How Many Fruits And Vegetables Do You Eat A Day?
Did you know that the USDA recommends 5 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day? It used to Isn't it strange how the amount of recommended The thing about today's fruits and vegetables is that they are not the same as they used to be. They are not grown the same. They are irradiated. They are laden with pesticides and herbicides. They are genetically modified! The crops are not rotated. The soil is infertile. The only fertilizer used is NPK – Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. This makes the produce grow big and pretty but it is devoid of most of the nutrients that it should have. Not to mention the fact that produce is picked green to be shipped then gassed to make it ripen when it reaches it’s destination. It never has the benefit of ripening naturally from the sun’s rays like nature intended. It never has the chance to reach it’s full nutritional potential. I bet those peaches tasted delicious too! Have you noticed how flavorless the peaches are today? They are dry and pithy and flavorless. We need to go back to a healthier way of eating that fits in with our fast paced lifestyles. Fact: Surveys indicate 95% of U.S. population does NOT consume anywhere near 5-13 servings of fruits and vegetables per day There are over 300,000 scientific papers that & support consuming more fruit. Here is just a sampling of them:
I know the importance of fruits and vegetables and how many I should have a day but still days go by that I find I have not eaten ONE single fruit or vegetable all day long! It's easy to do in today's world. When it comes to the subject of produce. I have two words for you – The only way to be sure you are getting the nutrients you think you should be getting from them is to buy organic. Organic farming methods produce fruits and vegetables that are fresh, healthy, nutritious and pesticide and herbicide free. They are healthier for our bodies and healthier for our earth. It is tempting to buy non-organic because it is cheaper but eating organic is so much healthier. Here are some great ideas for
eating organic on a budget. There is a way that we can easily get several servings of fruit into our diets - by drinking acai berry juice.
Vegetables Aren't as Good for You as They Used to BeAccording to new research, produce in the U.S. not only tastes worse than it did in your grandparents' days, but also contains fewer nutrients. In fact, the average vegetable found in today's supermarket is anywhere from 5 percent to 40 percent lower in minerals such as magnesium, iron, calcium and zinc than those harvested just 50 years ago.Today's vegetables are larger, but do not contain more nutrients. Jumbo-sized produce actually contains more "dry matter" than anything else, which dilutes mineral concentrations. An additional problem is the "genetic dilution effect," in which selective breeding to increase crop yield has led to declines in protein, amino acids, and minerals. Breeders select for high yield, effectively selecting mostly for high carbohydrate content. And finally, as a result of the growing rise of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, modern crops are being harvested faster than ever before, meaning that produce has less time to absorb nutrients either from synthesis or the soil. Sources: Time February 17, 2009 The Journal of HortScience February 1, 2009
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Back in 1951 a woman could eat 2 peaches a day and she would get her full day's requirement of vitamin A. With today’s harmful farming practices and acid rain that same woman would have to eat 53 peaches in order to obtain the same nutrients she used to get from two!
