THINGS EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NUTRIENTS
Added on: 7th Jul 2016
BAKING BANANAS IN THE SUN WILL INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF VITAMIN D THEY CONTAIN
NASA HAS ITS ASTRONAUTS CONSUME CLAY TO
COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS
ON THEIR BONES. THIS IS BECAUSE, DUE TO OTHER
MINERALS IN THE CLAY, THE CALCIUM IS ABSORBED
BY THE BODY MORE READILY THAN CALCIUM ALONE
USING PINE NEEDLES TO BREW TEA HAS SHOWN TO
BE A GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN C (BY THE SOVIETS
DURING THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD). IT HAS ALSO
BEEN SAID TO PREVENT SCURVY
WHEN ACTORS HAVE TO SHOOT A COCAINE SNORTING
SCENE, THEY USUALLY USE LACTOSE POWDER.
IF THEY ARE LACTOSE INTOLERANT, THEY
USE VITAMIN B POWDER
BECAUSE OF ITS EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS OF
VITAMIN A, CONSUMING A POLAR BEAR LIVER WOULD
SURELY KILL YOU. ESKIMOS USUALLY BURY THE
LIVER AFTER A HUNT TO KEEP THEIR DOGS
FROM EATING IT
IN ORDER TO OVERDOSE ON POTASSIUM, YOU WOULD
HAVE TO EAT NEARLY 400 BANANAS IN LESS
THAN 30 SECONDS
STRONTIUM, AN ELEMENT THAT IS RELATED TO
CALCIUM, IS SOMETIMES GIVEN TO HELP
FRACTURES HEAL AND INCREASE BONE DENSITY.
IN FACT, IN SOME CASES IT DOES AN EVEN
BETTER JOB THAN CALCIUM!
BECAUSE IT WAS A VITAMIN, IN THE 1980’S INTRAVENOUS
VITAMIN E WAS SOLD WITHOUT FDA APPROVAL.
AFTER THE DEATHS OF NEARLY 40 BABIES, DR.
CARL J. BODENSTEIN MANAGED TO CONVINCE
CONGRESS THAT THE DRUG WAS HARMFUL IN
SPITE OF BEING THREATENED BY THE DRUG
COMPANY FOR SLANDER
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