@natureman said in What supplenents should I take as a 16-yo boy:
I would try to stay away from vegetables as much as you can, especially raw, extremely unhealthy and toxic.
This article is oriented towards a warning for certain types of foods (plants and livestock) which are spoiled by toxins (protection of the species against predators, insects and molds).
I quote RP: “Animal proteins, and fruits, because they contain the lowest levels of toxins, should constitute the basis of the diet. Of course, not all fruits are perfectly safe: avocados, for example, contain so much unsaturated fat that they can be carcinogenic and hepatotoxic.”
It is obvious that there are contraindications, for example in nuts and berries…
Conclusion: All you have succeeded in doing is sowing confusion, by generalizing the warning against plants, under the pretext that pollution contaminates the fields where livestock graze.
A young person who reads this article, without any other context, risks rejecting everything in bulk and becoming anorexic. And if you eat few vegetables, because you live in a very polluted industrial region, like India or Japan, that's no reason to generalize...
You would have done better to warn against a specific type of food, a particular category – for example carrots or almonds – and explain how to circumvent / limit the disadvantages when eating the same type of food too often. Caution on frequency and quantity. It would be wise to vary or moderate ...