Nutritional decline in the UK

DECLINING NUTRITIONAL VALUES of FOODin the - UK - Did you Know? You would have to eat A carrots today to get the same amount of magnesium as from 1 carrot in 1940. D NED BY 76% 2002 1940 Mass production methods mean that our food is not getting the same amount of important micro-nutrients from the soil as 1940. Percentages Of Decline From 1940-2002 19% 16% 16% -24% -20% Potassium Magnesium Calcium Iron Copper -16% -24% 46% 27% -76% Potassium Magnesium Calcium Iron Copper 16% -10% 41% -54% -24% Calcium Iron Copper Potassium Magnesium In March 2006 the United Nations aknowledged a new kind of malnutrition; “The overweight are just as malnourished as the starving" - Catherine Bertini, Chairperson, UN Organic Foods are known to have higher levels of micro-nutrients. Supplements can help provide the missing micro-nutrients in our diet. Sources: |Main: UK Based report by Dr. David Thomas available at; http://www.mineralsourcesint.co.uk/pdf/mineral depletion of_foods_1940_2002.pdf | Aditional/background: http://www.healthreport.co.uk/minerals_declining.htm http ://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/modernmiraclemen.pdf http://www.acnorg/content/23/6/669.full Images of specific food products are for illustration purposes only, catergoies were assesed as a whole food group. SimplySupplements www.simplysupplements.co.uk Healthy living. made simpler! FRUIT VEGETABLES NUTRIENT OMES MEAT DECLINING NUTRITIONAL VALUES of FOODin the - UK - Did you Know? You would have to eat A carrots today to get the same amount of magnesium as from 1 carrot in 1940. D NED BY 76% 2002 1940 Mass production methods mean that our food is not getting the same amount of important micro-nutrients from the soil as 1940. Percentages Of Decline From 1940-2002 19% 16% 16% -24% -20% Potassium Magnesium Calcium Iron Copper -16% -24% 46% 27% -76% Potassium Magnesium Calcium Iron Copper 16% -10% 41% -54% -24% Calcium Iron Copper Potassium Magnesium In March 2006 the United Nations aknowledged a new kind of malnutrition; “The overweight are just as malnourished as the starving" - Catherine Bertini, Chairperson, UN Organic Foods are known to have higher levels of micro-nutrients. Supplements can help provide the missing micro-nutrients in our diet. Sources: |Main: UK Based report by Dr. David Thomas available at; http://www.mineralsourcesint.co.uk/pdf/mineral depletion of_foods_1940_2002.pdf | Aditional/background: http://www.healthreport.co.uk/minerals_declining.htm http ://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/modernmiraclemen.pdf http://www.acnorg/content/23/6/669.full Images of specific food products are for illustration purposes only, catergoies were assesed as a whole food group. SimplySupplements www.simplysupplements.co.uk Healthy living. made simpler! FRUIT VEGETABLES NUTRIENT OMES MEAT