Fruits, vegetables not as nutritious as 50 years ago<\/p>\n
By LANCE GAY
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE<\/p>\n
In spite of what Mother taught you about the benefits of eating broccoli, data collected by the U.S. government show that the nutritional content of America’s vegetables and fruits has declined during the past 50 years — in some cases dramatically.<\/p>\n
Full article is here<\/a><\/p>\n Gee \u2013 I knew this years ago but I am glad the world is catching up with the fact that our growing crops for quick shipping to stores is not only killing the soil it is producing fruit and veggies that aren\u2019t as nutritious.<\/p>\n So what do we do? Spend all day eating fruit and vegetable in order to get the nutrition we need? Or eat supplements?<\/p>\n Local organic produce is a good answer but it does not work if you live in a cold climate. If your \u201cfresh\u201d food is shipped to your local store \u2013 chances are that it ripened \u201cen transit\u201d – and the best nutrients come from vine\/tree-ripened produce \u2013 not truck-ripened produce \u263a<\/p>\n If you want information about phytonutrients [that\u2019s the good stuff in your fruits and vegetables] go here<\/a> then click “yes” when you see my picture.<\/p>\n