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There used to be more questions and answers on these pages - such as regarding trace element supplements, the difference between "early onset" and "late onset" diseases, and general effectiveness of this natural nutritional routine. However, due to their importance, I've given them their own pages (see left side bar). Meanwhile, all questions are most welcome, and I'll answer them to the best of my ability. | |
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A recurrent question is whether cooked or canned seafood is a valid source of the 72(+?) nutritional trace elements (also commonly called 'minerals', or 'trace minerals').
Yes, and absolutely. And while fresh seafood is always best for its vitamins and enzymes, nothing we can do in the kitchen will harm or degrade the trace elements. It does not matter whether we cook, fry, sautee, boil, barbecue, steam, poach, pickle, can, or 'nuke' them in the microwave. It does not matter.
Neither does it matter, as far as the trace elements are concerned, whether seafood is fresh, frozen, canned, dried, smoked or reconstituted. Like all the elements of the Earth, the trace elements were fused in the nuclear crucible of stars, and only another nuclear event can degrade or undo them. So, unless you are Superman or Superwoman and cook your food in a nuclear furnace, any kind of preparation does not harm the trace elements one bit.
The epithelial cells in the lining of our stomach and gut are replaced constantly at a rate of about 70 billion in 24 hours. Our red blood cells last for about 15 days. Consequently, our bodies make about 2 billion new red blood cells in every 24 hour period. Our skin cells last about 10 days, before they are replaced by new ones from below. And the average protein in our bodies lasts about 100 days before it is replaced with a new protein. This is chief reason why the full benefits of this simple dietary routine will not be fully apparent until after about 3 months. This constant renewal of our personal substance requires the full amount of trace elements - see "Zinc Fingers" in REFERENCES for the reasons why. Since our bodies do not retain trace elements (before our modern trace element deficient agriculture arrived it was never necessary, and hence, this capacity has not evolved in us) we have to have a daily dose of the trace elements to stay healthy and well -- as well as astonishingly youthful -- and to live to ripe old age in perfect physical and mental health. It has to be on a daily basis, or it does not work.
The daily 4 to 6 oz. of seafood mentioned is the minimum required amount - for small to average people respectively - and the more the better. But it does not have to be all in one meal. Actually, it is far better for our bodies to spread our daily dose of seafood over several meals. If every meal or snack contains some seafood it can be used to full and best advantage by our bodies. So, and although this is not absolutely necessary, be inventive and find ways of including a bit of seafood into as many meals and snacks as possible. Your body will thank you for it, and your health will be the better for it.
Some folks have asked for some recipes for seafood. However, and since the availability of seafood - and personal tastes - vary greatly, the very best thing to do is to obtain one or two of the hundreds of available recipe books for seafood, or just go to any of the hundreds of recipe web sites on the 'Web.
And be adventurous. There are many ethnic books on the preparation of seafood - Western, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian (a fine cuisine!), asf. - which open up a whole kaleidoscope of very delicious and delightful ways of including "something from the sea every day" in your nutrition.
Currently, and due to the traditional and long standing disregard of the great majority of the trace elements by our sciences, the focus of mainstream biomedical sciences is still upon the Omega-3 fatty acids in seafood. However, and while the Omega-3 fatty acids are crucially vital to the health of our mental and nervous systems, an Omega-3 fatty acid supplement does not eliminate the wide range of diseases mentioned here, whereas a daily serving of seafood, or a daily dose of a 72+ trace element supplement does eliminate many, many diseases. This makes the complete natural range of the 72+ trace elements the major factor in the elimination and prevention of most late onset diseases. And unlike supplements, the daily seafood routine provides both the Omega-3 fatty acids as well as the 72+ trace elements.
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All comments are most welcome, and I'll gladly answer any questions you may have. pweis@shaw.ca
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