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4 Fool-Proof Steps To More Nutrient-Dense Vegetables In Your Garden
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Are you eating healthy and nutritious food? If you get the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables, enjoy lean protein and healthy fats, you are probably going to answer “yes” to that question. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.
The fruits and vegetables that most of us enjoy today are less nutrient-dense than they were a generation ago. As early as the 1940s, scientists started to notice the alarming trend of less and less minerals and nutrients in the soil – and, as a result, in the food that was grown in that soil.
Studies in North America and in Europe have noted a decline of vitamin and mineral content across a variety of garden crops that has ranged anywhere from 2-84 percent over the last 75 years. In 2006, even the U.N. admitted to a new food crisis which they called “type B malnutrition” which was not due to lack of food but rather to poor food quality.
Why Is Some Food Today Less Nutrient-Dense?
Perhaps the biggest factor in the decline of vitamins and minerals in our food today is due to mineral depletion in the soil. Big Ag – and even some organic farms – often practice monoculture in which a single crop is grown on a piece of land.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/survival-gardening-2/4-fool-proof-steps-to-more-nutrient-dense-vegetables-in-your-garden/
