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> Lots of foods today have less nutrients because of horrible soil quality.

Is this true? How can a plant look healthy and delicious if it didn't get the right nutrients?



Yes, but by how much, and the gravity is of course still getting figured out.

A lot of nutrients though has fallen between 5% and 40% - which is worrying because if it continues, who knows how much we are going to rely on supplements which lacks a lot of phytonutrients. Also, already healthy people have to double or triple their vegetable intake to meet daily reqs, which isn't feasible.

This paper from Davis is about soil depletion:

https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/44/1...

Another factor besides soil depletion is Carbon Dioxide recently revealed: https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/09/13/food-nutrie...




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