Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

You’re Not Tired—You’re Mineral Deficient 😮⚡ | Caroline Alan

15 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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In this video, Mona Sharma interviews nutrition expert Caroline Alan about the widespread mineral deficiencies in modern diets. They discuss a 2018 study comparing foods grown in the 1950s to those from the early 2000s, which found a significant decline in mineral content, protein, and an increase in carbohydrates. The conversation challenges the assumption that simply eating vegetables provides sufficient minerals, emphasizing that contemporary food production often fails to deliver adequate mineral nutrition, which can manifest as chronic fatigue and other health issues.

Why, in our modern world are we so deficient in minerals? You know, some people out there might say, well, you know what, Mona, Caroline? I'm eating my veggies every day, so this can't be me. I'm doing my part.
So a 2018 study was done, and they compared foods grown in 1950 with foods grown in the early 2000s. And what they found was a significant decrease in nutrient values, and particularly minerals, but even also protein, and a rise in carbohydrate levels. The sad fact is this is an absolute, absolute fact. You cannot get enough minerals from the foods you're eating.
Even if you're eating.
Foods grown in your backyard. Organic garden. In nature, what happens is the plant grows. Sooner or later it dies. And when it dies, it falls and it decomposes, and all of that mineral nutritional value goes back into the soil. But we cultivate, we grow plants in soil. We harvest them, we take them away, we store them, we eat them, and we dispose of their waste far away from where they were grown. And then those soils, over time, become mineral depleted.