Are You Malnourished?

Did you know that being malnourished doesn't necessarily always mean undernourished? Most of the time, when we picture someone suffering from malnourishment, we visualize individuals starving in other countries or someone suffering from anorexia. Believe it or not, less than 10 percent of Americans consume adequate amount of whole foods -- fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other healthy proteins and fats -- from their diet. That means that more than 90 percent of the American population is malnourished. By malnourished, we mean inadequately nourished (not starving to death, and not wasting away).

You see, the body is designed to absorb the nutrient content of the food we eat. Science has proven that the human body most successfully operates when fueled by pure, organic, whole foods and whole food vitamin supplements. However, most of us are stuck eating the standard American diet. The standard American diet is full of preservatives, saturated fats, dyes, additives, and other ingredients that provide us with little or no nutritional benefit. In fact, studies indicate that individuals who eat only a standard American diet are deficient in a wide variety of vitamins and minerals that the body needs to function properly. In fact, being deficient in these areas is a major contributor to life-threatening diseases. Individuals who are deficient on vital nutrients are more susceptible to the attack of immune deficient disorders that allow for the onset of cancers, diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic conditions.

It may seem as though the health professionals are harping on you about the food that you eat. The sad fact of the matter is that most of the foods we eat as an American culture are designed to do only one thing only -- and that one thing is taste good. The better food tastes, the more we purchase, the more we purchase the more we pay, which translates into more money for manufacturers. And while the primary purpose of food in our life should be to nourish our bodies, we’ve become a culture people who "want it our way, right away." While this is not necessarily a bad thing, it does leave ample room for dietary mishap. So if you're concerned about the current state of your health, and you know that you're not eating as adequately as you should be, consider beginning a regimen of whole food vitamin intake.

Whole food vitamins are vitamins that are derived directly from -- you guessed it -- whole foods. The very same whole foods that health professionals recommend we consume on a daily basis can be manufactured in the form of a vitamin. This means no synthetic additives, no seashells or rock additives that are unusable by the human body, and no man-made chemicals that only seek to damage cell function. Try a whole food vitamin regimen for a mere three weeks and we can guarantee you'll recognize a beneficial difference in the way you both look and feel.