Vitamins and Minerals Good or Bad (Part 5)
Breakthrough Antioxidant Research
“We know that vitamins are complex chemical substances which are indespensable to nutrition, and that each of them is of importance for the normal function of some special structure of the body. Disorder and disease result from any vitamin deficiency.
It is not commonly realised, however, that vitamins control the body’s appropriation of minerals, and in the absence of minerals they have no function to perform. Lacking vitamins, the system can make some use of minerals; but lacking minerals, vitamins are useless.” - Senate Document, No.264, 1936
“Vitamin E offers protection against diabetes”. A new study published recently found that Vitamin E might protect against the development of type II diabetes.
“As an anti-inflammatory compound for arthritis, curcumin rivals cortisone. Long-term treatment of synthetic cortisone can be dangerous, with some of the side effects being: puffy face, fat redistribution from the limbs of the body, weight gain and insomnia.” - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 1972, vol.60.
