21/01/2020
A really informative post below 👇🏼
What nutritionist is talking about here is a big part of why I talk about ‘real food’. It is paramount to any factory produced product despite the clever marketing that promotes those products.
Highly processed breakfast cereals fortified with synthetic vitamins or money-driven companies promoting shakes and powders purportedly containing amazing health-giving vitamins and minerals simply aren’t what they say they are.
NOTHING can replace the nutrition you get from real food. Your body is designed to gain all it needs from real food. It cannot thrive on synthetically produced vitamins hidden in highly processed, high sugar food products.
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Every week I seem to learn something new that infuriates me. For example; did you know that most vitamin B1 supplements are made from derivatives of coal tar? That you can actually extract iron from iron fortified foods with a magnet? That ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is made by reacting high fructose corn syrup with sulfuric acid?
In today’s blog post ‘How To Eat Your Vitamins Through Food’ (link in bio) i’m sharing specific foods that will deliver a wide range of vitamins and minerals as well as some of my favourite food based supplements. Here’s a snapshot 👇🏻
VITAMIN D
Lard is incredibly Vitamin D rich (as long as the pigs are healthy and have had lots of sunlight) 1 tsp contains 500IU of Vitamin D! Sardines, wild salmon and egg yolks from pastured chickens are another great source.
B VITAMINS
You cannot get B12 from plant-based sources. This vitamin is only found in animal products. Some people say that it’s possible to get B12 from plant sources like: seaweed, spirulina, fermented soy and brewers yeast. However, these sources actually contain B12 analogs (cobamides) that block the intake of and increase the need for true B12.
VITAMIN A
Interestingly you won’t get vitamin A from sweet potatoes or carrots, since the conversion of beta carotene to the usable form of vitamin A is virtually insignificant. Cod liver oil + organic liver is the best source of vitamin A with its cofactors.
FOLATE
Is an important nutrient for pregnant women as it helps the development of the nervous system and to avoid birth defects in babies. Unfortunately, many women are recommended folic acid (the synthetic version of folate) which isn’t well absorbed and can be problematic. There are many folate rich foods, for example; one cup of cooked lentils contains 358mcg of folate = 90% of the RDI. Liver is also a rich source, the amount will vary depending on the type, but it’s estimated to be roughly 290ug per 100g = 73% of the RDI.
