Do we need to take mineral supplements?
In
a word - YES!
Why? Because
researchers have demonstrated that it is impossible
to obtain the
minerals and trace elements that our bodies need to sustain optimum health
from the food we eat.
According
to a recent study modern farming methods have caused a dramatic reduction
in essential minerals and trace elements in our food. The researchers
discovered that:
Ø there is up to 75% less calcium & 93% less copper in fruits & vegetables
Ø Runner beans which used to contain a significant amount of sodium (vital for nerve and muscle tissue) have almost no trace of it at all
Ø Broccoli has 75% less calcium (essential for building healthy bones and teeth)
Ø Spinach has 60% less iron than 50 years ago
Ø Carrots have 75% less magnesium (which protects against heart attacks, asthma and kidney stones).
Research showing five decades of falling nutritional levels in our food |
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Vegetables |
loss of minerals % |
Fruits |
Loss of minerals % |
Runner beans |
nearly 100% of sodium |
Orange |
67% of iron |
Watercress |
93% of copper |
Avocado |
62% of sodium |
Carrots |
75% of magnesium |
Strawberry |
55% of calcium |
Broccoli |
75% of calcium |
melon |
45% of magnesium |
Spring onions |
74% of calcium |
Passion Fruit |
43% of potassium |
Swede |
71% loss of iron |
Raspberry |
39% loss of calcium |
Spinach |
60% loss of iron |
Blackberry |
35% loss of calcium |
Potatoes |
47% loss of phosphorus |
Rhubarb |
32% loss of potassium |
Dr. Linus Pauling, renowned scientist and two time Nobel Prize Winner
said:-
"You can trace every ailment, every disease, every sickness to a mineral deficiency“
Phillip Day - internationally renowned author and medical researcher. Director of Credence Publications, an independent UK research and publishing organisation that reports on contentious public issues.
“If you start looking at the main killers in our society today, coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis – these diseases are all linked to inadequate nutrition. I defy any properly trained doctor or nutritionist to go against that and to deny it.”
THE FACTS
Year
1936
“ No man can eat enough fruits and vegetables, fish or meat to supply
his
system with the minerals he requires for perfect health, because his stomach
isn't big enough to hold them."
US Senate Document
No 264 (1936)
Year
1977
"…a varied diet
will NOT provide all the ESSENTIAL trace
elements…" US
Department of Agriculture Report (1977)
Year
1992
“there is deep
concern over continuing MAJOR declines
in the mineral values in farm and range soils,
throughout the world " 1st
Earth Summit , Rio de Janiero (1992)
It was summarised by US Congress as
"Never have
so many people been so well fed - and yet so badly nourished"
MINERAL
DEPLETION FROM SOIL
OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS!
Over the past century, intensive farming practices have led to a depletion of minerals from the soil. The minerals have simply been taken but have not been fed back into the soil. There has been a major depletion in mineral content all over the world and, as a result, the food we eat – even organic – does not provide us with sufficient minerals for optimum health and wellbeing. Just look at the figures of mineral depletion:
North
America...85%
South America...76%
Asia...76%
Africa...74%
Europe...72%
Australia...55%
Expert
British nutritionist David Thomas believes that these reductions are a
direct result of modern farming practices using massive amounts
of fertilisers on the soil which encourage plant growth at the expense
of mineral content. Mr Thomas said
"We are
made up of these substances. if they are deficient then the body cannot
cope as well as it would otherwise."