Heavy metals in fruits and vegetables

Scientists confirm: the fruit and vegetables we eat have lost almost all of their nutrients due to species hybridization, soil depletion, long shelf life and air pollution. Instead, it was enriched with heavy metals.

How many of us agree that fruit has now lost its flavor? That vegetables rot quickly and are not tasty at all? Certainly making smoothies and adding lots of seasoning helps to make them more pleasant but we should eat at least 7 times as much to get the same vitamins and minerals that our parents and grandparents took.

Dr. Donald Davis, a former researcher at the Biochemistry Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, led a team that analyzed 43 types of fruit and vegetables by comparing vitamin and mineral values ​​in 1950 and 1999. The the most substantial decline concerns calcium, protein, vitamin C, phosphorus, iron and riboflavin. "They had an average drop of 40%," says the researcher. For example, 100 grams of broccoli which in 1950 contained 130 mg of calcium in 1999 that value dropped to 48 mg.

We do not simply blame the modern diet for the exponentially growing diseases of our age: a lack of vitamins and minerals can trigger all sorts of ailments and increase mortality, and today it is increasingly difficult to assimilate these precious nutrients. Already 30 years ago the diet alone would have been enough to provide an adequate vitamin intake: this is why our ancestors were able to work in the fields all day without eating much and were stronger. Today, however, food has become depleted of the micronutrients necessary to maintain optimal health.

A Kushi Institute Nutrient Analysis 1975-1997 found that average calcium levels in 12 fresh vegetables dropped by 27 percent; iron levels 37%; vitamin A levels 21%, and vitamin C levels 30%. A similar British study of nutrients in fruit and vegetables from 1930-1980, published in the British Food Journal, found that 20 vegetables had an average calcium content of 19% decreased; iron 22%; and potassium 14%. Yet another study concluded that eight oranges should be eaten today to get the same amount of vitamin A that our grandparents would have gotten from one.

In fact, today the situation is much worse than it was 20-30 years ago. A research carried out in Germany by Prof. Liesen from Munich, analyzes were carried out on vegetable samples regularly on sale in shops and supermarkets (both large and small distribution). The data show the nutritional differences over about ten years (1985-1996) in the content of calcium, folic acid, magnesium, vitamin C and vitamin B in some fruits and vegetables expressed in mg.

As we can see from the table from 1985 to 1996 there is a general decrease of about 50% and from 1996 to 2002 (in just 6 years) there is a further average decrease of 40%. And today in 2016 after 14 years, what should we expect? Already the situation in 1985 was not excellent given that, as the British study shows, there was already an average decrease of 20% compared to 1930. If we want to make a summary average calculation we can therefore say that if in 1930, for example, a fruit contained 100mg of vitamins, in 2002 there are only 24mg! In other words, to assimilate the same vitamin content in 2002 you have to eat about 5 fruits instead of 1! And today in 2016 ??

Why are fruits and vegetables so depleted of nutrients today?

According to Dr. Donald Davis: «the fault lies with the new competitive techniques used by farmers […] to increase profits they are forced to increase production, using systems that make crops grow and mature much faster. [...] Fruits and vegetables pumped beyond belief and artificially do not have the time to develop the natural nutritional properties, typical of normal development. Efforts to breed new crop varieties that provide higher yields, pest resistance and climate adaptation have allowed crops to grow larger and faster, but their ability to produce and absorb nutrients cannot hold the pace with their rapid growth. Farmers are paid by weight, not according to the vitamins in their products. […] Scientists call it the “dilution effect”: the larger and more luxuriant fruits and vegetables become, the less minerals, vitamins and other nutrients they contain. It is an inversely proportional ratio, the richest harvest automatically becomes the poorest ".

Therefore, according to the American researcher, the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and pesticides together with the hybridization of the species prevents the plant from developing its nutritional content.

A different story therefore takes place with organic products. "By avoiding synthetic fertilizers, organic farmers put stress on plants, and when plants feel stress, they protect themselves from the environment by producing phytonutrients," said Alyson Mitchell, PhD, professor of nutrition science at the University of California. His 10-year study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that organic tomatoes can have up to 30% more phytonutrients than conventional ones.

Another reason for the vitamin deficiency is due to the large extensive production that requires long storage and transport times that only accelerate the loss of nutrients. The nutrients in fruits and vegetables begin to decline as soon as we harvest them from the plant. This loss of nutrients can be minimized with freezing and drying at a maximum of 42 ° C. The ideal is therefore to buy from a small local producer who collects only when necessary. Alternatively, having your own small vegetable garden is always the best solution when we have the possibility.

Finally, there is a very subtle nutrient loss factor that is rarely talked about and it is soil pollution due to heavy metals present in the soil. The aluminum released into the atmosphere and groundwater, in addition to being toxic to the human brain, is also toxic to plants because it acidifies the soil, altering its pH and thus preventing plants from absorbing nutrients from the soil. The problem of heavy metals also concerns the residues present in food, in fact many pesticides are based on metals that remain and have been found in the analyzes.

How to fix it?

•     Buy organic or untreated;
•     Choose the smallest fruits and vegetables;
•     Drinking lots of fresh, homemade fruit and vegetable extracts is a way to consume a large amount while getting all the nutrients except fiber;
•     Take a natural heavy metal detox product like Elkopur312. The intake of zeolite through Scen's Elkopur312 allows a detoxification of the organism;
•     Take natural vitamin supplements or superfoods. Regular vitamin supplements that are sold in pharmacies and advertised on television are toxic as some studies have shown. Then choose the superfoods or super-concentrated medical foods of nutrients: spirulina, chlorella, goji berries, acai, coconut oil, aronia, camu camu, hemp seeds, chia seeds, lucuma, pollen, omega 3, medicinal mushrooms (Reishi , Chaga, Cordyceps, etc.) and others.

(source: Fruits and vegetables have 80% fewer vitamins and minerals than 30 years ago)