NUTRI-FACTS

Nutritional experts and medical professionals all agree: an adequate supply of micronutrients to the body is essential to our health. A lack of micronutrients can contribute to the development of diseases. Requirements of micronutrients vary from one individual to another and depend largely on age, gender, physical condition and lifestyle, make it extremely difficult to establish “ideal” amounts of intake. As the relationships between micronutrients, health and disease are very complex, it is equally difficult to find evidence from scientific studies about benefits conferred by single micronutrients, for example to reduce the risk of developing conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, which depend on several factors (see also Principles – The complexity of micronutrient research).