When crops are grown, they absorb minerals from the ground. However, the minerals do not
replace themselves. Plants can not make minerals - because minerals are not organic. In the natural cycle, these minerals return to the ground when the plant dies and are then used again by the next generation of plants - a cycle that could repeat itself forever. However, when the plant is removed (crops and vegetables), the minerals go with them. So with each generation there is less minerals in the ground and in the plants - until eventually they are fully depleted.

When generations of crops have depleted all minerals from the ground, the plants become devoid of minerals. Therefore, our food becomes devoid of minerals - and then so do our cells. Even if  we buy "fresh" vegetables and fruit, they are still virtually devoid of  minerals.  A diet rich in fruits and vegetables is superior to  a diet of burgers and fries - because you avoid the bad elements of the burger and fries.  But a diet of fruit and vegetables is still one mostly devoid of minerals.

People used to drink water from deep mineral wells or streams flowing from mountains - laced with minerals they collect from the rocks and soil around them. Often animals in nature will be seen licking rocks for the minerals.

But we do not drink mineral water. Instead we drink either tap water or distilled water - both without minerals. The meat we eat is from cattle grown on these depleted crops. So is the milk we drink.

Then next time you make a meal or shop at a grocery store, read the labels and add up the percentage of minerals on the back of each box and can. There will be ZERO of over 90% of the minerals your body uses, and you will be lucky if it adds up to 25% of those even the government claims is the MINIMAL daily need. Look at the descriptions on

FRESH fruits and vegetables at grocery stores - and you will see the same thing. PLANTS CAN NOT MANUFACTURE MINERALS. They can only absorb them from the soil - and our agricultural soil has been depleted of minerals for decades. But no one will tell you that.

Most of our food is processed - meaning boiled and canned in liquid - what tiny bit remains of minerals are lost in the water that is then dumped down the drain. The heating and preservatives destroy the amino acids. A result is that while people have the greatest variety of food to select from in history, our food is nearly absence of amino acids and minerals. We have a highly diverse selection of junk food to pick from - though some of it looks and sounds really healthy.

From time to time, the health harms of a specific mineral shortage were so great the government has required addition of a mineral or vitamin. For example, it required adding iodine to salt due to epidemic illnesses from lack of iodine. Yet probably you never thought of taking iodine, no? Without it, you will likely get sicker and sicker and slowly die in overall deteriorating health.

This is only one of dozens of obscure minerals your cells MUST have to function efficiently and reproduce correctly.It is likely you have not heard of most minerals your body uses. Yet lack of one deteriorates the whole system.

I believe this is why our generation is so plagued with degenerative diseases of the body and mind. We do not grow old gracefully, but sickly. As we age, there are increasingly high statistical odds that we will come to face horrifying mental or physical ailments. ONLY when there is an obvious and massive specific health crisis does the government dictate supplementing food.

But what about all the other minerals your body (cells) use?

What happens if they are missing just one mineral they need? Fortunately, for most minerals they only need very little - just enough for a niche in the cell function (they do not consume-burn the mineral, but just an element of their structure and internal chemical bath.) But if a cell needs a mineral to function  or to reproduce itself - and does not have it - then obviously it can not function correctly and will not reproduce itself correctly or rapidly until that specific mineral is obtained.  Lack of minerals and amino acids  inhibit cell  production and
reproduction - leading to older  cells that are weaker, deteriorated and  more easily attacked by fungus, virus and other harmful micro-organisms.

If you had to pick an army to defend your country, you would pick an army of 25 year old soldiers over 90 years old soldiers. The same applies to the armies of your immune system.

So we eat and eat and eat and eat tons of calories, sugars and fats - because our cells are screaming for FOOD!

- but not for fat, for minerals and amino acids.