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Jodiat
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One day I think there will be a computer that can run many quick tests by scanning blood or sweat and instantly tell you levels of vitamins, minerals, blood sugar and fat levels. Telling you how to correct aswell. Have I been watching too much Ironman???
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Hmm, thats tricky.
Every condition comes with specific body responses, and that includes 'normal' daily conditions such as dealing with a small invasion of a virus.
An example:
When sick, the body often reduces the levels of iron and other pro-oxidative metals,
so that more antioxidants have their hands free to attack whatever needs to be attacked.
The computer might interpret this as a lack of iron (as many Drs do),
and increases the level of iron, which would be totally counterproductive.
The body is an extremely complex organism, and we still simply know too little about its responses to conditions.
And its us who have to set the input of that computer...

So, not safe at all...
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Post by Oscar »

I agree. We are already too arrogant in our thinking patterns, thinking that we know better than our body does.
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