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potassium, magnesium, etc. (dairy & salty foods for example) taste good to

us, and things containing a lot of iron, copper, zinc, etc. don’t.

Bear with me here…

Vitamins are organic. Some are water-soluble and others are fat-

soluble. The fat-soluble ones are absorbed and stored with fat, as a result
deficiencies or surpluses (overdoses) can build over time. The water-soluble

ones are absorbed with water and very hard to overdose on. They will be

passed through the body in your urine as opposed to store in fat (which is why
you probably haven’t heard of people getting sick from super-dosing vitamin

C when they catch a cold). The flip side of this is that they need to be
consumed daily.

Phytochemicals (whose name comes from the ancient Greek phuto, or

plant) are nutrients that only occur in plants. Phytochemicals are one of the
main reasons that eating fruits and vegetables is good for us.

For instance, phytochemicals have been shown to:

• offer DNA protection against free radicals;

• protect against cancer;

• decrease the risk of heart disease; and

• reduce overall mortality.

Zoochemicals (from the Greek zoion, or animal) are nutrients found

only in animal products, such as CLA (a fatty acid), creatine, and carnosine.
Zoochemicals have been shown to:

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