Dr. David Orman

Let’s dive into something mind-blowing:

Nutrition as we know it… is barely scratching the surface.

You already know real food trumps synthetic supplements — that’s obvious.

But even the most health-conscious among us rarely grasp just how deep the story goes.

For example:

• Creatine synthesis needs B6, B9, and B12.
• But B9 doesn’t even work without B12.
• Choline can reduce your need for both.
• High zinc blocks copper absorption. Too much copper? It blocks zinc.
• Magnesium and B6 team up to keep the system alive and humming.

And that’s just a few highlights. The real dance of nutrients is infinitely more intricate.

Here’s where it gets wild:

Scientists just discovered that 99% of what’s in our food is invisible to us.

They’re calling it nutritional dark matter.

Right now, we only recognize about 150 nutrients — proteins, vitamins, minerals.

But real food? It contains over 26,000 distinct biochemicals.
Meaning the nutrition labels we trust only capture about 0.5% of what’s truly there.

The other 99.5%?

Still a total mystery.

Yet your body — this masterpiece of millions of years of evolution — knows exactly how to navigate it.

It doesn’t just need nutrients.
It needs nutrients working together, in perfect ratios, in ways science can barely understand.

For instance:

• Liver doesn’t just deliver Vitamin A — it delivers retinol, the most usable form, along with the cofactors that make it work.
• The iron from liver? It’s heme iron, absorbed up to 35% better than synthetic forms — and it shows up with the B vitamins and copper your body needs to actually use it.

This is the deep intelligence of nature.

Real food isn’t just ingredients.
It’s a symphony. A living matrix of forces working together in perfect, silent harmony.

You can’t fake it in a lab.

You can’t hack it with isolated pills.

You can only honor it — and feed your body the way it was meant to be fed.

Because when you give your body the full blueprint nature intended…

It doesn’t just survive.
It remembers how to thrive.