| Earlier people did not require the intake of vitamin | | | | missing vital vitamins and minerals from their |
| or mineral supplements as it was well included in | | | | regular diet. As vitamins and minerals play an |
| their diet but with the change in the food habit | | | | important role in the proper functioning of the |
| people became more prone to crippling | | | | body organs. Different vitamins and minerals are |
| degenerative diseases. Earlier fruits and | | | | required for specific part of the body to ensure |
| vegetables proved to be good source of vitamins | | | | healthy grow of the part. Like calcium is an |
| and minerals as they were locally produced and | | | | important mineral, which is a must for the healthy |
| were harvested at the right time. The soil was | | | | growth of the bones and deficiency of calcium |
| also fortified with manure instead of chemicals, | | | | can result in several one diseases. |
| making them completely nutrients. As a result, | | | | This is a fact that even if a person eats a healthy |
| fruits and vegetables were the ideal source of | | | | diet, he may still require additional nutrients due to |
| vitamins and minerals and were considered as a | | | | the above stated reason. This additional |
| completely nutritious food. But today farmers | | | | requirements of mineral and vitamins can be well |
| often use artificial and synthetic pesticides that | | | | taken in the form of supplements, which are |
| result in loss of nutrients in the fruits and | | | | generally made from rocks, petrochemicals, and |
| vegetables thus leading to the intake of additional | | | | corn syrup. Nutritional supplements are also made |
| vitamins and mineral requirements. | | | | from real food by removing water from it, like |
| Today most of the fruits and vegetables we eat | | | | raisins have all the nutrients of grape except for |
| are not grown locally but it is brought from | | | | water. However food-based nutritional |
| different state or country and usually they are | | | | supplements are often preferred as they |
| harvested long before they ripe and in order to | | | | comprises of real vitamins and minerals. Nutritional |
| increase their longevity they are dosed with | | | | supplements prove to be a reliable and secure |
| chemicals. This leads to the loss of essential | | | | means of providing body with all the necessary |
| nutrients from them. Soil depletion is another | | | | nutrients so that the blood quality is improved. |
| problem faced by the farmers as fruits and | | | | Along with nutritional supplements one should also |
| vegetables get essential nutrients from soil and | | | | have balanced diet comprising of real food and |
| the bad quality soil results in poor nutritional food. | | | | should avoid junk foods that hardly have any |
| With these problems of farmer people find | | | | nutrition. |