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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNot enough vegetables for all. Probably easier to fight diabetes, cancer, etc. if we start with
a better diet instead of what most eat now.
Is the US Experiencing a Veggie Shortage?
On: December 31, 2015 / By: Maximum Yield / In: Latest Max Facts, Max Facts
Are you eating enough vegetables? That is, vegetables on their own, in salads or prepared in a home-cooked meal, as opposed to in the form of ketchup, French fries and pizza. The USDA recommends that Americans eat 2½-3 cups of a variety of vegetables every day. There are two problems with that, as shown in a recent data report provided by the department: the US only has about 1.7 cups available per person each day, and the majority of what we do have available consists of potatoes, tomatoes and lettuce. Thats not much variety. Eating a mixture of dark, leafy greens, orange and yellow vegetables, and beans, along with potatoes and tomatoes, gives us necessary nutrients we may not otherwise get and consumption of vegetables reduces our risk of heart attacks, strokes and some cancers. But when were eating them in the form of pizza, French fries and ketchup, the nutritional value is lost.
(Source: urbanfarmonline.com)
http://maximumyield.com/us-doesnt-have-enough-veggies/
I read discussions about whether we can grow enough to satisfy our needs, which appears to still be an open question. We aren't doing it yet, and things aren't as bad as they are forecast to be, so this doesn't bode well.
Anyway, gonna repeat this from above:
Eating a mixture of dark, leafy greens, orange and yellow vegetables, and beans, along with potatoes and tomatoes, gives us necessary nutrients we may not otherwise get and consumption of vegetables reduces our risk of heart attacks, strokes and some cancers. But when were eating them in the form of pizza, French fries and ketchup, the nutritional value is lost.
Do the best you can. Your liver will love you.
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Not enough vegetables for all. Probably easier to fight diabetes, cancer, etc. if we start with (Original Post)
jtuck004
Jan 2016
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JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)1. Grow your own.
Amongst other green plants. Go organic.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. and eat less meat....
good for you and the planet.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)3. Bingo. Keeping the rate of rise of insulin low is the key.
Even more important than high blood sugar. I was just reading that in a study last night. I'd post a link if I could even remotely find it.
Even juicing fruits can get us into danger if not supplemented with fiber.
Thank you internet tubules for the information.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. Funny you should mention veggies and diabetes.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_29440965/free-fruits-and-veggies-for-lowincome-diabetics
Hey, I know! Let's make low-cost fruits and veggies available to poor people before they become diabetic!
Medical and food charities here teamed up Wednesday to offer a new kind of prescription to help low-income diabetics: free fruits and vegetables.
Samaritan House Redwood City Free Clinic partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to launch its new "food pharmacy," perhaps the first of its kind in California to provide nutritious food to low-income patients with type 2 diabetes who otherwise would have trouble buying it....
Michelson and Bart Charlow, Samaritan House's CEO, modeled the program after a food pantry pioneered at Boston Medical Center in 2001.
According to Latchman Hiralall, the Boston food pantry's manager, food pharmacies are based on simple logic: People are more likely to follow the diet that doctors recommend if they can get those foods for free immediately after their appointments. Today, Boston Medical Center's Preventive Food Pantry serves 7,000 people per month. San Francisco General Hospital has also received funds to start a similar pantry.
Samaritan House Redwood City Free Clinic partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to launch its new "food pharmacy," perhaps the first of its kind in California to provide nutritious food to low-income patients with type 2 diabetes who otherwise would have trouble buying it....
Michelson and Bart Charlow, Samaritan House's CEO, modeled the program after a food pantry pioneered at Boston Medical Center in 2001.
According to Latchman Hiralall, the Boston food pantry's manager, food pharmacies are based on simple logic: People are more likely to follow the diet that doctors recommend if they can get those foods for free immediately after their appointments. Today, Boston Medical Center's Preventive Food Pantry serves 7,000 people per month. San Francisco General Hospital has also received funds to start a similar pantry.
Hey, I know! Let's make low-cost fruits and veggies available to poor people before they become diabetic!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. Happily, many people do not like most veggies
so that leaves more for me to eat.