| It's a sad truth, but it seems no matter how | | | | don't get enough zinc, 70% don't eat enough |
| balanced your diet is and how often you exercise | | | | fruits with vitamin C, and 80% don't eat enough |
| in the fresh air and sunlight, chances are you're still | | | | vegetables with carotene. |
| not getting enough vitamins and minerals. This is | | | | Going vegetarian isn't as effective as it used to |
| the reason why people who appear healthy still | | | | be, either -- today, 60 servings of spinach will give |
| get sick along with everyone else as they age. | | | | you the iron content of ONE spinach serving back |
| What can we do? | | | | in 1948. And to get your RDA for vitamin E, you'll |
| In 1992, studies showed that only 1 out of every | | | | have to eat 25 cups of spinach a day. Why the |
| 25 Americans were getting the minimum | | | | drastic drop in nutrients? Easy -- commercial |
| recommended daily allowance of vitamins. Diets | | | | farming methods kill most of them before the |
| have steadily become more and more unhealthy | | | | vegetables reach your plate. |
| since then, so the number is very likely smaller | | | | It's best to start eating an organic diet full of |
| today than 18 years ago. | | | | colorful fruits and vegetables. But even if you're |
| Americans are also unlikely to change their diets | | | | eating well, it's still essential to take food |
| from day to day, which means that if they didn't | | | | supplements. And when it comes to supplements, |
| get their vitamins and minerals yesterday, | | | | it's best to go organic as well -- such as with Acai |
| chances are they won't get it today either, and | | | | berry, a weight management aid that provides a |
| tomorrow, for that matter. 65% of Americans | | | | good dose of vitamin A, protein, and antioxidants. |