“In both Western and Asian cultures, meat has become, for many people, little more than a rather expensive garnish or flavoring, for a diet in which most of the calories are derived from grain, sugar, and vegetable oils. Moreover, it is so thoroughly cooked – partly to develop flavors, partly to prevent food poisoning – that its contribution of ascorbic acid to the diet is negligible, and not even listed in most food tables. But in the Eskimo culture, the quantities of meat and fish eaten are of a different order; moreover, the cooking, if any, is so mild that the vitamin C contributed is considerable, even though the average concentration is relatively low. [...] Eskimos have been reported to eat the livers of both seals and caribou raw, and even a few ounces of such organ meat would satisfy a day’s requirement for the vitamin.”

U.S.-sold supplements come mostly from Chinese companies like …

Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering & Metallurgy, Changshu Roe Chemical Co., Chengdu Cross River Commercial & Trade Co., Dongda Chemical, Hefei Petrochem Trading Co., Qingdao Sun Chemical Corp., Shaanxi Kangyuan Chemical Co., Shaanxi Tianwei Biological Products Co., Shangdong Medicines & Chemical Products, Shanghai Aino Chemical Corp., Sino Chem Liaoning Corp., Sino Steel Group Anshan Research Institute of Thermo-Energy, Sjz Sinca Foods Co., Terio Corp., Tianjin Huayang Ly Pharmaceutical Co., Wuhan Kaidi Fine Chemical Industrial Co., Wuhan Yuancheng Tech Deve Co., Wuzhou Chemical International Trading Co., Xi’an Bluesky Biological Engineering Co., Yixing Jiangshan Chemical, Zhe Jiang Garden Biochemical High-Tech Stock Co., Zhejiang New Donghai Pharm & Chem Co., etc., etc., etc.

Welcome to the world of global trade agreements.

Yes. No. Maybe.

YES / They are a health menace.

Phytic acid and its salts (phytates) can block protein, starch, enzyme, and mineral absorption.

NO / They are not a health menace.

Supplement companies extract “harmful” phytic acid from food and sell it back to you at exorbitant prices using a more “scientific” name …

IP-6 (inositol hexakisphosphate).

Using the sleight of hand of a mere change of name, phytic acid suddenly becomes a cure for …

1) cancer
2) heart disease
3) diabetes
4) high blood pressure
5) high cholesterol
6) cardiovascular calcification
7) inflammation
8) anemia
9) kidney stones
10) heavy metal toxicity (esp. uranium)
11) ) aging
12) etc.

IP-6 acts as an antinutrient to block the pro-aging effects of catabolic macro-minerals (e.g., calcium, magnesium, copper, manganese, silicon, sulfur, etc.) and catabolic trace minerals (e.g., vanadium, germanium, silver, gold, selenium, etc.) in the body.

Pro-aging macro-minerals and micro-minerals can be converted into anti-aging or neutral agents by combining them into …

1) salts,
2) subsalts,
3) supersalts,
4) oxides,
5) hydrides,
6) layers,
7) clusters
8) etc.

MAYBE / Phytates can be regulated by our internal (endogenous) and external (exogenous) …

1) chemical environment,
2) probiotic environment,
3) electronic environment,
4) magnetic environment,
5) phosphorescent (phosphorus and magnesium-ATP) environment,
6) circadian environment,
7) sonic frequency environment.
8) etc.