Dr. Walter Bortz Explains How to Get to 100 with Your Faculties Intact

As a scientist with a heavy research background in nutritional biochemistry I bring a very austere perspective.

After all the hoopla has been shouted, vitamins are specific chemicals which act only as catalysts in metabolism. Catalysts serve as facilitators, and are not used up as we breakdown our food. They are thereby regenerated, so that only very small., milligram, amounts are necessary for our engine to run. Kind of like engine oil versus gasoline. Vitamins allow the valves to combust, but are not consumed in the process.

Therefore, the average American diet already contains a surplus of the essential vitamins and minerals, and consuming more is silly, expensive, and possibly dangerous.

So, essentially, we're wasting our money and should invest our time and effort into making real changes - like in exercise and mindful eating?

Collectively, we want to go to the store and buy health in a bottle. No way.

Got it. Anything you'd like to add, that we haven't covered so far, Walter?

All set.

You've given me a lot to think about.Thanks for talking with me, Walter. It's been a pleasure.

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Dr. Bortz's website

Thank you to Dorothy Fadiman for suggesting this interview.

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