The Food Groups Myth

MYTH: "Your body gets all the nutrients it needs from the four food groups."

The above statement is a quote. From who? Sadly, from many doctors.

It's little wonder when you consider that nutrition is a course "elective" for most medical students. That also might account for the fact that the average lifespan of a doctor is over fifteen years shorter than the rest of us!

The fact is, the nutritional value in today's processed foods has been compromised substantially. Filling your body with nutrient-poor calories is like filling your car with watered down gasoline.

Today's foods are woefully lacking for three primary reasons:

Farm soils are depleted of nutrients.
Most farmlands are fertilized with only 3 minerals.
Crops are contaminated with pollutants and poisons.

These and other factors contribute to a diet for most Americans that is virtually absent of many of the trace elements that our bodies need to fight disease and infection, rebuild and repair, and generally function as the marvel of biology that it is.

According to the best of modern scientific research, the human body requires around 90 nutrients each day for optimal health and longevity.

They are broken down as follows:

60 Minerals
16 Vitamins
12 Amino Acids
3 Fatty Acids

Of the above nutrients, minerals are by far the most important. In his book "Rare earths, forbidden cures," chapter two, Dr. Joel Wallach drives the point home:

"The basic functions of life itself cannot be performed without minerals, either as a major part of the function or as a catalytic cofactor (i.e. - RNA, DNA, sub cellular and digestive enzymes and the utilization of vitamins) - yet despite more than 10,000 years of human experience the allopathic medical profession would have us believe that all we modern humans need for optimal health and longevity is their stewardship, the four food groups, pharmaceuticals, radiation, surgery and organ transplants!! Simply said, minerals are the currency of life."

Even the United States government is not blind to the scandal of how badly we lack basic nutrients. Published in 1936 by the 74th Congress 2nd Session, senate document #264 confirms:

"The alarming fact is that foods (fruits, vegetables and grains) now being raised on millions of acres of land, that no longer contain enough of certain minerals, are starving us - no matter how much of them we eat. No man of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the minerals he requires for perfect health because his stomach isn't big enough to hold them."

We cannot get the nutrients we need for optimal health and longevity from the foods we eat.

We must supplement, or suffer.