These comments are made for the purpose of discussion and should NOT be used as recommendations for or against therapies or other treatments. An individual patient is always advised to consult their own physician.
Dietary Supplements
Question: Do you believe in supplementing your regular diet with minerals? I’ve been reading a lot about the general need of minerals to maintain a healthy body, also I’ve read a lot
about taking anti-oxidants as a means of protecting against harmful disease. I would appreciate your thoughts on the subject.
Answer: I’m a bigger fan of anti-oxidants than minerals. There is some evidence that some minerals(like iron) can be pro-oxidants and accelerate heart disease. I think you get plenty of minerals in your diet. I prefer a high vegetable intake to supplements with the exception of Vitamin E. I think we don’t know the true nature and “best” anti-oxidant. But, high vegetable diets have been shown over and over to have beneficial effects. Why mess with success?
