Is food becoming less nutritious?
Chuck Benbrook, science adviser to the Greenfield, Massachusetts-based Organic Center for Education and Promotion wrote: “The faster a plant grows/is pushed, the more intensive the production system, the higher the yield goal, the greater the chance that the harvest from that crop will be deficient in some set of minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants.”
Well, yes. What else would you expect? The plants are growing without pulling in the minerals they used to get when they were allowed to grow at natural rates. So now what? We believe that supplementation is the only way out, until we all as a society decide that we have to demand quality food, and by quality I mean nutrients, not looks.
A study of 43 vegetables and fruits suggests their nutritional value has declined in the past 50 years, scientists say. The researchers suggested the decline may result from the fact that farmers have been planting crops designed to improve traits other than nutritional value, such as size. Broccoli — a favorite among many mothers, thanks to its alleged nutritional value — is one of the many garden crops whose nutrient content has been declining in recent decades, according to studies. The researchers said the study also raises the possibility that similar declines might have affected other food crops, such as grains. More research is required to check whether this is so, said Donald Davis, the study’s lead author. The study was designed to investigate the effects of modern agricultural methods on foods’ nutrient content. Davis and colleagues studied U.S. Department of Agriculture data on garden crops, mostly vegetables, but also melons and strawberries, comparing data from both 1950 and 1999.
We have been been concentrating on mineral and nutrient rich supplementation for years. Exsula Superfoods, EssenceSea Minerals, Cell Food, Topical Magnesium, Himalayan Crystal Salts – all these products help restore the mineral balance we all require to keep well.
The other day the importance of minerals came to me and I expressed it this way: Our aura is the reflection of our well-being. The aura is dependent on the electric charge our cells are able to carry. The electric charge is directly dependent on the quality of the electrolyte in the cellular battery, and that is directly related to the mineral content of the bodily fluids involved in these exchanges. In other word: the total dissolved solids in our cellular structures will dictate how well we feel and function.
Read the scientific study about minerals in food …
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