Hello,

I have a question regarding vitamins. In the scripts, you mention that chemical fertilizers destroy vitamins and trace elements in the soil. Is it therefore worthwhile to create meal plans that aim to ensure sufficient intake of, for example, vitamin C or the B complex? I'm not sure if the stated values of vitamin content in the ZOF application actually reflect reality (due to those fertilizers). Wouldn't it be better to not worry about this and just buy a multivitamin and take trace elements according to one's own feelings? I'm not sure if it's realistic to get enough of all vitamins and trace elements from the diet today.

Thank you for your response.

It always makes sense and essentially must make sense because nutrition is always the foundation upon which the appropriateness of using dietary supplements is based. Foods always contain a certain amount of minerals, but their amounts are very variable. They always depend on the method of cultivation, the quality of the soil, and the form of technological processing of the product; for vitamins, it also depends on the storage method (= conditions inducing oxidation).

Nutritional values in applications are based on measurements of nutrient content in foods, but always consider them highly indicative. At ZOF, we created the database by averaging values commonly presented on different continents (the courses are studied by people from virtually all corners of the planet), and in many cases, they differ from databases commonly used in Europe.

Ensuring an adequate amount of minerals is generally not a problem; with vitamins and antioxidants, it is a greater challenge because they are thermolabile and subject to oxidative processes. For these reasons, their supplementation is more crucial than for minerals.

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