Hi Maryanne, Thanks for the response. I know of the report you are talking about. It's a quote from U.S. Senate Document 264. It's a reprint of an opinion that originally appeared in the June 1936 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine and was placed into the Congressional record by a Florida senator.
Anyhow, I live in an agricultural area and I agree that most of the farmland has probably been farmed out. It may look like spinach but it contains the nutrients of cardboard. The point that I was trying to make, is that it's my opinion that most of the dietary supplements on the market today are garbage. The people that are marketing this stuff are sleaze-bags. They try to get others to do their dirty work. "Sell enough of this crap to your family and friends and you will get yours free!" Eating expensive pills or drinking swill that contains a little bit of cru nched up shale, kelp, seaweed or coral isn't the answer. I think one would be better off buying a multivitamin/multimineral supplement from Wallgreens or K-Mart. It's a hell of a lot cheaper and at least they tell you what's in it. Then again, you can always eat some dirt or drink a little sea water (at least it's fresh!) I think the real problem is that people are over breeding and using up the worlds resources. I try to check the OT list once a day if you want to follow up on this. Best wishes, Andy (^_^) From: Pow-Map Andy, If you rely on the government to give us our dietary guidelines, I pity you and your family. Mineral depletion was proven back in 1930's (You can look that up) and unless you eat over 5-6 pounds of high quality fresh fruits, veggies, nuts and protein daily-your not getting even RDA standards. Look at the back of a bag of animal food-there are more vitamins and minerals than there are in human food. My brother is a vet and doesn't get into any of this 'heath' stuff and has even told me they put those in there so the animals DON'T get sick. I'm not trying to be rude and this has nothing to do with CS but you should seriously do some research and be a little more open minded- just for the sake of your own health. PS I'm not selling a darn thing!
