Do I Really Need Supplements?

This is a very common question I get asked by patients. In a perfect world, I would say you do not. However, the way we live now with increased stress, work demands, decreased sleep, and increased rates of disease places much greater demands on our bodies, and the foods we consume do not have the nutrients they once did. Depending on the specific nutrient, our crops can contain between 20 – 70% less minerals than they did 70 years ago. Now imagine our fruits and vegetables have fewer minerals and then we further process them along with all the lab engineered Frankenfoods we eat. Many of the micronutrients and other beneficial compounds get removed during the processing of food in an already mineral-depleted source.