Thiamin, Vitamins and Derrick Lonsdale

[JustinCEO]

Continuing the discussion from Thiamin, Vitamins and Derrick Lonsdale:

@Elliot

And we need to look at medicine more in terms of biochemistry. Our bodies do tons of chemical reactions using catalysts and co-factors, and many of them are very specific and you are really screwed if they don’t work. We know of ~40 essential nutrients meaning if you don’t eat them you die because they are needed in some chemical reaction.

One thing I am concerned about is how effective supplements are for getting some of those nutrients. My diet is a lot better than it used to be, and I get a decent amount of nutrients in my food, and also take some supplements, but I’m almost certainly still not getting enough of some stuff (I’ve never even really tried to track my intake of 40 different nutrients, even though it wouldn’t be that hard given my food logging habits. I’ve paid some selective attention to stuff like magnesium or the B vitamins). Getting everything naturally seems like it’d be pretty hard (though not impossible). I think that supplements might be less good, but I don’t know how much less or whether it’s worth worrying about.