A variety of sources are now reporting on the "news" that the amount of nutrients in our food supply has decreased over the past 50 years.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=1671868
I find this fascinating, because I've been telling people about this in my nutrition lectures for years. Would you like the most obvious alert? Compare the food pyramid today from the one originally published about 20 years ago. The intake recommendedation raw fruits and vegetables had increased every time an update to the food pyramid has been released. This is because the amount of measured nutrients in our raw food supply is decreasing.
Of course, that's for raw food. How much raw food are you eating. You also know that cooking depletes many nutrients and therefore increases the amount of food you need to satisfy your nutritional requirements, right? Either that, or take supplements to supplement your nutrient intake.
ABCNews reports that using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Davis concludes that recently grown crops have shown decreases of up to 38 percent in protein, calcium, vitamin C, phosphorus, iron and riboflavin when compared with produce from past decades.
The main problem is attributed the needs of the modern world. There are more people to feed so fertilizers and other "techniques" are being used to increase crop yield and speed the growth of the plants. Unfortunately, the plants can't keep up with the demand and the amount of nutrients distributed to the fruits and vegetables have decreased as a result.
Let's not forget green harvesting…but that's another blog.
"Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food" — Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film Food Matters from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb773104.htm
In The Food Intolerance Bible (Conari Press, April 2008), Antony J. Haynes, a top nutritionist, has devised a unique plan to help readers identify and avoid food intolerances and allergies, which affect nearly all Americans. (PRWeb Mar 26, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb796774.htm
The Good Nutrition Guide reveals true health rankings for UK's best-loved food brands.Food packaging and food advertising is rife with vague and exaggerated health claims. Research on which brands really are the healthiest and which are the unhealthiest are revealed for the first time in a new book out on January 31st, The Good Nutrition Guide. (PRWeb Jan 31, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb662313.htm
The Good Nutrition Guide reveals true health rankings for UK's best-loved food brands.Food packaging and food advertising is rife with vague and exaggerated health claims. Research on which brands really are the healthiest and which are the unhealthiest are revealed for the first time in a new book out on January 31st, The Good Nutrition Guide. (PRWeb Jan 31, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb662313.htm
The Good Nutrition Guide reveals true health rankings for UK's best-loved food brands.Food packaging and food advertising is rife with vague and exaggerated health claims. Research on which brands really are the healthiest and which are the unhealthiest are revealed for the first time in a new book out on January 31st, The Good Nutrition Guide. (PRWeb Jan 31, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb662313.htm
For women who would like to keep a food diary, exercise log and health journal in two minutes a day or less. The Bio-Diary by FitMinder is an easy-to-use alternative to food and exercise journals that require tedious daily entries. Its unique format offers a useful and beautiful tool to record and analyze health information. (PRWeb Apr 15, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb851164.htm
For women who would like to keep a food diary, exercise log and health journal in two minutes a day or less. The Bio-Diary by FitMinder is an easy-to-use alternative to food and exercise journals that require tedious daily entries. Its unique format offers a useful and beautiful tool to record and analyze health information. (PRWeb Apr 15, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb851164.htm
CREMe, a pioneering food risk and nutrition analysis group, and Harrogate, North Yorkshire based Purely Nutrition Ltd, a nutritional solutions company, have joined forces to bring nutritionists and food professionals across Britain and Ireland training, innovation and new technology in nutritional analysis tools. (PRWeb Feb 1, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb665924.htm
CREMe, a pioneering food risk and nutrition analysis group, and Harrogate, North Yorkshire based Purely Nutrition Ltd, a nutritional solutions company, have joined forces to bring nutritionists and food professionals across Britain and Ireland training, innovation and new technology in nutritional analysis tools. (PRWeb Feb 1, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb665924.htm
