March 8, 2026 · Dr. Pat Luse, DC
In 1951, two peaches supplied the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A for an adult. Today, you would need to eat almost 53 peaches to get the same amount.
This isn’t speculation. It’s documented agricultural science. Over the last 50 years, potatoes have lost 50% of their vitamin A, C, and D content, and 20% of their calcium. The soil our food grows in has been systematically depleted of the minerals our bodies require.
This means that even if you eat a “perfect” diet of whole, real food — your cells are still not getting what they need. Your Delivery System (System 3) can only deliver what’s actually present in the food you eat. If the food is nutritionally bankrupt, your cells starve no matter how well you eat.
This is exactly why Dr. Pat Luse, DC, makes professional-grade functional foods the #1 priority in his supplement recommendations. Not retail vitamins from a shelf — GMP-certified, bioavailable compounds that your body can actually absorb and use.
In a randomized trial, patients on the same diet were split into two groups. The group that added a professional functional food had significantly greater improvement in cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL. Fifty percent more patients no longer qualified for metabolic syndrome.
“Modern food is too weak to replenish our bodies’ depleted cells. If you want to be free from debilitating disease, live a long and healthy life, and be strong, you must take nutritional supplements — but only GMP certified, professional-grade compounds.”
— Dr. Pat Luse, DC, The 7 Systems Plan