It's becoming inreasingly clear that even if you eat right -- choosing
fruits and vegetables at your local grocery store -- you won't be
getting adequate supplies of organic vitamins and minerals. ("Organic"
means vitamins in their natural form rather than synthetic.) A report
published by the UK-based
Consumer's Association found that
vitamin C levels in common grocery produce are a fraction of their
textbook values. In other words: the food isn't as nutritious as it
should be. Similar losses in other organic
vitamins are also likely.
Grocery stores, it seems, put far more emphasis on visual appearance
than nutritional value. This isn't surprising, since consumers typically
select produce based almost entirely on appearance. Oranges from
Florida, for example, are frequently dipped in a red dye that gives them
a deeper, more saturated orange color preferred by consumers. The only
problem is that this orange dye has been banned by the FDA for use in
foods due to its proven cancer-causing ability. But the Florida orange
industry gets away with using the dye by claiming it's only used
outside the orange, not inside. With that strange caveat, the
FDA allows its use.
The dramatic decline in measurable levels of
organic vitamins in grocery produce (the UK study mentioned above is
just one of dozens of such studies) blows away the old medical myth
that, "You can get all the nutrition you need from three square meals a
day..." or, "Nobody needs vitamin supplements to be healthy." A critical
review of the available food supply reveals that relying on it for
adequate nutrition is a life threatening mistake that inevitably
leads to chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes. The foods simply
don't have the nutrition they used to, and grocery store produce is a
poor source of organic vitamins.
One solution, of course, is to
purchase and consume organic produce. Repeated tests have shown organic
produce to be far more nutritious in terms of its levels of vitamins and
minerals. Unfortunately, organic produce is more expensive and visually
less appealing than traditionally-raised produce, so most consumers
avoid it.
A better solution, and the one I strongly recommend and
follow on a daily basis, is to stop thinking of the national food supply
as a source of nutrition and start supplementing your diet with
superfoods and organic vitamin supplements (whole food supplements).
This is the only way you'll get adequate nutrition. Here are
the best superfoods for this purpose: barley grass, chlorella,
spirulina, sea vegetables, wheat grass, "greens" powders, quinoa, flax
oil, extra virgin coconut oil, soy milk and tofu, green tea, amazon
herbs, and various whole food vitamin supplements. This is where a
healthy person gets their nutrition these days. Avoid all isolated
vitamins like bottles of vitamin C tablets because, after all, most of
those vitamins are synthetically produced. Instead, get all your organic
vitamins and minerals from whole food supplements and superfoods.
Interestingly, the best sources for organic vitamins are whole food
supplements that won't even list their vitamin and mineral content.
Instead, they just list the superfood ingredients like wheat grass,
chlorella, and so on. You have to know enough about nutrition to figure
out that these supplements are naturally very high in organic vitamins,
minerals, essential fatty acids and health-enhancing phytochemicals.
About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health author and award-winning journalist with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He has authored and published thousands of articles, interviews, consumers guides, and books on topics like health and the environment, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams created NaturalNews.TV, a natural living video sharing site featuring thousands of user videos on foods, fitness, green living and more. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the CEO of a highly successful email newsletter software company that develops software used to send permission email campaigns to subscribers. Adams also serves as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a non-profit consumer protection group, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds.
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