no doubt that Americans eat some unhealthy junk foods. An
alarming new study published in the Journal of Food Composition
and Analysis reveals that Americans are getting nearly one-third
of their calories from junk foods.
But even if we are trying to eat as healthy as we can, the
foods that we think are healthy are often far less nutritious
than they used to be. It is no coincidence that the quality of
healthy food has been deteriorating as malnourishment and
illness have been on the rise in the U.S. and other developed
countries.
Here's what several notable experts in the field have to say
about the quality of our food today:
* "Wheat from the US has been rejected at China's ports
because the protein content was so low," states Dr. Michael
Colgan, LaJolla, CA.
* A statement from the Agricultural Testament given to the
Congress of the United States states "the impoverished soil of
America no longer provides plant food with the mineral elements
essential to human nourishment and health."
* Dr. Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize Winner says, "Chemical
fertilizers, by increasing the abundance of the crops without
replacing all the exhausted elements of the soil, have
indirectly contributed to change the nutritive value of cereal
grains and vegetables."
A recent analysis of a range of staple foods in Canada,
commissioned by The Globe and Mail and CTV news, included
potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, apples, onion and broccoli.
This is what the analysis found for potatoes:
Over the last 50 years the potato has lost:
* 100% of its Vitamin A
* 57% of its Vitamin C and iron.
* 28% of its Calcium.
* 50% of its riboflavin
* 18% of its thiamin
Of the seven nutrients analyzed only niacin levels had
increased. The results were similar for all the 25 fruits and
vegetables tested. One of the worst results was from broccoli
in which ALL nutrients had declined measurably including
niacin, with Calcium down 63%.
Tim Lang a professor at the center for Food Policy in England
says as a further example of how our food has been degraded is
that you would now have to eat eight oranges today to get the
same amount of Vitamin A that your grandparents got from eating
just one orange.
These foods that have low nutritional values play an important
part in obesity and poor health in general. How can the body
function when it doesn't get the good fuel it needs? Many
experts believe that the human body is capable of healing
itself of every disease known to man. However,we must give it
what it requires to heal itself and stop interfering with its
innate healing process.
What can be done about this problem?
* Try to eat organic fruit and vegetables wherever
possible.
* Avoid processed and junk foods! Not only are they
nutritionally empty, but they have harmful ingredients that
poison the body, such as trans-fats due to the hydrogenated
processing methods that are used.
* Take a quality nutritional supplement. A
multi-vitamin/mineral tablet is not adequate because they use
synthetic ingredients with both questionable efficacy and
bio-availability. They isolate a few nutrients and leave out
many other important nutrients. Find a nutritional supplement
that is made of whole foods. It should be raw so you get all
the enzymes you need as well.
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