What contributes to nutrient-poor food?
There are a number of causes. Processing, cooking and preserving food leads to nutrient depletion. The quality of the foods we buy is often poor, in part, due to being genetically bred to improve yields, to look appealing and to withstand a long period of time o reach the marketplace. Nutrient-depleted soil is also unable to provide fruits and vegetables with the high amounts of vitamins and minerals they may have at one time contained. Soil today is often terribly depleted in trace minerals and healthy microorganisms.Year after year, crops are produced but nutrients are not returned to the ground. In addition, herbicides and pesticides have killed off much of the micro organisms that are vital to a good soil ecosystem. Good soil organisms receive little recognition as being important to crop production and this has caused our food supply to be less nutrient rich.
