According to recent studies our fruits and vegetables are losing nutrient value at an alarming rate. One study (of many) from the University of Texas showed noticeable declines in 13 essential nutrients including protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin and vitamin C over the last 50 years. The declines ranged from 6% to 38%. And this drop goes for both the conventionally and organically grown. What’s a person to do?
And when your body is deprived of essential nutrients you will be compelled to eat more. For most that eating more arises as craving for things that are less than healthy as I explained in Chapter 11 of Strength for Life, in “Cravings to Consumption to Freedom.”
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How to Be Fearless in a Fearful World
Are you finding it a challenge to keep your head up and maintain a positive outlook when the sky seems to be falling all around?
You’re not alone.
The world looks pretty damn shaky at the moment. By all reasonable accounts you should be afraid—at least that’s what [...]
17. February 2009
Did you know what you feed your mind, the information diet your are on, may be even more important to your strength and well being than what you eat? Most people don’t and thus wind up filling their heads with loads of information that is nothing more than junk food for the mind. It’s knowledge you seek but Wisdom you desire. In an info-society, knowledge abounds but Wisdom is more rare than ever.
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25. February 2009
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