Everyone knows that vitamins and minerals are important to good health. You can pop a daily multi-vitamin or eat a variety of delicious, in season fruits and vegetables. Eating is one of life’s pleasures. How can you compare a pill and a gulp of water to a fresh, succulent peach? Afraid that you are not getting all the nutrients you need? Here are some quick facts:
• Healthy people can obtain all the vitamins and minerals they need from eating a variety of foods.
• Taking in more nutrients than the body needs does not give added energy, more brain power or greater protection against disease.
• Large doses of either single-nutrient supplements or high potency vitamin-mineral combinations may be harmful.
• Vitamin deficiency is rare unless a person’s diet is limited and lacks variety.
• We need 42 nutrients each day. Supplements supply only a fraction of these and are not a quick fix for poor food choices.
• Fruits and vegetables also contain phytochemicals. Some may individually be found in supplement form, but a single serving of fruits or vegetables can provide a much higher number of these nutrients in an all natural form.
Take advantage of the summer bounty. Visit your local farmers market. Check out http://placergrown.org/wp/ or http://nevadacountygrown.org for a market near you. For more nutrition information, visit University of California Cooperative Extension website at http://ceplacer.ucdavis.edu and click on nutrition.
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