breeding nutrition out of our food

[Jim Troyer]

I found this interesting article today.  Most of you will be interested

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/opinion/sunday/breeding-the-nutri...

If we want to get maximum health benefits from fruits and vegetables, we must choose the right varieties. Studies published within the past 15 years show that much of our produce is relatively low in phytonutrients, which are the compounds with the potential to reduce the risk of four of our modern scourges: cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and dementia. The loss of these beneficial nutrients did not begin 50 or 100 years ago, as many assume. Unwittingly, we have been stripping phytonutrients from our diet since we stopped foraging for wild plants some 10,000 years ago and became farmers.

[Alex Veidel]

Good article.

Hmm, what period of time are they referring to? I think if you go far enough back, you most definitely will find that people lived a LOT older than we do.

"Were the people who foraged for these wild foods healthier than we are today? They did not live nearly as long as we do, but growing evidence suggests that they were much less likely to die from degenerative diseases, even the minority who lived 70 years and more. The primary cause of death for most adults, according to anthropologists, was injury and infections."

[Jim Troyer]

This weeks Stossel on Fox News, has a great article on GMO seeds, plant and products.  Should be able to pod cast it too.