Decreasing nutritional values in food

As per the ayurveda, the nutritional content in a Agricultural yield is based on the soil fertility and period of yielding.

The soil fertility has been decreasing with the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.no practical revitalisation is being taken up by the farmers. Thus, nutritional content is on decrease.

During the olden days the period of yielding was more months and age old trees were aavailable.the plants and  trees  had capacity to suck more nutrition from soil.Thus, nutritional values in food was more in olden days.

In present days, the gestation period has been decreasing due to loweing of that period in the High yielding Varieties.As the time of contact of plant with soil is less, naturally nutritional intake by  the crop is also less.on consuming , humanbeings also obtain less nutritional content.Also, many age old fruit and nut bearing trees vanished , resulting to low nutritional values in fruits and nuts also.

To simply explain,the nutritional values

in tuvar dal (Cajanus cajan) is more than Greengram, as the period of contact of tuvardal plant  with soil is much more than green gram.

I also observed that in the recent past ,the yield of bottleguard is obtained in 45 days.in my childhood it was 75 days and initial yield was not allowed to be eaten.it was offered to god and animals.That practice may insisted to increase the nutritional intake.

At the same time the yield per acre has been increased.the same amount of soil nutrition use to be distributed to total yield.in olden days , 2 tonnes was the usual yield per acre.now , 4 tonnes yield is quite common yield.if 100 units of nutrition is available, per tonne nutrition in olden days was 50 units.where as 25 units during present days, sharply decreasing nutritional content.

Alarmingly, the food intake has been decreased of human beings due to sedentary life style.due to decrement of nutritional values in food, food in take should be increased to have same level of nutrition in human beings.But , food intake has been decreasing.

Also, people have become soft and eating the polished rice, which losses the nutritional values. Also fruits are taken by removing upper layer, which consists of micro and macro nutrients, etc.The is lost in above cases.

As the artificial ripening is prevalent, it is also causing the great damage to the nutritional values in the food.

In olden days, the import of vegetables and grains from far off places were not more than 25%.But, now it has increased to about 75%.That too all the varieties first reach to hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh.For transport from produced place to Hyderabad,

it would take one day and one day to reach to desired place.The consumer buys it on next day.If, we add the transaction between the wholeseller and retailers, one more day has to be added. That means consumer utilize the vegetables or fruits only after 4 days after harvest.

I would share one of my experiences .Nakrekal surroundings are famous for the sweet lime gardens and lime gardens.All the crops would be transported to Hyderabad market atonce in lorries to cut the costs.Again , the whole seller in the hyd send it to suryapet and kodad towns, increasing the cost.But, direct tranport of same products were absent or low from Nakrekal to suryapet, which are 25 k.m away.

In the instant case, I would share that one cost of vegetables and fruits goes up and nutritional values would be lowered.Thus, the unnecessary transportation is also lowering the nutritional values.

Recently, Govt has taken a initiative to sanction trolly autos to farmers, where he can sell it in nearby places immediately on profit without mediation.it allows profits to both farmer and consumer without lowering the nutritional values.

Another important aspect is storing of food in the fridge also decrease the nutritional values. It also increases the habit of storing the food instead of buying on daily basis.

The cooking in the pressure cooker and microwave owens also decrease the nutritional values .Also, the frying of food causes increased carbon percentage in food, decreasing  vital nutrnutrients in the food.

we have to discuss the solutions to tideover the nutritional deficiencies.Otherwise , this page won't have any value.

Solutions:

1.old trees has to be protected.

2.natural fertilisers should be used.

3.kitchen gardens, backyard plantation shall be taken up to cater needs of atleast 25% of that family, preferring the country varieties.

4.ayurvedic plants should be grown and home remedies should be practiced.It caters nutritional values, while curing the ailments.

5.climbers gives more yield with in lowspace and caters nutrition.

6.people should know about diversified food and integrated food, so as to have nutritional values in the food.

8.Non pesticide management in agricultural shall become a state and community driven objective.

9.Artificial ripening shall be stopped.

10.Wastage of food shall be prevented to avoid stress load on production, as waste increases production has to be increased.