nutrient depleted foods/soils.-Elliot Merrill

It is widely known that organic foods are more sustainable and healthy for the body, but what about convetionally grown foods? conventionally grown foods are produced not for the health and wwell being of the planet but for profit. conventinally grown foods ruin soil and deplete our bodys of nutrition. But at the same time keep us going just enough to go back for more and they tast so good.
" According to the new British analysis of government nutrition data on meat and dairy products from the 1930s and from 2002, the mineral content of milk, cheese and beef declined as much as 70 percent in that period.The research found that parmesan cheese had 70 percent less magnesium and calcium, beef steaks contained 55 percent less iron, chicken had 31 percent less calcium and 69 percent less iron, while milk also showed a large drop in iron along with a 21 percent decline in magnesium.

Copper, an important trace mineral (an essential nutrient that is consumed in tiny quantities), also declined 60 percent in meats and 90 percent in dairy products.“It seems likely that intensive farming methods are responsible for this,” Tokelove said from his office in London." -http://stephenleahy.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/overweight-hungry-blame-hollow-food/

I'd suggest eating organic foods and or growing your own. Not only is organic better for you its proven to build your sustem up against pesticides found in common foods. Organic foods cost more, but really do they? when you look at the healthcare issue in america why arent more people asking why so many people are getting sick in the first place. If we spend less we acctually put our lives in a lot more rist of having some medical issue down the road. The hostpitals/pharmacuitical companies could care less what you eat. They profit from the food companies because we get sick and need medical help.