The lack of vitamins and minerals in the Western diet is so widely known as to seem mundane. Our knowledge about vitamins and minerals has become simplistic. Sometimes I feel like all that most people know about vitamins is that they are good (as opposed to bad, I suppose). But let us not forget the research and science that brought us to this point.
To illustrate my point, I plan to portray the full power of modern nutritional science in support of one mineral: magnesium. Continue reading
The New Food View 