) and amino acids are [...]
essential ingredients for a healthy body
Hippocrates got it right in one sentence: “Let food be thy medicine.”
It took an additional 2,000 years of observation, plus a century of modern scientific research to find out why food has the healing powers that Hippocrates ascribed to it—and the details are still being worked out.
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Fifty years ago every girl learned in Home Economics class what it took to put a good meal on the table. The essence of the balanced meal classroom lesson was variety, visual appeal, low cost and time to prepare. The government-suggested food pyramid was pounded into everyone, and was at the core of any good [...]
