What
About the Cost of Supplements?
Comments by Dr. James Scala
Driving is a daily
gamble, so we purchase auto insurance.
Similarly, we realize we can't always
avoid accidents and even illness,
so we get hospitalization insurance.
Some people admit
it's difficult, if not impossible,
to eat a balanced diet, so they take
a multiple vitamin/mineral supplement
as nutrition insurance, and usually
take calcium supplements, too. These
people who take "nutritional
insurance" recognize that
it costs money, but they also recognize some
common habits cost a lot more.
For instance:
- Adults and children,
on the average, consume 8 ounces
of soft drinks daily. This costs
about five times the price of supplements.
- Most women have
their hair done at least monthly.
When costed out on a daily basis,
this is about five times the cost
of supplements.
- About 50% of adults
drink alcoholic beverages, which
cost about 10 times the cost of
nutritional insurance.
- On the average,
enough cigarettes are smoked to
provide nutrition insurance for
everyone.
In short, the
cost of nutrition insurance would
be cheap at twice the price.
Nutrition is personal,
preventive health care, and food
supplements are a vehicle of its
practice.
No other habit can
provide nutrition insurance so that
you will meet your recommended daily
allowance of all vitamins and minerals.
In an increasingly complex, polluted
world, sensible supplementation gives
the foundation for natural, optimum
health. Add a good diet and a wholesome
lifestyle, and you will achieve optimum
health.
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