The Source of Natural, Wholesome Nutrition
Nutritional factors play a significant role in resistance to infection and almost any nutritional deficiency adversely affects the immune system. So, the question is - how do we obtain the necessary nutrients to keep the immune system functioning optimally?
Herbs and plant foods are the most natural sources of nutrition available on earth. It is known that there exists a sufficient variety of plants, vegetation and herbs to adequately fulfill all our body's nutritional needs. Despite this, humans typically eat less than 0.1% of the total number of plants in the world. This can probably be attributed to the busy lifestyles that most of us lead.
Artificially created vitamins can only mimic the nutrients found in plants, but in the long term, they are not adequate substitutes for vitamins in their natural source. Not only are the isolates not as effective as vitamins in their natural source, but they are also dangerous.
For example, just five times the US Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of vitamin D has been found to cause liver damage and large doses of vitamin B6 taken by women for Pre Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) relief can actually lead to nervous system damage. It should be noted that US RDA that appears on Vitamin bottles and food packages represents the maximum need (usually for an adult male), rather than the average need. The safest, most effective way to obtain essential vitamins is through herbs and plants.
Phytochemicals found in plant foods offer enormous promise in the fight against disease - particularly cancer - as they seem to have the ability to nourish and bolster the immune system like nothing else science have ever seen. Studies have shown that phytochemicals have the ability to block the process that leads to carcinogenesis, and may even reverse or halt progression of cancer at any stage. There are millions of different nutrients in plant foods, and each plant contains a unique variety of phytochemicals.
