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Roger Williams emphasized another basic concept that he called the orchestra principle.⁵ Just as it is impossible to consider one instrument in an orchestra more important than another, so must all the nutrients required by the body be available. They all work together, and an excess of one cannot compensate for the deficiency of another. On a practical level, even the best use of nutrient supplements cannot compensate for the continued consumption of foods rich in added sugar and other cosmetic additives.

Let’s assume that during a great performance by a superb orchestra, directed by a great conductor, the principal violinist faints. The performance must stop. What to do? The conductor, believing the show must go on, may invite his principal drummer to replace the principal violinist. But the result will be cacophony, not symphony. The performance can resume only when the principal violinist recovers from her faint and can play again. Any single nutrient in the symphony of life is much like that principal violinist—it cannot be replaced by the wrong nutrient or by any drug.