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The vitamins and essential minerals are just that – essential. They must be part of the diet every day, day after day, year after year. Long-term failure to include enough of even one vitamin or essential mineral from the diet will cause disease, cell death and tissue degeneration. Eventually, the entire body will begin to die. Obviously, this is not a scenario consistent with the goal of Healthy Aging, as deficiencies of essential minerals and vitamins are the unhealthiest way to age. In the paradigm of healthy aging, ensuring adequate intakes of these essentials is the first step. Without this essential foundation, the other pillars of healthy aging crumble fast.

By now, in this enlightened, affluent, highly-educated era, it would seem reasonable to expect that no one in the US could possibly suffer from a deficiency of a vitamin or essential mineral. Or so the US government and the American Medical Association may have you believe. Unfortunately, it just isn’t so.

According to US government data, over 90% of all adult Americans do not consume enough calcium every day to satisfy the current government-sanctioned (that is, minimal) dietary standards. The same holds true for magnesium and vitamin E. Another 75% of all US adults are deficient in copper or zinc; half are deficient in vitamin C, vitamin D or chromium; and between 10% and 15% are deficient in one or more of the B-vitamins. Amazingly, even in the face of the current epidemic of obesity, widespread nutritional deficiencies are rampant in the US. We’re eating more than ever in the history of human existence. Yet, what we’re eating more of is empty calories. Processed foods are a high percentage of the Standard American Diet (So SAD!) and these foods are devoid of many essential vitamins and minerals. So while we’re eating more, we’re not consuming enough of the essentials.

You might ask, “So what? I don’t feel unhealthy.” It’s not like we have problems with: * Gum Health (vitamin C and magnesium) * Hair Health and rough skin (B-vitamins) * Prostate Health (vitamin D, vitamin E, selenium and zinc) * Healthy Blood Sugar (chromium, magnesium and vanadium) * Bone Health (calcium, magnesium, boron, vitamin D, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K) * Memory Issues (folate/folic acid, thiamin, choline, vitamin E, selenium) * Heart Health (selenium, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin D) * Periodontal Health (calcium, magnesium, vitamin C and vitamin D) * Weak Immune Systems (selenium, zinc, vitamin C and vitamin D) * Feeling Tired (B-vitamins and magnesium).

These issues are so prevalent in our population that it’s easy not to be concerned about them. The more one thinks about them, though, the more one realizes the problems they can lead to. The irony of it all is that these areas can all be supported simply by ensuring adequate intakes of essential vitamins and minerals.

Healthy consumption of essential vitamins and minerals can do the body plenty of good, in addition to their aid in the prevention of classically recognized nutritional deficiency diseases. A few key examples should confirm this point.

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Joe Singleton has over 15 yrs. in nutrition and health benefits of vitamins and minerals. To read more information, please check out the Purity Products website.

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