Fruits & Veggies Are Not as Nutritious as 60 Years Ago Grist

Did you know tomatoes had 55 percent more calcium and 25 percent more iron in 1950 than they did in 1999?

Grist wrote about a study that compared the nutrients found in fruits and vegetables grown in 1999 to those grown almost 50 years before. Breeding high-yielding crops, it seems, has led to a loss of nutrients in our produce.

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