I’m no expert by any means, but my general feeling is that most people today don’t get everything they need. Especially if they eat whatever they want. We’re not optimized to want what’s best for us in today’s world. For example, we want fatty foods and in today’s environment such foods are over-available. Maybe someone with more knowledge can point to information on the subject.
However, I have always assumed (with no real knowledge one way or the other except for the fact that our bodies are complicated kludges) that being deficient in some nutrients can not only cause identifiable health problems, but can also cause other things that you may not want.
As an example, say that being deficient in Vitamin X ended up knocking 10 points off what your IQ could have been potentially. How would you know?
Being a non-expert in the field, and taking all the things you’ve talked about, leads me to take dietary supplements. (A multivitamin that at the moment I can’t recall what it contains and a Vitamin D capsule daily) They are inexpensive (obscenely inexpensive if you’re well-off), and as far as I can tell do no harm if I don’t need them.
I’m no expert by any means, but my general feeling is that most people today don’t get everything they need. Especially if they eat whatever they want. We’re not optimized to want what’s best for us in today’s world. For example, we want fatty foods and in today’s environment such foods are over-available. Maybe someone with more knowledge can point to information on the subject.
However, I have always assumed (with no real knowledge one way or the other except for the fact that our bodies are complicated kludges) that being deficient in some nutrients can not only cause identifiable health problems, but can also cause other things that you may not want.
As an example, say that being deficient in Vitamin X ended up knocking 10 points off what your IQ could have been potentially. How would you know?
Being a non-expert in the field, and taking all the things you’ve talked about, leads me to take dietary supplements. (A multivitamin that at the moment I can’t recall what it contains and a Vitamin D capsule daily) They are inexpensive (obscenely inexpensive if you’re well-off), and as far as I can tell do no harm if I don’t need them.