| If you take a trip around the world, one of the first | | | | Hereditary/Genes ... As a result of evolution and |
| things you'll notice is how vastly food varies from | | | | socialization, our genetic profiles differ. Depending upon |
| culture to culture. Each culture's menu is a poem that | | | | your origin, there will be differences in physical as well |
| has been writing itself since the beginning of that | | | | as biological characteristics.Age ... Our bodies require |
| society. | | | | different types and amounts of nutrients as we |
| Over thousands of years, people in different parts of | | | | progress from infant to senior. Long chain omega 3 |
| the world have developed specific dietary needs as | | | | fatty acids, Calcium and Vitamin D are just a few of |
| an adaptation mechanism due to climate, geography, | | | | the additional nutrients seniors require. |
| vegetation, animals and other naturally occurring food | | | | Geography ... For instance, if you live in NYC with |
| supplies. | | | | pollution, noise and stress, you may need more |
| Which takes us to the here and now.Though many of | | | | antioxidants, adrenal support nutrients and B vitamins to |
| us are American, we all have ancestral diets that are | | | | counteract that lifestyle. If you live in Alaska or the |
| far older than this country. Let's take into account that | | | | Northern parts of Europe and Asia, you may need |
| many of us are several ancestries rolled into one. Our | | | | more Omega 3 long chain fatty acids and more lutein |
| bodies today have many of the same nutritional | | | | because of the blinding winter sun and the long periods |
| requirements that our ancestors' bodies did centuries | | | | of darkness, which often causes |
| ago, though we most likely eat nothing like our | | | | depression.Personality Type ... Believe it or not, Type A |
| ancestors.This may explain why there are so many | | | | personalities need more adrenal support nutrients such |
| contradictions in the nutrition world. Why the same | | | | as tyrosine and vitamin B's more than Type B |
| nutritional protocol that enables one person to lead a | | | | personalities.Vocation ... What we do for a living will |
| healthy, robust life can be a medical disaster for | | | | have an effect on the nutrients our body needs to |
| another. Why your co-worker can eat steak virtually | | | | stay healthy. An office worker may require more |
| every day and not have high cholesterol while just a | | | | vitamin D because of decreased sun light than a |
| few ounces a week can send yours through the | | | | person that is outside directing traffic all day. Both will |
| roof.The answer is as simple as it is complicated: we | | | | require additional antioxidants due to the poor quality of |
| are all crafted differently based on our hereditary | | | | air they both breathe.Based on the fast and polluted |
| influences. Because we are all scattered pieces of the | | | | life we live today, it's highly unlikely that we're getting all |
| world, we are each as biochemically unique as a | | | | the nutrients that we need to satisfy our genetic |
| thumbprint. Our bodies utilize foods and nutrients very | | | | codes let alone furnish our bodies with all the micro |
| differently based on these factors: | | | | and macro nutrients required for good health. |