Our species is tough, resilient and durable. Human expected average lifespan is now over 80 years in most developed countries, with more centenarians every year. Expanding scientific, biological and medical knowledge is now showing us that there are more factors than the more obvious short term effects of diet and stress. There are also important (and sometimes subtle) long term effects that should be taken into account.

In nutrition, this means that there is a minimum amount of Vitamin C we need to keep from getting scurvy. So the recommended daily amount of Vitamin C was once set just high enough to keep people from getting scurvy. Later we began to realize that while low amounts of vitamin C kept us from getting sick, they did not promote optimal health.

If you don’t get any Vitamin C, you will contract scurvy in a few months. There is a longer general health cycle in play, measured in years, which calls for much higher vitamin C consumption levels.

There are still longer cycles of nutrient deprivation and lifestyles involving many different nutrients, phytochemicals, antioxidants, etc. These deprivations can lead to diabetes, circulatory problems, heart disease and maybe alzheimer’s disease and others.

On the dark side there are pollutants, toxins, carcinogens and other substances, both known and as-yet-unknown, that have cumulative life-shortening effects on us humans.

Knowing this encourages us to avoid commercial drugs in favor of natural cures whenever these are available.

This new perspective now helps us in uterine fibroid cysts, with psoriasis creams and in lessening symptoms of ovarian cysts..

Science marches on, bringing new understandings and suggesting new possibilities every day. As researchers continue to unravel the secrets of how our body chemistry really works, at the molecular level, our view and our capabilities to improve and prolong human live are constantly improving.

Disclaimer: The above blog posting is written by using information from the popular press and other public sources freely available to anyone on the Internet. There is nothing in this writing that is intended to be or should be construed to be any sort/type/form of medical advice. For any medical advice the reader should not rely on anything herein but should consult with his or her own personal physician or other licensed medical specialist.

By- John R. Olsen