Heart Health - Vitamins must be considered carefully
Eating a heart-healthy diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, and small pieces of meat or fish is definitely a good way to keep yourself out of the high cholesterol woes. Or is it?
The problem with fruits and vegetables is that in our society farming is done very much on a mono cultural theme. That is that agribusiness farms large acreages of land to one crop. Pesticides and herbicides are added to the soil to make the crops grow quickly and efficiently. Large yields are gathered in this manner.
After years of the soil being cultivated to one crop, the minerals and the vitamins in the soil are depleted. And when you read in magazines or elsewhere that broccoli has so much vitamin A or this fruit has so much vitamin C or… Does it really?
Another problem comes in, in the transportation of the produce. Some vitamins will be depleted if the fruits or vegetables are left in sunlight too long or are not refrigerated fast enough. So the handling of the produce after the harvest can also affect its vitamin potency.
The above arguments are put forth by vitamin manufacturers in an effort to get you to buy their products. And these statements are logical and believable. But the quality of vitamins may suffer from the shipment and storage argument presented above.
Tim
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