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It's becoming common for frustrated supplement (mis)users to condemn them, it's a cheap way to find peace of mind in the decision to discontinue them altogether with the belief that the solution is to rely solely on diet. It's rejecting one of the few aspects that have improved in nutrition: the possibility to obtain specific substances without having to deal with the unwanted rest.
People's malnutrition is usually not of dietary origin, if you compare the diet of a health-conscious person attempting to recover to someone that's not, it's likely that the former is more nourishing. It may be argued that the issue stems from poor choices not guided by intuition, yet we find that it gets worse when the afflicted person relaxes, whereas we know many people that do fine on diets that appear inadequate, indicating that targeting the diet is probably a bad idea, there's something else being draining that has to be addressed.
If this inefficiency is not taken care of with supplements, the consequence depends on whether the person is respecting cravings or not, but it will likely lead to overeating or forcing the metabolic rate to drop to conserve nutrients. The cravings start to degrade and the standards will decrease according to the degree of desperation to obtain what's missing. It's related to the recommendation to not buy your groceries when hungry. It's also moving towards binge-eating because you can expect stupid choices, the person might feel guilty about them once satiated and try to resist on the next times, initiating a problematic cycle. It may end up transfering the harmless attempt to get the situation under control with supplements to the harmful tricking of food selection, viewing foods as tools now that supplements have to be avoided.
Overeating and the questionable choices might create new problems with time. It's possible for the depletion to occurs faster than repletion in spite of what the person decides to eat, Raj's 'protective inhibition' will kick in and the effort in recovering from an imbalance is much greater without supplements. What could be solved within minutes may take days, in the meantime one disturbance creating another as well.
Extraordinary and specific needs are better addressed with supplementation. Requiring less supplements can serve as a sign that the condition is improving.
People's malnutrition is usually not of dietary origin, if you compare the diet of a health-conscious person attempting to recover to someone that's not, it's likely that the former is more nourishing. It may be argued that the issue stems from poor choices not guided by intuition, yet we find that it gets worse when the afflicted person relaxes, whereas we know many people that do fine on diets that appear inadequate, indicating that targeting the diet is probably a bad idea, there's something else being draining that has to be addressed.
If this inefficiency is not taken care of with supplements, the consequence depends on whether the person is respecting cravings or not, but it will likely lead to overeating or forcing the metabolic rate to drop to conserve nutrients. The cravings start to degrade and the standards will decrease according to the degree of desperation to obtain what's missing. It's related to the recommendation to not buy your groceries when hungry. It's also moving towards binge-eating because you can expect stupid choices, the person might feel guilty about them once satiated and try to resist on the next times, initiating a problematic cycle. It may end up transfering the harmless attempt to get the situation under control with supplements to the harmful tricking of food selection, viewing foods as tools now that supplements have to be avoided.
Overeating and the questionable choices might create new problems with time. It's possible for the depletion to occurs faster than repletion in spite of what the person decides to eat, Raj's 'protective inhibition' will kick in and the effort in recovering from an imbalance is much greater without supplements. What could be solved within minutes may take days, in the meantime one disturbance creating another as well.
Extraordinary and specific needs are better addressed with supplementation. Requiring less supplements can serve as a sign that the condition is improving.