Your package labels all say, “not a good source of…,” and then proceed with a huge list of things. Then, it lists vitamins and minerals, and gives you 2% of your daily value. 3 meals per day and you get 6% of your daily iron content.

Also… Your fruits and vegetables have 1/4 the nutritional value they did when your grandparents were alive. AND your soil nutrient levels are at an all-time-low.

Your vegetables couldn’t even get the nutrients they needed if you wanted them to.

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/five-reasons-why-soil-health-declining-worldwide

The nutritional value of top soil is declining worldwide. And it generally likes to stay homogenous. So, if your neighbor isn’t taking care of his soil, yours is losing nutrients too.

Also, plant some trees. They take nutrients from the surrounding areas and bring them into your land. There’s an entire fungal network that grows underground, and stretches between the roots of trees. It carries nutrients from one tree to another. Meaning, what your neighbor does affects you.

If he’s growing acres upon acres of industrial food, your own nutrients are depleted.

  • WeeSheep
    2·
    20 hours ago

    I’m in a city and people are “protein maxing” and “fiber maxing” so yes people know about fiber. Unfortunately the micronutrients are missing because instead of eating stuff like beans and whole grains that have good amounts of both, the are eating highly processed foods without other nutrients because they have lower calories, and lower carbs, and lower everything else.

    • Carnelian
      1·
      19 hours ago

      “protein maxing” and “fiber maxing”

      Typically people who use this terminology incorrectly believe that eating well means switching to protein themed junk food

      instead of eating stuff like beans and whole grains that have good amounts of both, the are eating highly processed foods without other nutrients

      Exactly

      yes people know about fiber

      No they absolutely do not. It’s an established fact that 95% of Americans do not hit their recommended fiber goals. Every study pretty much zeroes into that same number give or take.

      I’m looking at a random one from February of this year (IFIC spotlight survey) that says in addition to 95% not hitting the goal, 83% of Americans literally do not even glance at nutrition labels for fiber at all.

      From the same survery, one in four Americans believe meat is the best source of fiber, with fewer than half believing the best source is fruits and vegetables. Which is pretty amazing, considering literally all meat contains literally zero fiber.

      One of their key takeaways is that knowledge is a significant barrier right now