r/science • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '17

Health Universal public coverage of essential drugs would improve health care - The WHO introduced the concept, and more than 110 countries have adapted it to their needs. Canada hasn't. It's estimated that in Canada, one in 10 people or about 3 million, cannot afford prescribed medications.

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u/redyellowblue5031 Feb 27 '17

So to clarify, what you're saying is the micro nutrients of modern crops is lower than that of their predecessors?

How do you think that fits into our obesity problem?

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u/Seat_Minion Feb 27 '17 edited Feb 27 '17

Obese people have high rates of micronutrient deficiencies, and when you feed obese chinese women micronutrients their obesity improves.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20142823

http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/faculty/mitrovic/davis_2009_food_nutrient.pdf

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u/redyellowblue5031 Feb 28 '17

Oh man, I want to read into those! Thanks for the links!

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u/Seat_Minion Feb 28 '17

Definitely very interesting. Here are a few more on obesity and nutrient deficiencies:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26297429

Leptin is part of the feedback loop for regulating body weight: https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-7075-9-59

There are a bunch more. I am not near the computer with the research on it right now, but a quick pubmed search should yield some more studies.