Health is increasingly becoming a considerable issue in the modern world. The food that's made available to us, plus the reduced call for to exercise provide the recipe for disaster and we are every suffering.

Plenty of the food that we consume has been processed or tampered with in some of the way. Unfortunately this means that many of us are being short changed when it comes to our health. Professionals now believe that it's all but impossible to get all the basic nutrients from even a well-balanced food regimen, without using supplements.

Do we really need to turn to pills?

The top way to get nutrients is from natural foods. They provide us with a rich cocktail of nutrients in their the majority biologically available form. They what's more give the right combinations of nutrients to allow for maximum absorbtion. Why then don't we get what we need from the fresh produce that is on our supermarket shelves?

The problem is the nutrient depleted soils used during cultivation and the lengthy storage times before the produce reaches us. These have a large impact on the nutritional value of the fruit and vegetables we consume. With the current food quality the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of 5 fruit and vegetables a day is way off the mark. In fact this barely offers an an adequate amount of amount of nutrients for the RDA, which is shockingly about a quarter of that of the ODA (Optimum Daily Allowance). The ODA is the amount of nutrients required for optimum health.

The sizeable problem

By far the biggest problem is processed foods. These make up a large portion of the average diet plan. Foods are processed to lengthen life, better taste and make a product look additional appealing. This unfortunately has a great impact on the nutritional value of the food source, because many of the nutrients are depleted throughout processing.

Through processing, foods are made to taste better by including either sugar, salt or fat. Every of these are not very good for you, especially in the big amounts we tend to consume them. Processed foods are furthermore made to last longer through the hardening and thickening of a food product. These tend to be high in trans (man-made) fats and even processed carbohydrates.