The Looming Vitamin Crisis
You and I are facing a critical vitamin and mineral shortage.
This health crisis has been growing at an alarming rate since
the early 1900's. Of particular concern are folks on weight loss
diets - especially low carb diets.
As a partial result, nutritionally driven chronic diseases have
reached epidemic proportions. About 95% of people over 40 will
suffer from one or more of these chronic diseases by the time
they reach retirement. Diseases such as cancer, heart disease,
diabetes, dementia, vision loss - to name a few. That's 95
people out of every 100.
For decades the medical community poo-poo'd the nutrition
"fanatics" when they mentioned the importance of vitamins and
minerals as a basis of our vital health.
Then, a real shocker.
In the June 19, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association they announced: "Suboptimal intake of
vitamins should be seen as a risk factor for chronic disease,
especially in the elderly."
This tells us that today our food contains MUCH LESS nutrition
and yet our needs for vitamins and minerals are MUCH GREATER
than ever before in human history.
You'll discover, in this article, how this can be possible. And
some simple steps you must take to protect yourself and your
loved ones.
PLANTS ARE THE SOLE SOURCE OF ALL VITAMINS AND MINERALS FOR
EVERY LIVING CREATURE. Even animals that eat nothing but meat -
the vitamins came from somewhere down the food-chain - from an
animal or fish that eats plants.
PLANTS CREATE BODY-READY VITAMINS AND MINERALS FROM NUTRIENTS IN
THE SOIL. The richer the soil, the more vitamins and minerals
are packed into the plants. On the other hand, vegetables grown
in poor soil will have far lower levels of vitamins and minerals.
AND THE SOILS ARE BECOMING SAND - DEPLETING AT A VERY RAPID
RATE. Commercial farming really started to expand as the ability
to transport the produce to new markets increased - trains, then
trucks. This was a boon for consumers. Now they didn't have to
grow their own vegetables. And they could enjoy produce that was
either out-of-season or wasn't able to grow in their area.
As commercial growers keep using the same fields year after
year, the soils keep losing their rich nutrients. And, as soils
deplete, so does the vitamin and mineral content of the
vegetables grown in that soil.
Chemical companies have come to their aid by providing chemicals
that will force the plants to grow in poor soil.
A couple problems with this.
The vegetables look great but contain far less vitamins and
minerals they once did. They also absorb some of these
chemicals. Now our body needs even more vitamins to deactivate
these toxins.
The vegetables we consume today give us far less nutrients than
100 years ago - yet create the need for more. A double whammy.
Genetic engineers have created vegetables that are more disease
resistant, that grow faster, are more visually attractive, and
are easier to harvest. For example: a new tomato was developed
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About the author:
Martin Harshberger is a sucessful business consultant, and
fitness advocate. He has done extensive research and testing of
nutrition, diet and exercise programs. His interest was
initiated by a personal health issue, and he was sucessful in
losing over 50 pounds, lowering his stress and blood pressure,
as well as increasing muscle mass all at age 57. This was after
he failed at the so called expert programs.
