A Healthy Diet is Not Found in the Grocery Store
It is a relatively basic fact that good nutrition comes from the earth. Newsflash " over the past 100 years there has been a serious depletion in the value of our foods. This decrease in our food value has not gone without notice; in fact in recent years the International Medical Geology Association was formed to address these global health concerns.
I turned my focus to nutrition after reading an article, The Emerging Medical and Geological Association. Foods should be rich with both vitamins and minerals, and minerals are derived from many geological sources.
When we look at the interactivity between the earth and its inhabitants, one of the quietest but overall alarming issues is the decrease in nutrients in our foods. For this reason there are many whole food advocates eating foods such as dandelion leaves and roots, for these weed categorized plants are able to draw up more minerals through their deep taproots. Its not just a matter of nutrients, we must also deal with the toxic effect of substances that such as arsenic and mercury that have been unearthed over time.
There have been many studies worldwide into the effects of nutrition on a vast array of medical conditions. One example is a condition known as Goiter, a thyroid based condition that is known to be associated with an iodine deficiency. There are over 450 million inhabitants in China at risk of developing this condition.
Lets focus a minute on iodine. In the USA the deficiency of iodine was known nearly a hundred years ago. Studies have continued worldwide since that time, and regulations created to include iodine in the average diet. The inclusion of iodine into diets has typically been through table salt, though that might be of concern today with so much emphasis on a low-sodium diet. But iodine is important, and deficiencies have been tied to low IQ, birth defects and miscarriages.
Our health and wellness will not be sustained through the grocery or health food, but through our actions to work with the earth. We still have choices we can make, both in our individual dietary choices and interaction with the earth. We can also join together in a global voice to care for our precious planet. - 17273
I turned my focus to nutrition after reading an article, The Emerging Medical and Geological Association. Foods should be rich with both vitamins and minerals, and minerals are derived from many geological sources.
When we look at the interactivity between the earth and its inhabitants, one of the quietest but overall alarming issues is the decrease in nutrients in our foods. For this reason there are many whole food advocates eating foods such as dandelion leaves and roots, for these weed categorized plants are able to draw up more minerals through their deep taproots. Its not just a matter of nutrients, we must also deal with the toxic effect of substances that such as arsenic and mercury that have been unearthed over time.
There have been many studies worldwide into the effects of nutrition on a vast array of medical conditions. One example is a condition known as Goiter, a thyroid based condition that is known to be associated with an iodine deficiency. There are over 450 million inhabitants in China at risk of developing this condition.
Lets focus a minute on iodine. In the USA the deficiency of iodine was known nearly a hundred years ago. Studies have continued worldwide since that time, and regulations created to include iodine in the average diet. The inclusion of iodine into diets has typically been through table salt, though that might be of concern today with so much emphasis on a low-sodium diet. But iodine is important, and deficiencies have been tied to low IQ, birth defects and miscarriages.
Our health and wellness will not be sustained through the grocery or health food, but through our actions to work with the earth. We still have choices we can make, both in our individual dietary choices and interaction with the earth. We can also join together in a global voice to care for our precious planet. - 17273
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