Posted by bulldog2 on February 16, 2010, at 17:56:28 [reposted on February 21, 2010, at 13:06:15 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Nutrition + depression (janejane asked....) » linkadge, posted by janejane on February 16, 2010, at 15:41:54
> > One should be able to obtain all the vitamins and mineral one needs from food. I know what sounds obstinent, but there is good reason for the recomendation.
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> What do you think of this idea that produce grown today is not as nutritious as it used to be? New pesticides, high-yield GMOs etc. allow farmers to work the same land harder to produce more food, but it is less nutritious, and the soil becomes depleted in the process.
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> Recently I saw a piece that compared mineral levels in produce from today versus the 30s (not sure that's the right decade, but something like that) and in most cases, the values were much less. I think the link was in digg or you may be able to google it. I think there are old threads about this topic in the babble archives too.
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> OK, this is not the article I was referring to, but it popped up in google and gives a summary:
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> http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1880145,00.htmlThere are places that sell good quality organic food. You pay a little more but the food is free of hormones, pesticides and crops are properly rotated.
People in different parts of the world who have the greatest life spans and have good health basically follow peasant style diets. If you can find stores that sell these foods that is your best bet for good health.
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