Malnourished!...Even After Eating a Full Plate. Shocking! by Warren Matthews

This is a concept that you may have difficulty in accepting.

Nonetheless it is one that I have been ‘preaching' for years

and has now been confirmed by studies showing people in the US,

Canada and the UK are amongst the most malnourished in the world.

This is the case in spite of obesity reaching epidemic

proportions in the US. Malnourishment is without doubt a leading

factor in a wide variety of health problems including cancers.

Does this mean that overweight people are eating all the food to

the detriment of the rest of the population? Not at all! In

fact, obese people figure prominently amongst those people who

are malnourished.

I can sense you thinking... "That's a crazy statement". After

all, when you think of someone being malnourished your mind

flashes to pictures which you have seen on TV of starving

children in Africa.

How can an overweight person be malnourished?

Much easier than you think... please read on and I will explain.

The Problem is in the Food!

A recent analysis of a range of staple foods in Canada including

potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, apples, onion, broccoli etc, was

commissioned by The Globe and Mail and CTV news.

The results were predictable to some and a shock to others. Let's

use potatoes as an example. This is what the analysis found:

Over the last 50 years the potato has lost:

* 100% of its Vitamin A

* 57% of its Vitamin C and iron.

* 28% of its Calcium.

* 50% of its riboflavin

* 18% of its thiamine

Of the seven nutrients analyzed only niacin levels had increased.

The results were similar for all the 25 fruits and vegetables

tested. One of the worst results was from broccoli in which ALL

nutrients had declined measurably including niacin with Calcium

down 63%.

The Globe and Mail and CTV used comparative figures from

government researchers for the years 1951, 1972 and 1999.

These earlier figures had been published in various scientific

journals in the UK including the British Food journal. Release

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BIO:

Mt. Matthews is the Editor of 'Xtend-Your-Life', published bi-monthly and offers tips to help you tak control
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