Blood Levels of Nutrients
There are more than 150 epidemiological studies that have established inverse correlations between blood levels of critical nutrients, such as Carotenes, Vitamin E, Vitamin A and with risk rates for many kinds of cancers and other diseases in humans.[1],[2]
In fact, many research studies correlate the blood levels of a nutrient under study with risk rates for diseases. Why not manipulate blood levels of critical nutrients directly by taking key nutritional supplements on a daily basis?
Highlights of Blood Levels of Nutrients:
- More than 150 epidemiological studies have established inverse correlations between blood levels of critical nutrients and cancer and other Diseases of Civilization.
- A good diet is a hit or miss affair.
- Taking nutritional supplements on a daily basis will guarantee minimal blood levels of these nutrients.
A good diet is a hit or miss affair, with plenty of ups and downs in it. Even the very concept of a varied diet means eating different foods each week. In many cases, only taking nutritional supplements on a daily basis will guarantee minimal intakes of the key nutrients.
Blood levels of important nutrients should be periodically checked.
Put your health program into the new millennium by quantifying exactly how you stand, by periodically getting your blood tested. Taking vitamins and nutritional supplements as if one size fits all, is absolutely ludicrous. The correct dosage that is right for you obviously depends upon your body weight. There is only one way to determine how effective your healthy whole food diet is, and whether or NOT the dosage size of your supplements are correct. And, that is by getting your blood tested.
Taking a Blood Test
In short, taking nutritional supplements on a daily basis will guarantee minimal blood levels of these nutrients. Supplementing with excessive amounts of either beta-carotene or folic acid, however, should be strictly avoided since they have been shown by research to actually promote cancer.
| Correlations between Blood Levels of Nutrients | ||
| Carotenes | Vitamin E | Vitamin A |
| mouth cancer | GI tract cancer | lung cancer |
| pharynx cancer | stomach cancer | epithelium/skin cancer |
| larynx cancer | colon cancer | bladder cancer |
| esophagus cancer | mouth cancer | prostate cancer |
| stomach cancer | pharynx cancer | cervix cancer |
| lung cancer | reproductive organs cancer | breast cancer |
| cervix cancer | cervix cancer | mouth cancer |
| breast cancer | breast cancer | retarded growth |
| cataracts | lung cancer | infection |
| macular degeneration | heart disease | blindness |
| cataracts | night blindness | |
| macular degeneration | ||
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References:
- Vegetables, fruits, and carotenoids and the risk of cancer.Ziegler RG.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1991 Jan;53(1 Suppl):251S-259S. Review.
PMID: 1985395 - Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: a review of the epidemiological evidence.
Block G, Patterson B, Subar A.
Nutr Cancer. 1992;18(1):1-29. Review.
PMID: 1408943
