Whole Food Nutrition
Why Minerals Are Important to a Healthy
Functioning Body?
It's as simple as pie: without the proper
minerals, vitamins are useless, enzymes cannot function properly
and certain hormones become out of balance. In fact, nothing can
work properly. Our brain cells and our nervous system transport
electrical signals over a network of minerals to every part of
the body. Every beat of our hearts and every cell in our bodies
must have minerals in order to function properly.
The Truth Soil and Mineral Depletion
Most of us are hip to the fact that our
soil is becoming depleted of essential, trace and rare minerals,
vital to our life and well-being. However, should it come as any
surprise that according to scientists at the 1992 Earth Summit
in Brazil that the United States soils have depleted the most
drastically—with 85% of its essential minerals depleted? And
that was in 1992.
Mineral Nirvana?
So where have all the minerals gone? Are
they in mineral heaven, somewhere deep in the earth beyond the
reach of our spades? Do minerals believe in reincarnation? Will
they come back in their next life in the form of more
enlightened minerals? Not a chance.
"Show Me the Minerals!"
Just to give you some background, minerals
are the basic elements of the earth and the universe. Like
energy, they cannot be created or destroyed. The reason why
mineral rich soil can become depleted is simple. Minerals are
absorbed into vegetables and fruits. Once the fruits and
vegetables have been harvested and eaten, the minerals are gone
forever from the soil. While plants can create proteins,
carbohydrates and other nutrients to help enrich the soil,
unfortunately they cannot create minerals.
Let's not forget that much of our soil has
been producing food for centuries. Most of the minerals in these
foods were eaten generations ago by our ancestors. Also, the
synthetic fertilizers being sprayed on our produce makes it even
more difficult for plants to absorb whatever essential minerals
are left in the soil.
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