How Do We Deplete
Our Nutrients?
Below is a list of
various nutrients and the corresponding
substance(s) that deplete the specific
nutrient from your body. The list
doesn't mention that these nutrients
are for the most part water-soluble
meaning that every day they need
to be replaced to keep a sufficient
amount of nutrients for us to survive.
Is it any wonder
that after we indulge in certain
foods, drinks, and drugs, that needed
nutrients are depleted to such a
sufficient amount that our body systems
become compromised.
B COMPLEX VITAMINS
B1 -
cooking, caffeine, alcohol, estrogen,
sugar, sulfa drugs and food processing
B2 -
ultraviolet light, estrogen, sugar,
sulfa drugs and alcohol
Niacin (B3)
- sulfa drugs, sleeping pills, estrogen
and sugar
Pantothentic Acid (B5)
- canning, caffeine, sulfa drugs,
sleeping pills, estrogen, alcohol
and sugar
B6 -
canning, roasting, long food storage,
stewing of meat, alcohol, estrogen
Folic Acid -
heat, light, unprotected storage
at room temperature, sulfa drugs,
estrogen and boiling foods
B15 -
sunlight
Biotin -
raw egg whites, sulfa drugs, antibiotics,
estrogen and alcohol
Choline -
sulfa drugs, estrogen, food processing,
alcohol
Inositol -
caffeine, coffee, sulfa drugs, estrogen,
food poisoning and alcohol
PABA -
sulfa drugs, food processing, alcohol
and estrogen
VITAMINS
C -
stress, smoking, high fever, aspirin,
pain killers, cooking, heat, light,
alcohol
D -
smog and mineral oil
E -
heat, oxygen, freezing temperatures,
inorganic iron, chlorine, mineral
oil and frying
Essential Fatty
Acids - saturated fats and heat
K -
coumadin or blood thinners
Bioflavonoids -
boiling, cooking, heat, light and
smoking
U -
heat
MINERALS
Calcium -
large quantities of fat, oxalic acid,
phytic acid
Chromium -
sugar, refined carbohydrates, refined
foods and junk foods
Cobalt -
acids, alkalies, sunlight, alcohol,
estrogen, sleeping pills
Copper -
too much zinc
Fluorine -
aluminum salts of fluoride
Iodine -
iodine poor soil, food processing
Iron -
phosphate food additives, E.D.T.A.
(a food preservative and chelating
agent). tannic acid in tea and coffee
Magnesium -
alcohol, diuretics, sugar, refined
flour, protein, food processing
Manganese -
large phosphorous and calcium intake,
milk and meat eating
Molybdenum -
refined foods
Phosphorus -
too much aluminum, magnesium and
iron
Potassium -
alcohol, coffee, sugar, diuretics
and refined foods
Selenium -
food processing, high fat foods,
infection, injury stress, blood loss,
old age
Sodium -
vomiting, diarrhea, sweating for
fevers, heat or exercise
Sulfur -
none known
Vanadium
- none known
Zinc -
food processing, nutrient poor soil,
old age, contraceptives and alcohol
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