Originally posted by scooterscot
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It's one of the main cons of the global food industry. Universities who have thankfully undertaken such studies have found that the major reason we don't see vitamins listed in foods is because there are so much less of them in the food these days. This especially applies to ready-meals or pre-prepared industrially packaged foods.
It would be extremely interesting if a brave soul (given past industry intimidation tactics) were to buy lots of different meals, from smoked hams through to packaged moussaka, to blend them and analyse their nutritional content.
I'm a firm believer that the majority of processed foods (anything packaged, basically) probably have so much less nutrition than the fresh home-made version of the product, using veg from the garden - for example - that it would heftily explain the major nutrition and weight-gain problems of the Western nations, particularly UK and USA.
To improve how you feel and your quality of life, consider the following: the more processing layers a product has, the worse it is for you. Fresh fruit and veg are as close as you can get to reasonably decent these days, unless you're awash with cash and can afford to buy allotment-grown fruit and veg only.
Processing only exists to make money; the more middlemen, the more profit overall. Start with this view as your base, and next time you go food shopping try your local fishmonger, butcher, and greengrocers. It's the obsession with supermarkets and one-stop-shops for laundrywash to food that is really part of the problem of the Western psyche. You'll lose weight and feel better due to what you are consuming.
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