Good Food Does Not Equal Good Nutrition
Good soils translate to good food, thats a basic fact. Over the last 100 years our soils have been depleted to the point of concern. Thats where the International Medical Geology Association comes in, to educate and guide us in geological related concerns.
I had never heard of medical geology prior to reading the article, The Emerging Medical and Geological Association published by the American Clinical and Climatological Association, but now it makes a lot of sense. Most of the nutrients in our food are derived from our soil and its mineral content.
The ever-decreasing nutritional content of foods is not the only concern. There are other issues related to our geological connectivity. There are toxins unleashed from the soils, such as arsenic and mercury. Other potentially harmful substances are released through natural events such as volcanic action.
When we look into the health concerns related to nutritional deficiencies, it is easy to see that there have been many studies into modern world ailments and nutrition. Some of these studies focus on regional, focusing on concentrations of MS cases in the Pacific Northwest, but others are global. Goiter, for example, has been tied to an iodine deficiency. While there are over 450 million residents in China who are at risk of this thyroid condition, Goiter is known to be a problem worldwide.
Lets focus a minute on iodine. In the USA the deficiency of iodine was known nearly a hundred years ago. Studies have continued worldwide since that time, and regulations created to include iodine in the average diet. The inclusion of iodine into diets has typically been through table salt, though that might be of concern today with so much emphasis on a low-sodium diet. But iodine is important, and deficiencies have been tied to low IQ, birth defects and miscarriages.
Our health and wellness will not be sustained through the grocery or health food, but through our actions to work with the earth. We still have choices we can make, both in our individual dietary choices and interaction with the earth. We can also join together in a global voice to care for our precious planet. - 17268
I had never heard of medical geology prior to reading the article, The Emerging Medical and Geological Association published by the American Clinical and Climatological Association, but now it makes a lot of sense. Most of the nutrients in our food are derived from our soil and its mineral content.
The ever-decreasing nutritional content of foods is not the only concern. There are other issues related to our geological connectivity. There are toxins unleashed from the soils, such as arsenic and mercury. Other potentially harmful substances are released through natural events such as volcanic action.
When we look into the health concerns related to nutritional deficiencies, it is easy to see that there have been many studies into modern world ailments and nutrition. Some of these studies focus on regional, focusing on concentrations of MS cases in the Pacific Northwest, but others are global. Goiter, for example, has been tied to an iodine deficiency. While there are over 450 million residents in China who are at risk of this thyroid condition, Goiter is known to be a problem worldwide.
Lets focus a minute on iodine. In the USA the deficiency of iodine was known nearly a hundred years ago. Studies have continued worldwide since that time, and regulations created to include iodine in the average diet. The inclusion of iodine into diets has typically been through table salt, though that might be of concern today with so much emphasis on a low-sodium diet. But iodine is important, and deficiencies have been tied to low IQ, birth defects and miscarriages.
Our health and wellness will not be sustained through the grocery or health food, but through our actions to work with the earth. We still have choices we can make, both in our individual dietary choices and interaction with the earth. We can also join together in a global voice to care for our precious planet. - 17268
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