Posted by linkadge on February 16, 2010, at 18:38:37 [reposted on February 21, 2010, at 13:06:15 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Nutrition + depression (janejane asked....) » linkadge, posted by janejane on February 16, 2010, at 15:41:54
>What do you think of this idea that produce >grown today is not as nutritious as it used to >be? New pesticides, high-yield GMOs etc. allow >farmers to work the same land harder to
Well, to some extent I agree, but I think it depends on many factors. I do think that in certain locations, mineral content has dropped but I don't necessarily think this is the case overall.
A lot of people abide by that mentality and yet eat crap (sorry to be blunt). I would say the typical american diet falls short on many nutrients, but with a few good habbits there is no reason anybody can't get all they need from food:
For instance. According to the nutritional information on some of the foods I eat (non fortified foods):
My breakfast (2 omega3 eggs and 2 slices of country harvest bread with pb) contains a total of:
vitamin a: 20%
Iron 24%
thiamin: 40%
vitamin e: 122%
riboflavin: 35%
niacin: 57%
b6: 17%
folate 82%
b12: 168%
magnesium: 40%
selenium: 70%
zinc: 30%By lunch (an orange a carrot, 1 cup of kidney beans and a glass of milk) would put me at:
vitamin a: 242%
vitamin d: 25%
Vitamin C: 166%
Iron 50%
thiamin: 65%
vitamin e: 122%
riboflavin: 35%
niacin: 57%
b6: 17%
folate 139%
calcium: 40%
b12: 188%
magnesium: 70%
selenium: 70%
moybdenum: 177%
zinc: 30%An afternoon, a snack of a banana a piece of toast and a glass of milk would put me at:
vitamin a: 244%
vitamin d: 50%
Vitamin C: 166%
Iron 56%
thiamin: 73%
vitamin e: 126%
riboflavin: 67%
niacin: 79%
b6: 50%
folate 153%
calcium: 40%
b12: 212%
magnesium: 82%
selenium: 70%
moybdenum: 177%
zinc: 45%If I have a piece of salmon (medium), brown rice and a cup of chickpeas for dinner I will have a total of:
vitamin a: 249%
vitamin d: 758%
Vitamin C: 166%
Iron 112%
thiamin: 97%
vitamin e: 141%
riboflavin: 123%
niacin: 243%
b6: 129%
folate 188%
calcium: 140%
b12: 542%
magnesium: 156%
selenium: 294%
moybdenum: 177%
zinc: 85%ok, so I am a little low in thiamin and zinc. A good choice of a snack would fix this.
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Note, none of the foods I eat are fortified. Changing to fortified grains, or sprinking wheat germ on my salmon would put me well over for thiamin and zinc.
This is not eating a whole lot of food, but it is healty choices each step of the way.
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