DID YOUR GRANDPARENTS NEED
TO TAKE SUPPLEMENTS?
Nutrition Depletion Through the Years
Dr. Douglas Wine
Founder of Lyme Laser Centers, Inc.
It is true that fruits and vegetables grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today. The main culprit in this disturbing nutritional trend is soil depletion: Modern intensive agricultural methods have stripped increasing amounts of nutrients from the soil in which the food we eat grows. Sadly, each successive generation of fast-growing, pest-resistant carrot is truly less nutritious for you than the one before.
A Kushi Institute analysis of nutrient data from 1975 to 1997 found that average calcium levels in 12 fresh vegetables dropped 27 percent; iron levels 37 percent; vitamin A levels 21 percent, and vitamin C levels 30 percent.
A similar study of British nutrient data from 1930 to 1980, published in the British Food Journal, found that in 20 vegetables the average calcium content had declined 19 percent; iron 22 percent; and potassium 14 percent.
Yet another study concluded that one would have to eat eight oranges today to derive the same amount of Vitamin C as our grandparents would have gotten from one.
Taking supplementation today is likely a critical component in getting the necessary nutrients to maintain a robust, healthy body. The best supplements are those that maintain the quality equivalent of real food.
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