t or don’t even eatsome meals during the day due to busy schedules. But it’s been said that youdo your body more harm eating one or two big meals a day then eating fouror five little ones. Even people who eat right don’t get large enough amountsof antioxidant vitamins which have proven effective in preventing diseases. Thetypical American diet is well below what it should be. A study by the NationalFood Consumption Survey report only 3% of the population ate therecommended number of servings from the four food groups. Only 12%consumed 100% of the RDA for all of the top nutrients like protein, calciumand vitamin A, B, and C. Over 70% of men and over 80% of women failed toget even 2/3’s of the RDA for one or more nutrients. Diets in high schoolstudents were found to be inadequate as they only consumed 56% of theircalories from the Basic Four Food Groups. Foods most frequently eaten arecakes, candy, soda pop, butter, and jellies and jams. So what are the peopleto do about this bottomed out problem. Are we suppose to turn into nutritionfreaks or do we forget it and live our drained out lives depressed, out ofmoney, stress out, and tired. While it seems that everyone from grandmothersto government has good advice about how to eat well, The American DieteticAssociation is urging people to take charge of their own nutrition destiny.ADA shows that when it comes to nutrition, there is no such thing as a“one-size-fits-all” approach. Nutrition experts say achieving good nutrition islike putting together a puzzle, only you know where the pieces fit. So what isgood nutrition. We know that you can get a good nutrition from a balancedmeal, but know that most Americans don’t get that kind of nutrition that isneeded. So should we be heading towards something new like dietarysupplements. Some nutritionist say that we shouldn’t while I say that if werenot getting enough nutrition out of our meals, then lets ...
