Not getting enough vitamins and minerals can have long-term consequences, even in the absence of acute deficiency symptoms.

“So, Bruce, why don't we start there? Why don't you tell us about the epiphany that led you into nutrition and, ultimately, to come up with the triage theory.”

“And they both have the system for rationing so that, for example, in vitamin K, the clotting proteins get it first, and only after they're satisfied do you prevent calcification of the arteries or prevent cancer or prevent bone fractures.”

“I think most people need to realize that, you know, just because they're not walking around with acute deficiencies doesn't mean they're getting enough of their micronutrients.”

“so Bruce thinks that there is is a strategic rationing of vitamins and minerals in the body such that the proteins and enzymes that require vitamins and minerals as a co-actor to function which are essential for short-term survival which are required to make sure you live long enough to pass on your genes those vitam those enzymes and proteins will get the micronutrients before other proteins and enzymes in the body which also require micronutrients but are not essential for short-term survival they're more important to prevent diseases of Aging for example those proteins and enzymes will not get the micronutrients if you don't have enough of them”