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