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When questioned most Danish people will tell you, that their diet is quite healthy and diversified. The statistics says otherwise. Childrens breakfast may often look like candy, the grown up's dinner are often fast food TV-dinners, and most people do not get enough vegetables.
Luckily iodine is now added to salt to decrease the many incidenses of iodine deficiency sicknesses. But though pharma-food industries are ready to add the lacking vitamin B's and minerals to corn flakes, and have may many smart ideas for functional foods, the ideas often look more creative than healthy.
People's need for vitamins, minerals, proteines, carbo hydrate, and fatty acids, etc. are more individual than can be read in various tables about minimum needs, and these may vary due to genetics, as even closely related people may have very different needs of nutrients. Also our different environments create individual nutrient demands.
It is therefore highly important, that everybody can take care of their own individual nutrient needs. This is one of the issues, May Day works for. 
Please see Links about Nutrition.
Last update: 01:09 03/02 2007
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