Are You Getting Enough?

Vitamins and minerals that is!

The average American diet is heavily slewed towards to salt and sugar and lacks a whole host of vitamins and minerals that support basic functions and a healthy weight. With obesity related illnesses as the number one killer in the United States (and many other developed countries) we need to start looking at what we can do to stem the flow for ourselves and the next generation.

One way we can help is to make sure that we are getting sufficient amounts of essential vitamins and minerals in our diet.  The essentials (like B, Calcium, Iron, C, D, and Zinc) should be present in the foods you eat, as long as they don't come in a box or trough a drive-in window.  The rest (like Co-enzyme Q-10, Fish Oil, etc.) will need to be supplemented.  Take a look at this article on Yahoo Health for an overview of what you should be taking for maintenance - performance is another matter all together and I'll post something on that in the near future.