Posted by IsoM on November 29, 2002, at 19:30:49
In reply to Re: white spots on nails, posted by oracle on November 29, 2002, at 18:56:25
Oracle, the metals used in our body (like zinc, magnesium, copper, iron, cobalt, calcium, etc) are vital for life. To say that they're metals & all metals are toxic if too much is taken is true but not really accurate. So is too much water, or almost anything else. That's why I think a small amount of supplementation is safe, probably safer than the deficient diet most people eat. Most minerals are part of coenzymes & if we're low in them, metabolic processes don't run as well as should.
Even organically grown foods can be deficient in many minerals depending on where they're grown & how long the soil has been built up using compost & organic fertilizers. Few of us have the luxury of being able to buy or grow our foods where we'd like to. I know I desperately miss the huge vegetable garden I used to have when I had my own place. I literally grew broccoli with heads more than a foot wide & could haul off peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cukes, & much more in 20 gallon buckets. I had more than enough for winter storage & lots to give neighbours & friends. And NO poisons at all.
But produce tested now, even to a degree, organic produce, is often much lower in nutrients than years past. If you ever see broccoli in stores with a darker hollow centre to the stem, that's a boron deficiency most times, but then too much boron in the soil is also bad for plants. If the soil is low in boron, what else is missing from it? I know by certain signs when I'm not getting enough magnesium, even though I do eat magnesium-rich foods.
Still, in essense, I agree with you. Foods are the best way to get what we need & any supplementation should just be to augment what we're low on in foods.
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