Minerals: vanishing without a trace.
Trace minerals are minerals critical to both plant and animal health but are found in only very small amounts, even in virgin, uncultivated soil. Though in small quantities, their importance is essential to life.
A Worldwide Problem
In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development made public a report that had evaluated the average mineral content of the world's farm and rangeland soil. Over the course of just 100 years, the mineral content had decreased dramatically on every continent.
Mineral Depletion from Soil During 1892-1992:
North America............. 85%
South America..............76%
Asia..............................76%
Africa...........................74%
Europe.........................72%
Australia.......................55%
The especially startling number associated with North America can be largely attributed to long-term reliance on synthetic fertilizers and emphasis on industrialized "maximum yield" mass farming methods.
A Devastating Impact on the Food We Eat...
1940 vs. 1991
Reduction in average mineral content of fruits and vegetables between 1940 and 1991.
Mineral Vegetables Fruits
Sodium -49% -29%
Potassium -16% -19%
Magnesium -24% -16%
Calcium -46% -16%
Iron -27% -24%
Copper -76% -20%
Zinc -59% -27%
Fruits and vegetables pull minerals directly from the soil, so if there are fewer minerals in the food. As a result, many of the fruits and vegetables we eat today have lower levels of key micronutrients than those enjoyed by our parents and grandparents. The table above summarizes the reductions in the average mineral content of 27 vegetables and 17 fruits between 1940 and 1991 in the U.S. and U.K., as originally published in the Journal of Complementary Medicine.
Sure, we all have the option of taking a daily supplement to make up for the minerals we no longer get from our foods. But, there is also a problem with this solution. What exactly is in your vitamin and mineral supplements? Is your body absorbing them? How is your body absorbing them? Could your vitamin and mineral supplement actually be harming your health?
We are such a trusting society when it comes to manufacturers. Why is that? We are so skeptical with most things... so why do we put all our faith in a company that produces a tablet that says, "take this to feel healthier"?? Think about it. Do your research.
I have information that may just shock you.
Email me... julie4js@msn.com or go to www.AchildsHealth.com
Trace minerals are minerals critical to both plant and animal health but are found in only very small amounts, even in virgin, uncultivated soil. Though in small quantities, their importance is essential to life.
A Worldwide Problem
In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development made public a report that had evaluated the average mineral content of the world's farm and rangeland soil. Over the course of just 100 years, the mineral content had decreased dramatically on every continent.
Mineral Depletion from Soil During 1892-1992:
North America............. 85%
South America..............76%
Asia..............................76%
Africa...........................74%
Europe.........................72%
Australia.......................55%
The especially startling number associated with North America can be largely attributed to long-term reliance on synthetic fertilizers and emphasis on industrialized "maximum yield" mass farming methods.
A Devastating Impact on the Food We Eat...
1940 vs. 1991
Reduction in average mineral content of fruits and vegetables between 1940 and 1991.
Mineral Vegetables Fruits
Sodium -49% -29%
Potassium -16% -19%
Magnesium -24% -16%
Calcium -46% -16%
Iron -27% -24%
Copper -76% -20%
Zinc -59% -27%
Fruits and vegetables pull minerals directly from the soil, so if there are fewer minerals in the food. As a result, many of the fruits and vegetables we eat today have lower levels of key micronutrients than those enjoyed by our parents and grandparents. The table above summarizes the reductions in the average mineral content of 27 vegetables and 17 fruits between 1940 and 1991 in the U.S. and U.K., as originally published in the Journal of Complementary Medicine.
Sure, we all have the option of taking a daily supplement to make up for the minerals we no longer get from our foods. But, there is also a problem with this solution. What exactly is in your vitamin and mineral supplements? Is your body absorbing them? How is your body absorbing them? Could your vitamin and mineral supplement actually be harming your health?
We are such a trusting society when it comes to manufacturers. Why is that? We are so skeptical with most things... so why do we put all our faith in a company that produces a tablet that says, "take this to feel healthier"?? Think about it. Do your research.
I have information that may just shock you.
Email me... julie4js@msn.com or go to www.AchildsHealth.com
