Why Supplement? A Modern Day Guide to Health

The supplement industry has turned into a billion-dollar phenomenon that is out to sell you every possible pill, potion and lotion in the promise of better health.

What does this mean for you, the consumer? Are you being sold on things that you truly need or are you being simply being duped?

A common argument against supplementation is that our ancestors didn’t use it and still survived. This is, however, a poor argument since it doesn’t take certain factors into consideration. 

First, the state of the planet has been drastically altered in the past few decades, let alone centuries and millenia. The top soils have been depleted of its minerals while the air and water have been polluted. Simply put, food does not carry the same nutritive value that our ancestors enjoyed.

Second, food has been over-processed, making it even more nutrient-deficient and forcing our bodies to work harder than ever before in order to expel toxins and nourish the body. This creates a need to supplement one’s diet in order to power through the day while, simultaneously, do the extra work in the detoxification process.

Lastly, our bodies have been pushed to a near constant fight-or-flight (sympathetic) mode leaving us both deficient and toxic. Being in fight-or-flight through most of the day puts the body in a catabolic state (breakdown) rather than anabolic state where it’s repairing, detoxifying and nourishing itself.

Picking a proper supplementation regimen should focus on two things: creating sufficiency in place of deficiency and purity in place of the toxicity. Anything else can be seen as an adjunct rather than a necessity, depending on the individual’s unique needs.