• We are not just living deficient of nature's core nutrients, we are massively short of them and it is getting worse every day as the environment continues to deplete their availability.

• Minerals are not only needed to avoid disease, but at higher rates they will reactivate your immune system's healing power.

• Do not eat foods containing hydrogenated oils (trans fats).  While they give food an indefinite shelf life, they are thought to coat your cells with a sticky layer that stops cells absorbing nutrients

Increasing numbers of people have chosen to eat as Vegetarians or even become Vegans. To do so without understanding the precise way in which trace minerals are created and supplied to us in our food, increases the risk of living deficient of these building block nutrients, and hence losing much of what can be gained.

While our future depends on them and we as parents, become pretty much instantly devoted, it never ceases to amaze that we do this with out the benefit of experience based common sense training.   In the days of the extended family, there were usually more experienced members of the immediate family on hand to offer assistance when help was needed.  This is less and less the case today.  We fear that the reason why this is not offered, is that few have the confidence to even offer help.

Those who have experienced the loss of a close loved one, a relationship breakup, post natal blues or even Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will recall the feeling of exhaustion, feeling absolutely gutted or washed out, perhaps even a loss of enthusiasm for life. All you want to do is sleep, exit your current environment for a quieter place where you might get your self together again.  Yep that is the thing of it, right?

As well as increasing your intake of minerals through supplementing, a few other actions will help you to grow slimmer and younger and live a fuller life.

Avoid junk oils/ spreads
These are often referred to as trans fatty acids, or trans fats, or hydrogenated oils. British newspaper The Guardian recently reported that eating as little as 25gms of these indigestible oils was equivalent to consuming 250gms of butter. That is like a death warrant. Trans fats have been banned in Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, California, New York and Philadelphia. Don't wait; just ban them yourself.

Few men are aware that our environment is heavily polluted with chemicals that mimic estrogen female hormone). Some of the worst called BPA exen- oestrogen / pseud-estrogen (and there are thousands) are excreted from plastic. The next worst source of estrogen pollution comes from un-fermented soya which is now included in nearly all foods and ingredients that are manufactured.

Humans are the guinea pigs in the biggest experiment that history has ever seen. Every day, new chemicals are created and used in our food, cleaners, medicine, personal care products and more. From silicon implants to antibiotics, from anti-perspirants to fly sprays, from genetically modified food ingredients and nano-particles; virtually none of these new chemicals receives appropriate long term testing.

Increasing numbers of people have chosen to eat as Vegetarians or even become Vegans. To do so without understanding the precise way in which trace minerals are created and supplied to us in our food, increases the risk of living deficient of these building block nutrients, and hence losing much of what can be gained.