Supplement Deplete - The Herbs Place

How Do We Deplete Our Nutrients?

Below is a list of various nutrients and the corresponding substance(s) that deplete the specific nutrient from your body. The list doesn’t mention that these nutrients are for the most part water-soluble meaning that every day they need to be replaced to keep a sufficient amount of nutrients for us to survive.

Is it any wonder that after we indulge in certain foods, drinks, and drugs, that needed nutrients are depleted to such a sufficient amount that our body systems become compromised.

B COMPLEX VITAMINS
B1 – cooking, caffeine, alcohol, estrogen, sugar, sulfa drugs and food processing
B2 – ultraviolet light, estrogen, sugar, sulfa drugs and alcohol
Niacin (B3) – sulfa drugs, sleeping pills, estrogen and sugar
Pantothenic Acid (B5) – canning, caffeine, sulfa drugs, sleeping pills, estrogen, alcohol and sugar
B6 – canning, roasting, long food storage, stewing of meat, alcohol, estrogen
Folic Acid – heat, light, unprotected storage at room temperature, sulfa drugs, estrogen and boiling foods
B15 – sunlight
Biotin – raw egg whites, sulfa drugs, antibiotics, estrogen and alcohol
Choline – sulfa drugs, estrogen, food processing, alcohol
Inositol – caffeine, coffee, sulfa drugs, estrogen, food poisoning and alcohol
PABA – sulfa drugs, food processing, alcohol and estrogen

VITAMINS
C – stress, smoking, high fever, aspirin, pain killers, cooking, heat, light, alcohol
D – smog and mineral oil
E – heat, oxygen, freezing temperatures, inorganic iron, chlorine, mineral oil and frying
Essential Fatty Acids – saturated fats and heat
K – coumadin or blood thinners
Bioflavonoids – boiling, cooking, heat, light and smoking
U – heat

MINERALS
Calcium – large quantities of fat, oxalic acid, phytic acid
Chromium – sugar, refined carbohydrates, refined foods and junk foods
Cobalt – acids, alkalies, sunlight, alcohol, estrogen, sleeping pills
Copper – too much zinc
Fluorine – aluminum salts of fluoride
Iodine – iodine poor soil, food processing
Iron – phosphate food additives, E.D.T.A. (a food preservative and chelating agent). tannic acid in tea and coffee
Magnesium – alcohol, diuretics, sugar, refined flour, protein, food processing
Manganese – large phosphorous and calcium intake, milk and meat eating
Molybdenum – refined foods
Phosphorus – too much aluminum, magnesium and iron
Potassium – alcohol, coffee, sugar, diuretics and refined foods
Selenium – food processing, high fat foods, infection, injury stress, blood loss, old age
Sodium – vomiting, diarrhea, sweating for fevers, heat or exercise
Sulfur – none known
Vanadium – none known
Zinc – food processing, nutrient poor soil, old age, contraceptives and alcohol