Posted by Larry Hoover on October 4, 2003, at 8:47:01
In reply to Re: Can I get an IV to eat with? Healthier and I hate » Cecilia, posted by Wolf Dreamer on October 3, 2003, at 2:23:04
> What about people in comas for years? Are you sure the liver and other problems aren't caused by something else?
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> If your body just needs certain things, then instead of going through the ineffecient process of digestion, why not just get those concentrated things directly into your bloodstream? I don't understand why it wouldn't be better.Two major problems with your idea. The inplicit assumptions are:
1. "We know all the nutrients you could ever need." That's just not so. It seems that every week, there is news about some new essential nutrient, or conditionally essential nutrients(e.g. to prevent heart disease).
2. "We can deliver all the nutrients you could need by IV." We know that we can't do a good job delivering the nutrients already on our (incomplete) list. We just can't mimic the complexities of things like transport proteins (transporters for water-solubles) and liposomes (transporters for fat-solubles).Sorry you're disinclined to eat....but Mother Nature has far more hidden stuff in food than we arrogant humans will probably *ever* discover/identify. Maybe you have a problem with your sense of smell/taste, making food less appealing? (if so, take zinc) Maybe you need to be exposed to good cooking? Recent reports show that culinary herbs have some of the most potent antioxidants ever seen....but good cooks already know that culinary herbs are good for you. The only difference between herbs as medicine and herbs as food is that the latter taste good!
Lar
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