More Bad Journalism Can Make You Sick

Yesterday the newspaper and major news networks featured an article with the headline or introductory statement that indicated  “supplements don’t work”.

The following story didn’t really say that. What recent released research said was that people that took supplements didn’t seem to prevent heart disease or cancer. Also the conclusion was that people that don’t eat a balanced diet still get benefit from a multiple vitamin mineral supplement.

Providing a basic supplement, if it is the right formula, should provide help in preventing disease. I agree. The American Medical Association agrees. The confusion  are many.

• Most over the counter vitamin-mineral supplements contain mostly synthetic isolated nutrients. That is not what we need! We need a whole food based supplement with the nutrients in the natural molecular form and minerals in the ionized form- read for absorption. Nutrients work in harmony with each other for dynamic health not in isolated and incomplete form.
• Nearly everyone is not getting what they need from their diet. A study by the Health Awareness Foundation evaluated 26,000 people- not one received the full amount of the nutrients they needed from their diet. Most people were deficient in 2 or more nutrients.
• People make poor food choices – processed and refined foods, we eat under stress- in a hurry, when we are uptight, eat too fast, eat too much and ………

This research is questionable because it does not clearly state what it was testing. No one would get a grant for testing drugs with such vague concepts.

The journalists use misleading headlines to get our attention. The emotional if not intellectual impression often leads to the wrong conclusion and may have lasting results. When this leads to poor health choices it generates huge amounts of money into the sick care system. Money that would not need to be spent if people made good informed  health care decisions.

Bad science and irresponsible journalism can lead to deadly results. Never read a headline without carefully reading the article and asking the logical questions.

For Your Total Wellness,

Dr. Darrel Hestdalen

See www.high5info.com for more information on whole food vitamin mineral supplementation.

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