Diet vs. Supplement part 2
When you consider the relationship between the nutrients you consume and the health of your prostate, you have to think about something more than the sheer numbers, although the numbers are still important. But once you know that you are getting the right amount of everything, you also want to consider the combination in which you take them. For example, think about how your body gets all of the nutrients I mentioned in my last entry. When you get things like vitamins, minerals, and carotenoids from your diet, you get them in a mixture, not one by one.

We know for a fact that nutrients routinely effect the way we can absorb or use other nutrients. Without vitamin D, you can’t make use of calcium. Magnesium and Potassium work together in the body. Your body expects to get these things in combinations with each other and will respond positively when it gets things the way it expects them.

This is another reason why I recommend taking a carefully-blended compound supplement. The right blend of nutrients in a pill will mimic the amount and distribution of nutrients from a very good meal.

One particular example that I like is black pepper. There’s a brand name product called Bioperine, which is reported to make other nutrients you consume more biologically accessible. This means that your body is able to use the nutrients you take in more effectively. This is actually better than taking more of the nutrients. For example, you could take 1,000 mg. more calcium, but without more vitamin D, it all simply passes through your system. So, unless you are absorbing and using the nutrients you consume, taking more is a complete waste.

So the moral of the story is that, while it is important to make sure that you get enough nutrients, it is also important that you get your nutrients in the right proportion to each other. The best way to make sure of this, as far as I know, is to select a carefully-blended supplement which covers all of the relevant essential and non-essential nutrients. It’s either that or else carefully tailor your diet to consistently provide you with enough vitamins, minerals, non-essential nutrients, and trace minerals. Frankly, I think we all have better things to do with our time.