| Modern agricultural science as proven the fact | | | | Personally, I eat both fruits and vegetables for |
| that gradual nutrient depletion in our farm soils has | | | | enjoyment and calories, combined with whole |
| given way to plants that are themselves void of | | | | food concentrates for nutrition. |
| their original nutrients, as much as a fractional | | | | Using holistic nutrition as an example, whole foods |
| amount compared to soil content 100 years ago! | | | | are taken from nature that are grown organically, |
| So essentially, you would have to eat 3 or 4 | | | | or microalgae and other superfood supplements |
| tomatoes to gain the same nutritional value that | | | | are harvested, and then dried and finely ground |
| you would from one naturally or "Organically" | | | | into powders, and then those powders are used |
| raised tomato. Only a small minority of our food in | | | | as is, preferable, or are encapsulated or shaped |
| the U.S. is even available organically! | | | | into pills or tablets. That's the way to get your |
| The article that follows discusses the pros and | | | | nutrition in the modern world. This is by far the |
| cons of vitamin consumption and why we need to | | | | best way to ensure that we stay healthy, at |
| consider them as well as the best supplements to | | | | least nutritionally. This can be done with virtually |
| take. I am going to use tomatoes as an example. | | | | any nutrient dense food, which is what you find in |
| Tomatoes are rich in Lycopene, a powerful anti | | | | the ever growing family of Super Green powders. |
| carcinogen. | | | | Highly bio absorbable and extremely nutrient rich, |
| If I were to ask you to eat 10 fresh tomatoes at | | | | this would seem to be the state of the art in |
| one serving, I doubt that you would or even | | | | nutrition products. |
| could. That's because tomatoes have a lot of | | | | Your body makes much better use and absorbs |
| water, and they fill you up quickly. So you | | | | nearly all of the available nutrients as described |
| wouldn't be able to get as much nutrition from | | | | above, as opposed to a documented 10 to 20 |
| those tomatoes if you ate them raw. Eating them | | | | percent for artificial vitamins. High-density whole |
| in their raw form is the best way to benefit | | | | food concentrates provide real nutrition. Forget |
| nutritionally from them, but may not meet your | | | | about those cheap, low-cost bottles of vitamin C, |
| nutritional needs, especially any nutritional | | | | vitamin E or those B vitamins you might find at |
| deficiencies. You will probably need a greater | | | | the wholesale clubs, pharmacies or grocery stores. |
| amount of a particular nutrient than you can get | | | | What a waste! |
| just by eating. | | | | Even single whole food supplements are typically |
| However, if you were to take these 10 tomatoes | | | | not going to do you very much good, because |
| and dry them, grind them up into a powder, and | | | | your body doesn't need just one or two vitamins; |
| then shape that powder into capsules or tablets | | | | your body needs a whole complement of vitamins |
| and consume them, you could easily eat those 10 | | | | from a lot of different sources. |
| tomatoes and enjoy all their nutritional benefits. | | | | Here's a little food for thought to end this article. |
| Think about it, 10 times the Lycopene in a couple | | | | Nobel Laureate, Linus Pauling, was quoted as |
| of small caps. It's all about the density of nutrients. | | | | stating that every disease known to man can be |
| I'm not at all saying that you shouldn't eat raw | | | | attributed to the lack of a vitamin or mineral, |
| tomatoes or other whole foods as raw foods are | | | | however minute. Eat smarter, not more. Thanks |
| good for calories, but getting outstanding nutrition | | | | for reading... |
| requires consuming whole food concentrates. | | | | |