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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
Yeah I don't know, there is good cholesteral too. Its just something I read and going by the nations they indicate don't have heart attack problems, I'd imagine they do not overeat or are often very full.
in regards to suppliments, i've always felt the same way. i take daily multivitamin but am unsure of its effectiveness. I would think if you have to take supplements because your diet is not providing the proper nutrition that going vegan is not a way to be naturally healthy.
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You should be taking supplements no matter how you are eating. When you actually take a hard look at your daily vitamin/mineral requirements and the content of those in the foods you eat, its almost impossible to get it from food unless you a very well planned diet and stick to it. most foods (fruits,veggies etc) tend to be high in one thing and have almost nothing of others. So for vitamins alone, you would have to continually eat a large variety of fruits / veggies to meet your daily requirements/needs.
Ideally, a person should be eating whole/natural foods, whole grains, organic everything (no i'm not a hippy - not even close) and be taking a wide range of supplements to be certain you are getting more than you need in terms of vitamins and minerals - which basically regulate every process in your body in one way or another right down to the cellular level.
Of course, we all eat like retards, take shortcuts and rationalize why its really ok to make bad decisions. Thats all fine and good until you have cancer or Alzheimers or anything else.