Think of trace
nutrients in our foods like copper and magnesium: We need them in tiny amounts to survive, but in excess, copper and magnesium can make us very sick.
They also act as a «nutrient booster» by enabling the body to absorb more fat -
soluble nutrients in foods that are eaten with the fruit.
Vitamin D is a
rare nutrient in food unless you consume a lot of unhealthy foods, like cow's milk, cheese, and other dairy products.
Natural fermentation of foods has also been shown to
preserve nutrients in food and break the food down to a more digestible form.
NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is a molecule that harvests energy
from nutrients in food and converts it into a form cells can use.
Interferes with nutrient absorption: Grains such as rice, wheat, millet contain phytates that bind
with nutrients in food and form chelates.
The holistic health coach and nutritionist says, «There are so many important
nutrients in each food group that our bodies need and it is impossible to get all the nutrients needed from one food group.
«At the time, I was fascinated with reports about efforts to create new bacteria that could break down compounds or genetic engineering studies to make plants that provide all of the
essential nutrients in food and solve malnutrition,» he says.
By mindfully including more Omega - 3 foods in our diet, we can trigger the body to lose unnecessary weight and keep it off, while benefitting from all the other
nutrients in those foods as well.
Further benefit was found in those given egg yolks enriched with essential fatty acids (that is, from foraging chickens eating grass and bugs).4 The cholesterol, fats, choline and other
valuable nutrients in these foods support superior brain development.
Digestive enzymes — they help fight inflammation, as well as help the digestive system break down and more easily absorb the urgently
needed nutrients in the food.
The NPSC score is calculated with the use of the NPSC algorithm by allocating the following points: baseline points for amounts of risk -
associated nutrients in a food (energy, saturated fat, total sugars, and sodium); points that are based on the contents of fruit, vegetables, nuts, and legumes; points that are allocated to a food on the basis of its protein content; and, in the case of category 2 or 3 foods, points that are allocated to a food on the basis of its fiber content.
Pure raw foodists sprout their grains and beans, and dehydrate anything that is normally baked, believing that the low temperature of a dehydrator doesn't kill the
living nutrients in foods.
Aiming to eat kind of rainbow of colors everyday, which again if you are
eating nutrients in food it's going to really help your body work like a well oil machine.
Cells called tanycytes, which are located in the area of the brain that controls energy levels,
detect nutrients in food we have eaten and pass the information directly on to the brain.
Think about your liver, working hard all day for you to regulate your blood sugar levels, metabolize fat, and regulate your protein levels — or the small intestines working hard to absorb the
available nutrients in your food so you have the necessary building blocks for tissue, growth and energy.
There are obviously many factors, such as the rate at which the nutrients are absorbed, and synergies between
different nutrients in the food (a possible explanation for why nitrites are «good» when they from spinach and beets but «evil» in the context of fatty hot dogs).
I could be missing something, but it seems to me that that is what you are doing — ie, blaming some food sensitivities on a
single nutrient in foods.