Until 20/40 years ago, having a varied diet would have been enough, but currently, it is not.
Our diet has changed substantially in the last few decades. Ultra-processed foods, very common today, provide a much lower amount of essential nutrients, and the healthier foods that we include in our diet contain fewer nutrients than they did a few decades ago. This is mainly due to the exponential use of pesticides (fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) and mass industrialization.
In addition, our habits and tastes have also changed, which ends up influencing our food choices.
Currently, there are more than 20 different types of diets, and the most common is to exclude food groups, often resulting in nutritional deficiencies, such as Vitamin A and/or C, calcium, folic acid, magnesium, iron and thymamine. However, supplementing without monitoring and control is not the solution!
It is recommended to consume foods rich in the missing nutrients and, if necessary and prescribed by a Doctor or Nutritionist, to help with supplementation, in the indicated dosages.
