https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2016-06-12 23:17:04 UTC 2016-06-12 23:26:50 UTC hello@padlet.com jamie_ridolfo https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114431990 Americans demand cheap food, so American agricultural policy for the past 30 years has focused on providing large amounts of inexpensive calories. Two of the cheapest sources of calories are corn and soy, which the federal government has long subsidized and which make up a large percentage of our caloric intake today.
(Section 5.3, 12)]]> 2016-06-12 23:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114431990 jamie_ridolfo https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432016 The environmental effects of pesticides and fertilizers on natural wildlife and our water supply is well-documented. Currently, the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, where no fish or other animals can live, has grown to 8,543 square miles, the size of New Jersey. This is due to chemicals in the Mississippi River, particularly fertilizers, as it flows into the Gulf.
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]]> 2016-06-12 23:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432016 jamie_ridolfo https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432046 According to Brian Halwell, a researcher for WorldWatch, vitamin C has declined by 20 percent, iron by 15 percent, riboflavin by 38 percent, and calcium by 16 percent. So we are now getting less nutrition per calorie in our foods. In essence, we have to eat more food to get the same vitamin and mineral content. 
(Section 5.3,13)]]> 2016-06-12 23:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432046 jamie_ridolfo https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432118 Dietary supplements include vitamins, minerals, herbals and botanicals, amino acids, enzymes, and many other products.
Effectiveness: 
Some supplements might help you get adequate amounts of essential nutrients. However, supplements can't take the place of the variety of foods that are important to a healthy diet.
Risk: 
Always be alert to the possibility of unexpected side effects, especially when taking a new product.  Supplements are most likely to cause side effects or harm when people take them instead of prescribed medicines or when people take many supplements in combination.
(Section 5.3, 11)]]> 2016-06-12 23:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432118 jamie_ridolfo https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432191 My mom has been prescribed a dietary aid for her thyroid. Her thyroid stopped functioning correctly when she got older and her doctor decided to prescribe her aid. She takes this daily and on a very healthy manner. She has had no side effects (other than that she has to eat breakfast later). The aid has helped with her thyroid malfunction and she no longer has to deal with a faulty thyroid. ]]> 2016-06-12 23:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jamie_ridolfo/tcomwnw2ugp2/wish/114432191