Our foods for life consist of water, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins and fibers. These raw materials essential for basic healthy nutrition, incorporate into our body cells and fluids and become part of these life-sustaining elements.
North Americans have guidelines provided by their national Health Departments, the RDA or the Recommended Daily Allowance guidelines. These guidelines do not seem to be adequate since most people already eat these foods and, apparently, are not getting enough vitamins and minerals to keep the immune system strong and safe from rampant diseases, illnesses and ailments. As our environment increasingly strips our foods of nutrients, we need increasingly more supplements to compensate.
