"we need about 40 compounds - including vitamins, amino acids, and minerals - to survive? At least 80 percent of Americans are deficient in one of the 40 compounds. The body rebalances its metabolism when it's deficient in one of the compounds, the DNA can become damaged, setting a person up for cancer and other degenerative diseases later in life."
These facts were contained in a story by Jennifer Brown in the Denver Post Tuesdaay, which focused primarily on the results of new studies which indicate that vitamin D boosts immunity. Of course, vitamin D is available free in the sun's rays, which is far and away the best source, but don't forget those sunny eggs!
"Vitamin D appears to interact with cells that are important to immunity. Without enough of the vitamin, those cells are not as effective in killing common bacteria and viruses," wrote Ms. Brown of the study conducted by Harvard Medicaol School and the national Center for Health Statistics.
Let's try to get outside in the sun, with no sunscreen, for at least fifteen or twenty minutes every day.
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I'm for that. Course it's easy to do that on the Gulf coast giggle.
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