March 01, 2019

In Case You Missed It #21 - The Soil Will Save Us

11 minutes

A recap of AMA #60 - The Soil Will Save Us, all about soil nutrient density!

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Fact To Remember:

All the nutrients you consume in your daily diet come from soil… Period.

The Scary Facts, Right Off the Bat!:

In the past 50 years, the nutrient density of our food has decreased by anywhere from 15%-65% depending on the specific food…

The Average, taken from 27 different kinds of vegetables:

Copper declined by 76%

Calcium declined by 46%

Iron declined by 27%

Magnesium declined by 24%

Potassium declined by 16%

The Average, taken from 10 different kinds of meat:

Copper declined by 24%

Calcium by 41%

Iron by 54%

magnesium by 10%

Potassium by 16%

Compared to food in the year 1940, to match micronutrients, in 2019 a human would have to consume:

2x as much meat

3x times as much fruit

4x times as many vegetables.

Fruits vs. Veggies: It is critical that we stop putting "fruits and vegetables" in the same category! Here's why... Directly comparing 100 grams of banana to 100 grams of broccoli:Gram for Gram Broccoli has:

3x more Protein

12x more Vitamin A

10x more Vitamin C

1/5th the Net Carbs

1/6th the Sugar…

Banana wins on one micronutrient… Potassium… oh and it wins by a measly 1%.

So, the reasons why I choose broccoli over banana are clear… But the most important point: Yes, I have to eat 4 times more veggies now than I did in the year 1940… and I’m cool with that. Why?

Because I could eat 6 times more broccoli before matching the sugar content of the banana!

Okay, now, let’s compare broccoli to blueberries, one of the most micronutrient-rich fruits. Broccoli, gram for gram, has:

4x more Protein

4x more Potassium

12x more Vitamin A

9x more Vitamin C

3x more Iron

5x more Magnesium

1/2 the Net Carbohydrates

Oh, and I could still eat 6x more broccoli before matching the sugar content of blueberries!

How Soil Works:

Plants sequester carbon along with water and sunlight from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and turn it into carbohydrates. AKA Sugars… (Click Here for a Short Video) But here’s what you don’t see happening underground… Plants are deeply rooted inside an interconnected web of mycorrhizal (MICO-RIZAL) fungi, all throughout the ground. Everywhere beneath your feet is this web of fungi and they have a beneficial relationship with plants. Plants give away as much as 40% of the carbon they pull from the atmosphere to directly feed the fungi. In return, the fungi penetrate the roots of the plans and feed them minerals and enzymes required for the plants to grow and thrive! Today, scientists estimate that 80% of all of earth’s plants are rooted in this web of fungi… The fungi can connect plants up to 250 yards away from one another via this incredible web.

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