[AbiDrew85]

I have made some slightly depressing observations in my efforts to formulate this dietary bar...

What I'm saying is that I think I'm beginning to better understand the obesity epidemic. Trying to formulate a dietary bar has taught me some very interesting things about nutrition and what's been happening to our food in the modern age... Even raw and organically grown.

The simple reality is, in a nutshell, we can't possibly meet our nutritional requirements for vitamins and minerals without either supplementation or eating insane amounts of food.

Our plants and animals are being malnourished even by the best meaning farmers and livestock keepers. (And bee keepers too).

It's not entirely their fault. It's this greedy ass world we're living in. Our soil especially in the US has been sorely depleted and there simply aren't enough trace minerals left to properly nourish our food supply - which translates into not properly nourishing us either.

Or water supply is even worse. Other than flouride which is usually put back in because it's also naturally depleted and chloride which comes from the chlorine they add to kill microbials... Our water supply is depleted worse than our soil. Oh, there's lots of HEAVY metals we don't want at all, but even those they filter out. And what little bit of good minerals are left get filtered along with. So no, our drinking water is NOT a reliable way to get our mineral requirements either.

But that's only the beginning... Our plants and livestock are using up almost every bit of mineral they can get a hold of leaving their own tissues devoid of any remaining minerals and they also aren't getting enough and therefore aren't producing enough vitamins and other nutrients...

So basically... We're in a downward spiral of malnutrition the world over. And the only way to get our nutritional needs met is to eat a ridiculous amount of food, well exceeding our caloric, protein, fat, and carb needs.

Or use supplements.

But supplements aren't always perfect either. Many supplements completely ignore our mineral deficiencies and those that don't often supply an inadequate amount of them and in forms that aren't easily absorbed. Vitamins OR minerals. Vitamins they often will provide a massive potential OD just hoping that even a quarter actually absorbs. Others they don't even care to make the attempt. And they very rarely attempt to actually find forms that are easily absorbed.

And minerals... Almost no multi blends including minerals supply adequate minerals and usually it's in a form that's not readily absorbed...

So... My honest belief is that the reason we have so much obesity isn't actually because we WANT to eat too much. It's that we NEED to eat too much.