Supplements

[Guest guest]

A number of people have asked me why, if we do a healthy eating regime

like Paleo, do we need supplements? From what I can understand, it is

because food produced by modern methods is less nutritious than it

would have been thousands of years ago; and also, because those of us

here have been damaged by drugs and (many of us) also by years of bad

diet. Then again, I can also see why we supplement something like fish

oil, because the modern diet tends to be deficient in omega-3s. Is

this right?

The question they follow up with is, why so many supplements, and why

such high doses in some cases. Does that mean we are using these

supplements medicinally as well? If we were aiming to mirror the

nutrients our ancestors took in, then some of these amounts would be

more than they had.

If anyone could explain I'd appreciate it. Whoever I introduce these

ideas to seems to want me to defend my position, and I'm curious

myself.

Thanks,

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