Isn it easier to get people to take vitamin capsules or to fortify common foods with lacking nutrients than to get people to change their eating habits?
A. It is generally agreed that, while it may be difficult, the most lasting way to improve people’s nutritional status is by incorporating more nutritious foods into the normal diet. Increasingly we see health benefits from eating a complex range of vegetables that cannot be duplicated with capsules or fortification programs. We believe in showing people the value of eating more leafy greens and teaching them improved methods of growing and preparing them. When this is successful, the people’s diet and health are improved without a long term dependence on chemical companies, like Hoffman-LaRoche, and government agencies to oversee the distribution of essential nutrients.
