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How to Handle the Vitamin Crisis

By: Tara Smith..

The vitamin crisis has been looming large on the horizon since the turn of the twentieth century, and now, a century later, practically everyone is affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Studies show that most diseases are caused by unhealthy diet and unhealthy life style. Chronic diseases have reached epidemic proportions. About 95% of people over 40 will suffer are likely to be afflicted with diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, dementia, vision loss by the time they reach retirement.

For nearly a century the medical community ridiculed the nutrition "fanatics" when they mentioned the importance of vitamins and minerals as a basis of our vital health. Then, the June 19, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association announced that vitamin deficiency was the main cause of disease, especially in the elderly.

For decades the medical community poo-poo'd the nutrition "fanatics" when they mentioned the importance of vitamins and minerals as a basis of our vital health. In the June 19, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association they announced: "Suboptimal intake of vitamins should be seen as a risk factor for chronic disease, especially in the elderly."

The basic truth is that plants are the only source of all vitamins and minerals for every living creature, directly or indirectly from the food-chain - from an animal or fish that eats plants. Plants create body-ready vitamins and minerals from nutrients in the soil. The richer the soil, the more vitamins and minerals are packed into the plants. On the other hand, vegetables grown in poor soil will have far lower levels of vitamins and minerals.

But the sad truth is that the soils are depleting at a very rapid rate. Commercial farming that came as boon for consumers who didn't have to grow their own vegetables has resulted in soils turning into sand. The same fields are used for commercial farming year after year, with the result that the soils have lost their rich nutrients, especially the vitamin and mineral content of the vegetables.

To make up for this depletion, the chemical fertilizers were invented, which has increased the need for vitamins and minerals to counter the effect of these chemicals that we absorb through vegetables grown with them. Our body needs even more vitamins to deactivate these toxins. The vegetables cultivated today are less nutritious than those hundred years back. On top of it we need more of these vegetables. The effect is therefore twofold.

Genetic engineers have created vegetables that are more disease resistant, that grow faster, are more visually attractive, and are easier to harvest. For example: a new tomato was developed for growers primarily to take a 5-mile-per-hour impact from the faster picking machines. Tough skin tomatoes - you've probably had some. Nothing is being done to increase the nutrient levels of the plants - or to enrich the soil.

Some vegetables and most fruits you buy in the store are picked before they're ripe, and often chemically treated so they ripen on the way to the grocer's shelf. This gives the produce a lot longer shelf life - less waste. As you probably know, produce picked at it's ripe peak contain maximum nutrients - but spoil quickly. Vine ripened, fresh produce can be quite unprofitable for the grower and grocer.

Wherever you have a choice, look for organically grown produce at your grocery store or health food store. They will be much tastier and will contain the much higher levels of nutrients, even though they will be more expensive. They will have the flavour of vegetables of a century ago that belonged to the pre-chemicals era of farming.

There are no two opinions about the dire need of vitamins and minerals. So, it is absolutely essential to make fresh, whole fruits, vegetables, and grains a larger part of your daily diet and to eat the vegetables raw as far as possible. If you cannot eat them raw, cook slowly at low heat to keep the nutrients at the highest possible levels. Once you start watching your intake of vitamins, you will realize that you do not eat even the minimum recommended amounts, yet you need much more than that today.

Grow some of your own produce - in a yard garden, patio pots, or inside the home in window pots. It's fun, very easy, decorative, puts oxygen in the air and the taste and nutrition is just tons better than store-bought. No matter how perfect our diet, we ALL need to invest in a GOOD vitamin supplement today. Even nutrition experts, who eat an "ideal" diet, take vitamin supplements. A good vitamin will require you to take 3 large tablets or six medium size tablets or capsules per day minimum. Anything less is a waste of money.

People near retirement should wake up to the need of vitamins for good health. Remember, if you don't have good health at retirement, nothing else will matter. It is better to be safe than sorry, and vitamin supplements are the cheapest health insurance and wisest retirement plan you can invest in.

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