Just 22% of people manage to eat the recommended 'five a day' portions of fruit and vegetables, research suggests.
More worryingly, even when they do reach recommended targets, evidence shows during the last half century, vegetables have lost:
49% of their sodium content
46% of their calcium content
27% of their iron content
24% of their magnesium content
16% of their potassium content
76% of their copper content
Unless you grow your own, which more people should do
Well, a lot of people do have backyard gardens, but unless your garden is about 1/4 acre or more (that would be at least 10,000 sq.ft. and up), you can't grow enough to make a dent in your vegetable consumption. It is helpful of course if you live in an area where you have 2 growing seasons, such as some parts of Texas, but the rest of us are out of luck. Most of us grow just enough to have a few nice feeds from May to September.
My garden is only 1200 sq.ft. but it's hardly enough to provide even 1/5th of what we eat in a year.
We love to grow our own vegies but with the water restrictions and the price of water here now its almost impossible to afford to grow your own even though we have a rain water tank, the summers are so hot and the ground dries out so quickly.
We love to grow our own vegies but with the water restrictions and the price of water here now its almost impossible to afford to grow your own even though we have a rain water tank, the summers are so hot and the ground dries out so quickly.
I am sorry to hear about your gardening woes. It's hot & dry here, too, but we have a deep well, so that helps, but it is still a lot of work doing the watering, since I don't like the idea of using a sprinkler. They don't do a good job at all, like a natural rain. Using a watering can is the way to go, but, boy, the work! Let's hope for more rain next year!
My garden is only 1200 sq.ft. but it's hardly enough to provide even 1/5th of what we eat in a year.
That's an impressive size garden Samia lol
I would love to have a big garden again... maybe someday
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Unless you grow your own, which more people should do
Yes and no to that, because of course any crop is only as nutrient rich as the soil it's grown on.
But certainly if the land has been fertilised with natural fertilisers then any crops grown thereon are going to be richer in nutrients.
I heard about that (mineral depletion of veggies) about 11-12 yrs ago. Also, I remember years ago, my relatives gardens had great tasting veggies. In the US, you have to grow or get organic or close to it, but many veggies havd no taste anymore if you buy them at the supermarket.
This data is no surprise. Commercial growing practices are not about health and nutrition but strictly bottom line profit. We are finally seeing real research to prove the detriment (and it doesn't even include residual chemical data).
The goal is to make it prettier, bigger and to do it faster.
If you can't grow your own, buy from local producers if possible.
Due to the increase in modern intensive agriculture you will find that this decline will continue as the grounds where these vegetables are grown are not given enough time to recultivate.
This is a pretty scary article about the problems are intensive approach to farming is having on our food and planet!
Vegetables: In Decline
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