Reader David Lu used the website's "Contact Me" on 2021-11-26 to inquire:

"You have to eat health food every day to supplement your body's shortcomings? Please thank you if it is reasonable."

I clicked the link he sent and saw an article published on the Heho website on April 30, 2021, the necessity of health food? Research: Modern diet cannot provide enough vitamins and minerals for humans! .

This article is an advertisement for a book called "The Truth of Health Food", and it says that the "recommendation reason" is: [The author of this book is a doctor of natural medicine and is also an internationally renowned health expert. In the book, 30 Years of clinical and research experience sharing, ……. 】

First of all, when you see the title of the book "The Truth of Health Food", do you think this book is about asking everyone not to take health care products? However, this is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

This wolf cunningly quoted the 2005 American Dietary Guidelines: "Health foods can only be used as a substitute for supplementing specific nutrients to develop specific effects. Health foods will never replace healthy diets."

I say it is cunning because its next chapter is "Because of soil conservation and food processing, food is no longer enough to provide enough nutrients for humans! 〉, and in this way, it cleverly transforms what the dietary guide says, "health foods can never replace healthy diets" into "everyone needs health care products."

In fact, what is the current food I posted three months ago is less nutritious? Oligo coating technology, some say that health care products manufacturers will use the right to scare the public with the words "because the soil is intrinsic, modern food is less nutritious." However, I also quoted Dr. Robin Marles, a senior scientific consultant from the Canadian Department of Health, in 2017, Mineral nutrient composition of vegetables, fruits and grains: The context of reports of apparent historical declines, and one of its conclusions is that the sound of crop nutritional decline due to soil mineral depletion is not based on the claim.

The Truth of Health Foods The original author of this book is Brian Clement, and his is indeed "Famous Famous" as Heho said, but it's a pity that he is not "30 years of clinical and research experience" as Heho said, because Brian Clement has never published any articles in regular medical journals. In fact, he was positioned as Quack by regular medicine, and the definition of Quack is A fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill. Please see:

Brian Clement claims Hippocrates treatments “reverse” multiple sclerosis (Brian Clement sounds called Hippocrates treatment “reversed”polydehydes)

Florida strikes out against Brian Clement (Brian Clement strike out)

Florida tells Brian Clement to stop practicing medicine Clement stops medical treatment)

Cancer Quackery Costs Lives(Cancer Quackery Costs Lives)

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Heho The next section of this article is "Research points out that adults should take a comprehensive vitamin supplement every day", and the article it quotes is Vitamins for chronic disease prevention in adults: clinical applications, published in 2002 in the American Medical Association journal JAMA.

Heho said that one of the conclusions of this article is that "all adults should take a comprehensive vitamin supplement every day", but I read the entire article and I just didn't see such a conclusion. If there is anything that is slightly closer, it may be this sentence: Pending strong evidence of effectiveness from randomized trials, it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements (After a strong evidence of effectiveness from randomized trials, it seems prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements).

Please note that the key to this conclusion is "a strong evidence to be proven for random trials", but Heho does not know, or lets the readers know.

No matter what, since Heho quoted the 2002 article from the Journal of the American Medical Association, we will look at what the 2018 article from the Journal of the American Medical Association said.

The title of this article is Given Their Potential for Harm, It’s Time to Focus on the Safety of Supplements (because of their potential harm, it should be paid attention to the safety of supplements). Its conclusion is: "Everything we do for health must be ruling between the benefits and the harm. As far as supplements are concerned, the benefits seem small or even non-existent to many, if not most. On the other hand, the potential harm of supplements is real and has Recorded. As a result, it is difficult to understand why replenishing agents are being used more and more. Doctors may need to work harder than in the past to eliminate this phenomenon. ”

Note: Readers who are interested in understanding the full text, please see the American Medical Association: It is time to pay attention to the harm of replenishing agents. In addition, regarding the potential harm of supplements, please see the replenishment folding false problem. As for "as far as supplements are concerned, the benefits seem small or even non-existent", please see the most expensive urine in the world.

Original text: The truth of "The Truth of Health Food"