Many modern people continue to live without adequate nutrients even with the blooming food industry in today’s society.
This is reflected in the climbing number of the variety of incurable diseases and the number of people suffering from those diseases despite the ground-breaking developments in modern medicine.
The number and variety of nutrients that we need to maintain and restore our bodies are truly immense, but only the most important will be discussed. Our bodies need nutrients such as fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and water.
Automobiles require gasoline combustion to make necessary force to move forward. No matter the amount of gasoline there is, automobiles wouldn’t run as they should without enough air to induce combustion, and if this condition is maintained, the engine will eventually break down.
The human body is similar: no matter how much fat, protein and carbohydrates a body has, it needs vitamins, minerals, and enzymes to process and use those materials to generate muscle and allow the body to move freely.
When these nutrients do not form a balance, the energy materials left in excess become rather deleterious and lead to adult diseases, a fact supported by modern medicine and nutritional science.
If at a lack of these nutrients, even for a short while, the deleterious effects will add up, requiring more vitamins, minerals, and enzymes to resolve the poisons. These nutrients are also necessary for delyaing aging, preventing exhaustion and obesity, improving skin condition, and providing vitality and clear-headedness.
These nutrients are even more necessary for people who drink alcohol, smoke, and undergoing a lot of stress, not to mention people who take medications for menopause and those living in extreme weather condition, for they use these nutrients at a higher rate than others.
Vitamins, minerals, and enzymes are necessary for maintaining life, and they can only be effectively absorbed when consumed from the natural state of vegetables and fruits. If afterwards, the nutrients are treated with heat or dried and exposed to the air for a long time, it becomes oxidized into a useless state which is harmful to the capillaries and kidneys, as the American scholar Norman W. Walker explains in his book.
It would be fortunate for people to realize this fact quickly before they find themselves victims of adult diseases, despite having consumed high-quality and rich foods. The root cause of adult diseases lies in our belief that a table set with boiled, roasted, fried, and salted foods is a good diet.
Only 2~3% of a normal person’s diet is composed of natural foods, which is too small a proportion to maintain healthiness. It is important that we supplement our diet with vegetable and fruit juices. We often see and experience for ourselves that even those who have had past troubles can lead healthy lives by realizing these facts.