Our species is tough, resilient and durable. Human expected average lifespan is about 80 years in most developed countries, with a greater number of centenarians every year. Broadening scientific, biological and health-related knowledge is teaching us that one can find a lot more factors than the easier obvious short-run results of nutrition and stress. There’s also critical (and oftentimes subtle) long term results that should often be considered

For example, there is a generally accepted minimum daily Vitamin C intake necessary to prevent scurvy. Once we thought that this minimum amount was all that anyone needed. Subsequent scientific studies showed us that increased Vitamin C intake had significant health and well-being benefits.

The cycle for getting scurvy is measured in months. The general health cycle for better health from higher daily Vitamin C consumption levels that is measured in years and decades.

There are other, longer-lasting cycles of effects of deprivations of nutrients, antioxidants, phytochemicals, probiotics and others that affect us. Long-term deprivations of these seem to lead to problems usually associated with aging, like diabetes, heart disease, senile dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

On the dark side there are pollutants, toxins, carcinogens and other substances, both known and as-yet-unknown, that have cumulative life-shortening effects on everyone.

Knowing this encourages us to move away from commercial drugs in favor of natural cures .

Understanding this now helps us to better care for our bodies. It helps us with inverse psoriasis and with treating ovarian cyst symptoms effectively.

Our biochemistry is very complex. There are genetic links to more diseases and conditions than we ever suspected just a few years ago. As we continue to decode the complex interrelations of genetics, DNA, biochemistry and causes and effects of what we ingest, we’re finding new remedies to old problems in sometimes unusual places.

Disclaimer: This posting is based on information freely available in the popular press and medical journals that deal with medical matters. Nothing herein is intended to be or should be construed to be medical advice. For medical advice the reader should consult with his or her physician or other medical specialist.

Written by – Jonathan J. Jones

aboutbath.co.uk

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