Do Nutritional Supplements Help the Body to Heal Itself?

The body is a complex mechanism that ispoor nutritional value of our food is to take
designed to be a self healing entity. However inappropriate nutritional supplements. By doing this
order for it to operate efficiently it is vital that wewe are giving our bodies the best support and the
provide it with all the nutrients required for optimalbest opportunity to deal with any underlying
health. Many acute recurrent or chronic diseasesdeficiencies that may be contributing to our overall
can be caused by what has been termed type Bhealth.
malnutrition, defined as a shortage of one orIn order to ensure that the nutritional supplements
more micro-nutrients.you take are appropriate for your needs it is
Type B malnutrition can often be due to pooradvisable to consult with a qualified nutritionist.
dietary habits, but it can also be due to the poorToo many people take supplements that their
nutritional status of many of the foods webodies don't need or take poor quality nutritional
consume at the present time. A large number ofsupplements that are simply a complete waste of
foods lack minerals and trace elements, mainlymoney.
due to the way we produce, farm and transportHowever it is also worth bearing in mind that
them. Eat food in season is no longer fashionable.growing your own organic vegetables will provide
We expect all fresh fruit and vegetables to beyour body with natural vitamins and will help you
available all year round. This may be ourto make sure that the foods you are eating are
preference but it comes at a "nutritional" cost toin season and not being flown into your country
the consumer.from foreign shores.
One way to ensure that we compensate for the