Here’s a sampling of the many supplement pitches I get every week or so.

• Save $100 on my 2 most prescribed products: Somnium & Lymphflo
• Vitamin K2: Beyond Bone and Heart Health
• Melatonin for more than sleep
• Enjoy better energy and cardiovascular health with Nitric Oxide
• New GI-Mood Probiotic
• The perfect protein powder for diabetics
• Get 15% off Elemental Diet products
• Spring Sale on all Diabetes supplements
• Conscious supplements to reduce your toxic load
• And for children: MegaSporeBiotic™in gummy form!

Questions Granted, I’m on more health-related email lists than most, but the deluge of supplement articles does make me wonder:

Is it not possible to experience good health without a raft of supplements?
Was the achievement of vibrant good health put on hold until the 21st century, when humans could finally manufacture the right supplements?
Why don’t other species need supplements to be healthy?

The Four Pillars In all fairness, supplements can be very beneficial for healing certain conditions. Last year, I got a wicked skin rash and supplements were a key part of my healing, IN ADDITION TO those boring elixirs you’ve heard about ad nauseam: a healthy diet, exercise, de-stressing and good sleep.

There is a difference between taking supplements for a period of time for healing vs. taking them as a lifestyle. The reason: Food is a “package deal.”

Package Deals Nutrients in real, whole food are “packaged” in exactly the right combinations to optimize their nutritional benefits. Isolating a single nutrient robs it of the companion nutrients that ensure its best deployment by the body. Even if they can be beneficial to treat a certain condition, relying on isolated nutrients is probably not a sound long-term strategy.

Meanwhile, this was an email subject line that offered much better long-term advice: “How to Heal Your Brain with Food.” And with Meal Making Transformation, it becomes entirely possible to make and eat a healing and health-giving diet, rather than chasing an endless array of supplements, trying to find the right ones for perfect health.