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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Freeda.
I typed "multivitimins not helpful" into Google and there were many responses because it has been in recent news frequently. Here is a link to an article in The New York Times this morning. (Not MY favorite paper lol) I believe that the Fred Hutchison Cancer Center on the west coast oversaw the study that was conducted in many areas across the country over several years. If I remember correctly it included more than a thousand participants.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...-multivitamin/
I am interested personally because our dear daughter had life threatening Cancer when she was 29 and survived. I also had Cancer four years ago. Helene lives with us and I am the cook of the house. I have tried to prepare almost every evening meal at home with two vegetables or a vegetable and a fruit along with the protein, not because of this study, but because that is how I was raised. It is comforting to know that it is "the right thing to do" according to the latest research. The study says that nutrients obtained from food were important in disease prevention, if I remember correctly.
Helene "makes" us all go to the exercise class at Odell Center three times a week. Now if I would just stop eating cookies..............
Kindest regards,
Gracie. |
Here is my 2 cents...I will only talk about the food aspect. When cooking, you must take into account the world we live in. You cook vegetables...and serve fruits...awesome. But, these are not our Grandparents fruits and veggies anymore. The soil that these foods were grown in used to flourish with vitamins and minerals...they were grown naturally!
Now this same soil is replete of what the body needs and contaminated with chemicals and pesticides. Canned foods are pretty much a waste of time. Never eat anything from a can!
So...my suggestion...very simple...though more expensive...only eat organically grown fruits and vegetables whenever possible. They taste so much better and will pump up your immune system like nothing else.