Re: Post-Fast Nutrition

I don't think anyone really considers nutritional supplements as a form of sustenance exclusively, or even as a replacement for a wholesome diet, which of course they cannot, but they can and do act in addressing any shortcomings in a nutrient-deficient diet, and despite how nutritious we consider that diet to be.

In Sheltons day and prior to that, plant foods were far more nutritious than they are now, because the soils at that time were more abundant in the nutrients we need for optimized health.
In an ideal World we should really be able to receive all of the nutrition we need from the plant-kingdom, and indeed that was the case for centuries, but with modern farming methods this just isn't the case, and so supplements are seen by many as addressing this shortfall.
As far back as 1936, Senate Document 264 of the 74th Congress, 2nd Session had this to report from a comprehensive Scientific study commissioned by them...........
http://www.dailypaul.com/92623/1936-us-senate-report-soil-depleted-99-of-amer...


and this from an ARCPACS Certified Professional Soil Scientist......
http://www.canadianlongevity.net/misc/mineral_depletion.php

http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/47105/PDF

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/effects-of-pesticides/nutrient-depleted-soil


My main concern with crops grown in nutrient depleted soils is more to do with the depletion of both macro and micro-minerals rather than vitamins (with the exception of Vitamin D) and phytonutrients, hence my mention of Cellfood.

"It is time for the general acceptance of the concept that even in some terminal cases, our bodies can be given essential building blocks [oxygen, electrolytes, minerals, enzymes, amino acids] to repair and reconstitute every living cell within a span of 11 months." --Everett L. Storey, inventor of CellFood, inventor of the water-splitting technology that made the hydrogen bomb possible, and the Scientist Albert Einstein called "a genius."...................
http://www.americanhealthyliving.com/evlststcein.html


Chrisb1.