Even if you eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, chances are, your body’s still not getting the nutrients it needs.

And that’s because fruits and vegetables aren’t grown the way the used to be. First off, the soil’s different. It’s now rich in fertilizer and chemicals, instead of minerals. Secondly, farmers now pick produce off the vine before it’s ripe so that it will survive the long truck ride to your store. Lastly, we’re breeding Miss Americas not Albert Einsteins.

What do I mean?

We now breed fruits and veggies to look prettier and taste sweeter. But they’ve become less nutritious in the process, according to the United State Department of Agriculture.

In fact, according to one recent report I’ve read, you’d have to eat seven to nine 2009 peaches to get the same nutritional content packed into one 1950s peach.

What’s the bottom line? Unless you eat a dozen peaches, two heads of lettuce, and 25 tomatoes a day, you might not be getting all the vitamins and minerals you need. Start with a solid multivitamin that’s got at least 25 mg of B1, B2, and B6. This is an excellent litmus test for whether or not your multivitamin is any good.

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