Micronutrient Competition

The goal is to get most of your vitamins, minerals and co-enzymes from the food you eat. However, there are many reports of how depleted our soil is and at the end of the day, you really do not know what is in the food you are eating. The goal of supplementation is to ensure you get the vitamins, minerals and co-enzymes that are either difficult to get in sufficient quantities, or are too critical to leave to chance in your diet.

I recently became aware of micronutrient competition, the brain child of Jayson and Mira Calton of Carlton Nutrition and their Nutreince multivitamin supplement. Nutreince is a twice daily powdered beverage that is designed to provide you with all the micronutrients you require divided into a morning and afternoon servings that do not compete.

As they explain in their patent, certain micronutrients when combined will render both inert, making most multivitamins less effective. Some micronutrients will compete for receptor sites in your body. While other micronutrients can cause decreased utilization of other micronutrients. Lastly, the presence of some micronutrients might mask the deficiency in others.

I still like the convenience of Vitamins on Demand, and even as complete as the Nutreince supplement is, it does not meet some of my personal micronutrient goals. For now, I will see if Vitamins on Demand can package my vitamins differently so they do not compete, but if you are looking to start a new vitamin program, I suggest you consider Calton Nutrition.

Stay well engineered,

Devon

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These statements or products referenced are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Do You K2?

According to the Mayo Clinic, the majority of Kidney Stones are caused by a build up of Calcium Oxalate.

A lack of Vitamin K2 in your diet will lead to excess serum calcium as discovered when Warfarin was administered to rats in this Pub Med paper.

Dr. Weston A. Price  was a dentist that visited all corners of the world and discovered that primitive cultures in Africa, the European Mountains, the Arctic, the East Indies and beyond all had perfect teeth, no cavities and no signs of atherosclerosis. A condition that deteriorated when these primitive peoples moved into urban areas. 

Price identified white flour, refined sugar and lack of vegetable minerals as the cause of tooth decay and myocardial issues. What Price described as "Activator X" in his book Nutrition and Physical Degradation, is in fact Vitamin K2, an essential vitamin for keeping calcium in your bones and teeth, and out of your veins and arteries according to Dr. Kate Rhéaume-Bleue who has carried on the message of Vitamin K2 in her book Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little-Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life.

For this reason, I take (2) K2 Complex Softgels along with my 1,000IU per 25lbs body mass of Vitamin D3 everyday.

Keeping your calcium in your bones is just the first part of keeping calcium out of your soft tissues.

Next time, I will write about how the leafy greens that are essential to life may be hurting you when consumed raw.

Stay well engineered,

Devon

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These statements or products referenced are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.