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Fruits and Vegetables Have Lost Up to Half Their Nutrients

Original: # food Cereals, Vegetables and Fruits Have Lost Up to Half of Their Essential Nutrients in the Last 60 Years. Modern Far

Staple foods including cereals, vegetables and fruits contain up to 50% fewer essential minerals and vitamins than they did 60 years ago, according to claims circulating widely on social media. Modern intensive farming methods that prioritise yield over soil health are said to be partly responsible, and rising carbon dioxide levels linked to climate change could accelerate the decline in coming decades.

Why now: Concern about food quality and health is growing as research and commentary link industrial agriculture and climate change to declining nutrient levels in everyday produce.

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• # food Cereals, Vegetables and Fruits Have Lost Up to Half of Their Essential Nutrients in the Last 60 Years. Modern Farming Is Partly to Blame and Climate Change Will Make It Worse Decades of agricultural progress have filled our plates, but some crucial minerals are thinning… · Snoro · 18

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