Now, to fulfill the promise of talking a little bit about the devitalization of soil, we shall introduce Dr. Firman E. Bear, PhD. Dr. Bear is an ambitious and versatile biochemist with periods of teaching at three universities under his belt. His duties, doings and research overlap into the realms of teaching, conservation, science, administration, authoring books, and last but not least, dirt. Dr. Bear was president of the Soil Science Society of America, the Soil Conservation Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. He even edited a magazine entitled Soil Science Magazine. In other words, he is a reasonably reliable authority on soil.
Dr. Bear's studies began with comparing the nutrient content of food grown in standard to poor quality soils with foods grown in organic soils fertilized with organic mulch. Most notably, the foods grown in standard to poor quality soils were seriously low on mineral and trace mineral contents. Essential nutrients such as copper, manganese and cobalt were literally nowhere to be found in the food. Other important minerals like calcium, potassium and magnesium were severely deficient in these unfortunate plants. And, these results are old. Unfortunately, the situation has only grown more dire and pathetic since Dr. Bear churned out this valuable and frightening research. What does this mean for the masses? It's bad enough that the crops are depleted, but soil seems so much harder to gain control of…especially now.
Basically, the only way for individuals to circumvent this issue is vitamin and mineral supplements. A person may exercise and eat right religiously and still experience the symptoms of vitamin or mineral deficiency simply because food isn't what it used to be. Even if you limited yourself to organic fruits and vegetables, your pocket book would most likely lose more weight than you. We know which vitamins and minerals work best. We just have to put ourselves on a good and reliable regimen. With poor soil, overpopulation threatening the food supply and honeybees approaching extinction, there are just too many factors now threatening the quality of what we eat.
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