Footsteps in the snow

The snow has lasted and lasted, confusing every creature – especially our cat ..

She has rushed outside into the garden, a world of white, cold, softness that no longer resembled her familiar territory. Then she has quickly returned, bounding at thrice the pace, back into the warm house and curling tightly up into a ball to warm herself up again. After this, she has simply eaten and eaten and eaten .. would she ever be satisfied? The cold seemingly makes every creature and every person require more and more food to stave off the bitter cold!

The frog

The sun has shone on the first day of the year. The lawn however is sodden. It squelches under foot and everywhere is muddy. Despite the cold, the Golden Tench were moving at the bottom of the pond where they were joined by a solitary frog. All were too far down under the water to get a good picture so here is a fun one instead ..

Essential for life – 90 plus nutrients our bodies require to remain healthy

Since the early stuttering of man’s realisation that nutrition and the quality of food is the main ingredient to good health we are slowly beginning to learn the vital importance of everything that we put into our bodies. This is a slow and often painful path to gain true knowledge. Indeed there are many who have laid down the gauntlet many years ago without effort, care, knowledge, tests or experiments and sadly even in our wisdom we are still following their dictations.

Mans’ beliefs regarding essential nutrients at the moment:

Essential Vitamin List

Vitamin A (Retinol)

Vitamin B1(Thiamine)

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

Vitamin B4 (Choline)

Vitamin B5(Pantothenic Acid)

Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)

Vitamin B7 (Biotin)

Vitamin B8 (Inositol)

Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid)

Vitamin B10 (PABA or Para-AminoBenzoic Acid)

Vitamin B11 (PHGA or Pteryl-Hepta-Glutamic Acid)

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

Vitamin C (Ascorbinogen)

Vitamin C (Rutin used by blood vessels)

Vitamin C (Tyrosinase is required for strengthening the effectiveness of white blood cells)

Vitamin C (Factor J used for the oxygen carrying capacity of the red blood cells)

Vitamin C (Factor K)Vitamin C (Factor P required for the strength of the blood vessels)

Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol – found in plants)

Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol – found in animals)

Vitamin E (Alpha-tocopherol)

Vitamin F (Essential Fatty Acids Omega 3 and Omega 6 – Omega 9, is usually listed separately)

Vitamin G (Also referred to as Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin)

Vitamin H (Also referred to as Vitamin B7 or Biotin or Vitamin I)

Vitamin I (Also is occasionally referred to as B7 or Biotin or Vitamin H)

Vitamin K1 (Phylloquinone)

Vitamin K2 (Menaquinone)

Vitamin L (Lysine)

Vitamin M (Also known as Vitamin B9 or Folic Acid)

Vitamin P (Bioflavonoids and Flavonoids – usually occur in the same foods as Vitamin C)

 

Essential Mineral List

Aluminium
Arsenic
Barium
Beryllium
Boron
Bromine
Carbon
Calcium
Cerium
Caesium
Chloride
Chromium
Cobalt
Copper
Dysprosium
Erbium
Europium
Gadolinium
Gallium
Germanium
Gold
Hafnium
Holmium
Hydrogen
Iodine
Iron
Lanthanum
Lithium
Lutetium
Magnesium
Manganese
Molybdenum
Neodymium
Niobium
Nickel
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Phosphorus
Potassium
Praseodymium
Rhenium
Rubidium
Samarium
Scandium
Selenium
Sodium
Strontium
Sulphur
Silica
Silver
Tantalum
Terbium
Thulium
Tin
Titanium
Vanadium
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium

 

Essential Amino Acid List

Valine

Lysine

Threonine

Leucine

Isoleucine

Tryptophan

Phenylalanine

Methionine

Histidine

Arginine

Taurine

Tyrosine

 

Comments:

Although these nutrients are found in the body, it is not known for definite the exact requirement needed to support good health. Many will be in such minute portions that they may not ever, at least by current means, be totally measurable. Others are totally guess work. What is apparent is that most are best obtained through the ingestion and digestion of food and we must aim to make our foods far more nutritious. Perhaps the way forward would be to grow food on well prepared, naturally fertilized soils using a combination of animal manure and compost ..