Store bought produce isn’t as nutritious as it used to be. Showing a steady decline since the 1950s, modern farming practices have valued the size, yield, growth rate, and pest resistance of fruits and vegetables over and above basic nutrition. You would need to eat eight oranges today to obtain the same amount of vitamin A as a single orange would have provided just two generations ago.
The main causes of nutrient loss are growing foods in soil
that is depleted in nutrients, cultivating fast growing varieties that are
harvested before maturity, …read more
Source: Natural Living Ideas
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