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Health, in general
Prescription Drugs Deplete Vital Nutrients And Vitamins
Most American would benefit from taking nutritional supplements
Those who take prescription drugs have a particular need for learning more about nutrient depletion so that they can counteract it.
Armed with this knowledge, people can then act to protect their health by modifying their diets and taking supplements.
Drug-induced nutrient deficiencies are not the only source of people's medical problems. Many people have high stress, pollution, poor diets and other negative influences on their health. However, when individuals take medications that create an additional nutrient depletion, it clearly becomes the proverbial "straw that breaks the camel's back."
For instance, a person suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease is likely to be deficient in coenzyme Q10, folic acid and magnesium.
Unfortunately, the drugs commonly prescribed for cardiovascular disease and hypertension tend to deplete those very nutrients. Some of the side effects of those drugs may in fact stem from drug-induced nutrient deficiencies. To compound the irony, chances are that if the patient had been taking CoQ10, folic acid and magnesium, there may not have been a need for these dangerous drugs. Thus, millions of people develop serious disorders in which nutrient deficiencies play a significant role.
60 mg. of vitamin C will do nothing
A Swedish study revealed that the USDA RDA of 60 mg. of vitamin C will do nothing to help iron absorption. Two medical researchers found that the minimum amount of vitamin C required to help in the process of absorbing iron is between 200 mg. and 500 mg. at each meal.
Prescription medications deplete the body of essential nutrients.
Many commonly prescribed medications may actually deplete your body of essential nutrients needed to treat the condition you are taking the medication to address. For example, beta blockers used to treat hypertension, angina, and arrhythmia, deplete the body of coenzyme Q10, which according to numerous scientific research (most recently in the March 1999 Journal of Human Hypertension), is actually part of the protocol to treat such conditions.