Knee Replacement Surgery - Vitamins and Nutrients For Healing Part 2

When I learned I was going to be having kneerecommended intake level of 60 mg. Dr. Cheraskin's
replacement surgery I started taking a more intensetwenty year long research into optimum nutrient
interest in my current health and what I could do tolevels would confirm similar discrepancies in the daily
assist my own recovery from surgery. In theintake for virtually every one of the identified
following article, I report on some of what I found.essential nutrients currently listed by the FDA.
Most people in North America are living in a state ofBased on his studies of healthy people, Dr. Cheraskin
chronic nutritional depletion. That is, we are receivinghas released the following list of daily dosages for 30
less than optimum amounts of at least someessential nutrients.
nutrients, many of which are necessary for healing.Vitamin A 12,500 to 25,000 IU
Dr. Emanuel Cheraskin, who has studied optimumVitamin D 500 to 1,000 IU
levels of nutrients in healthy people for the lastVitamin E (d alpha tocopherol) 300 to 600 IU
twenty years, estimates that only about 5% ofVitamin C 750 to 1,500 mg
adults in the United States could be rated "veryBioflavonoid complex 400 to 800 mg
healthy." This is based on his study of the dietaryRutin 50 to 100 mg
and supplementation intake of a group of 1405Hesperidin complex 50 to 100 mg
dentists and their spouses.Folic acid 0.4 to 0.8 mg
By questioning this group on what they ate and whatVitamin B1 (thiamine) 12.5 to 25 mg
supplements they took, as well as what state ofVitamin B2 (riboflavin) 12.5 to 25 mg
health they were in, Dr. Cheraskin was able to gatherNiacin 50 to 100 mg
material for further research. He carried out hundredsVitamin B6 12.5 to 25 mg
of double blind studies over the next twenty yearsVitamin B12 125 to 250 mcg
and by determining the different results achieved byBiotin 75 to 150 mcg
individuals taking various vitamin supplements asCholine 100 to 200 mg
compared to those receiving placebos he tried toInositol 100 to 200 mg
establish the ideal amount of each nutrient for optimalPantothenic acid 100 to 200 mg
health.PABA 50 to 100 mg
In a report he wrote for the International AcademyCalcium 350 to 700 mg
of Science in 2005, entitled "Diet andPhosphorus 100 to 200 mg
Supplementation, Keys to Optimal Health", Dr.Magnesium 175 to 350 mg
Cheraskin identifies two key areas to look at toZinc 25 to 50 mg
achieve high levels of health. One is vitamin andPotassium 90 to 180 mg
mineral supplementation, and the other is daily dietaryIodine 125 to 250 mcg
choices. In this article I want to focus on vitamin andIron 15 to 30 mg
mineral supplementation.Copper 0.1 to 0.2 mg
As he observes in his report, nutritional value is lostManganese 5 to 10 mg
every step of the way in getting food fromSelenium 50 to 100 mcg
"garden-to-gullet." The processing involved, storage,Chromium 50 to 100 mcg
transportation, canning, freezing, cooking...all take theirMolybdenum 50 to 100 mcg
toll what was once fresh food and contribute to theThese are the ranges of daily intake of this group of
deterioration of the foods nutritional value.thirty nutrients that Dr. Cheraskin found in the
At the same time as we are getting diminished foodhealthiest fraction of the group of dentists and
values, our daily lives are robbing our body's stores ofspouse he studied. Since his original work, numerous
the various vitamins and nutrients. Stress, physicalnew studies have provided supporting evidence.
activity, surgery, illness, environmental pollution, aging,A study of identical twins, carried out by Dr. Judy Z.
prescribed medicines, and many other factors depleteMiller found that by providing supplemental Vitamin C,
the body of vitamins and minerals.at five times the RDA level, for five months to one
Trace minerals are an often little considered factor inof the twins, those receiving the extra C grew
our health. There is a demonstrateable relationshipanywhere from ¼" to 1" taller than their
between how soft a municipalities water supply issiblings that weren't supplemented.
and cardiovascular death rates. Doctor Henry A.A survey done by Dr. J. Matsovinovic turned up
Schroeder, from the Dartmouth Medical Schoolevidence of clinical hyperthyroidism in 3% of
Hanover, New Hampshire originally noted theAmerican males and 11% of American females
correlation in statistics kept from 1945 1951. Hisbecause of a lack of iodine.
findings were confirmed in the statistics for 1960 asIt has been estimated that less than 20% of
well. Support for these findings may be found in aAmericans actually achieve the RDA for Vitamin A.
comparison of the concentration of trace minerals inDr. Cheraskin's work indicates that optimum levels of
injured heart tissue as compared with normal tissue.this vitamin may be actually 5 - 7 times higher than
Injured tissue showed a decrease in cobalt, cesium,the 5000 mg the FDA says you need.
zinc, cesium, molybdenum, potassium, phosphorousI encourage you to do additional research on Dr.
and rubidium. At the same time, modern farmingCheraskin and his work. Look for his books in the
practices are reducing the quantity of trace mineralslibrary and search the internet. And in the meantime,
from our food, as the minerals are leached out withif you are preparing to enter the hospital for surgery,
irrigation, and the soil stripped of it's nutrients.start taking a multi-vitamin every morning, and
Studies of the diet of our ancestors that roamed theanother at night. Use the list above, and the label of
earth in Paleolithic times estimate that their averageyour favorite multi, to determine your own optimum
daily intake of vegetative sources of food wouldlevel of supplementation for optimum health. And
have provided them with approximately 390 mg ofdon't forget to look for Part 3 of this article.
Vitamin C a day. Contrast this with the FDA's