The problem begins because most of the food that we eat is “dead food.”

The soil that grows our food is deficient in vitamins and minerals and the farmers can’t add it back in the form of fertilizers because it is too expensive. We overcook everything which adds to the problem, because when heat food over 108 degrees we kill all the enzymes. Almost all the processed food that we buy lacks any nutritional value and most, if not all, of the fiber has been removed.

We need a full spectrum of vitamins, minerals and nutrients to allow all the bodies processes to work efficiently. We believe that most of the health problems we have are because of vitamin or mineral deficiency. If you give the body the proper health supporting nutrients that it needs, it can heal itself and keep you well. It’s that simple. You absolutely can not get the nutrients that the body needs to be healthy from the food we eat you must get them from supplements.

This is so simple control, but if you don't know about something it is impossible to know that you should be doing something about it.

There is a link between increasing levels of an abnormal protein called homocysteine and heart disease. It is normal by-product of metabolizing the amino acid methionine and is usually cleared from our blood before it can damage to our arteries. Studies have shown that people with high levels of homocysteine had a 30 to 50 percent higher risk of death than people with low levels of homocysteine. It has also been linked to chromosomal damage which is one if the causes of aging that we discussed in the free radical theory of aging.

Elevated homocysteine levels is caused by nothing more than a vitamin B deficiency and is only one more example of the correlation between nutrition and the diseases that prematurely ages us. You need vitamins B6 and B12 and folic acid to make the enzymes that remove homocysteine from the blood.

High blood levels of Lipoprotein(a) is a good predicting indicator of heart disease. It is actually a type of LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) but is the most sticky form of LDL and thereby the most dangerous. It's the sticky lipoprotein(a) particles that can cause blockages and clots in your arteries. The result is artery damage and possibly heart attack or stroke.

You need to know that one of the main causes of increased lipoprotein(a) in the blood is eating hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats. All you have to do is read the labels on almost anything that you buy at the store that is processed (cookies, cakes, margarine, ect) and you will find that it contains some kind of partially hydrogenated oil. It's a trans-fat and is 100 times more destructive to the body than any of the other fats that we eat.

Don't eat it if it contains partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. Replace margarine (high in partially hydrogenated oils) with real butter. And, guess what? Along with watching what you eat Lipoprotein(a) can be controlled by adequate intake of vitamin C, the B vitamin niacin and N-acetyl-cysteine.

We get metals from a lot of places and some of them are not a problem. But, there are some that cause major toxicity problems in the body. Mercury is probably the worst. It binds to cells and kills that cell immediately. It can move to another cell and kill it. Lead is not quite as bad as mercury but it does the same thing and has a liking for nerve cells.
Heavy metal accumulation is serious. You have probably heard of the problems with lead poisoning from old paint. There hasn't been much press on mercury poisoning, but it much more toxic. It amazing it is still being used in dental fillings.