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Our Denatured Grain For many decades our food supplies have been modified, slowly and very gradually. In the beginning, here in the U.S., we have seen some changes in the processing of our grains, where the germ of the wheat was removed. Enriched Flour (wheat) is wheat flour (no bran or germ) that has been enriched with some B vitamins...thiamin, riboflavin and niacin and may include Vitamin D, iron and calcium that are lost during flour processing.
A Harvest of Depleted Nutrients Besides the enrichment processes of our grains after harvesting, our farm fields are highly saturated with chemical fertilizers, which have caused depletion of many of the more critical minerals such as Selenium, Magnesium, etc.. At one time the consumer got most of the full daily requirement of nutrients when they purchased their grain, but now, the processing industry would have to "replace" the nutrients lost in the growing process...but no enrichment could ever fulfill the original plant requirements. As of late, a possible solution to this problem was introduced to the consumer. It had been around for a long time, but now had found its niche. Organic farming would become an avenue for the consumer to purchase their vegetables and fruits "aux naturales" from government certified farmers.
A Return To Sane Eating Practices
With the media influencing much of what we do in our lives, from the color shirt we wear to the diverse breakfast cereals we feed our children or ourselves, it is a wonder that we are able to maintain sanity and confidence in how we feed our growing family. Though the media cannot bare the blame for all of our nations weight issues, they certainly must bare some of the influence from the diverse food manufacturing ads that are aired on an almost continuous basis. Of course, this cannot be alleviated, since this is the nature of our commerce driven and free society. A site I had visited a few years ago and again recently sheds some very opportune light on our present dilemma. The article title: "The Facts About Fats" . One of the statements says:
Fact: With the wrong fats, you eat up to 6 times more in order to get the right fats. It just means what it says, that unless we put more of the poly-fats, i.e., Omega-3's and stay away from the "artificially altered fats", we will probably not satiate our hunger and will intake more unneeded calories and the results over time is obvious. For the source of these statements, please visit the website at: http://www.TreeLight.com, which will also be listed in the Resource Box.
