Fwd: Nutrient Decline In Garden Crops Over Past 50 Years

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Getting optimum nutrition may be harder than we thought!

< http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041203100522.htm >

> A recent study of 43 garden crops led by a University of Texas at

> Austin biochemist suggests that their nutrient value has declined

> in recent decades while farmers have been planting crops

> designed to improve other traits.

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> Getting optimum nutrition may be

harder than we thought!

>

> <

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/

2004/12/041203100522.htm >

>

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> > A recent study of 43 garden

crops led by a University of Texas at

> > Austin biochemist suggests that

their nutrient value has declined

> > in recent decades while farmers

have been planting crops

> > designed to improve other traits.

I don't know why liver was not

advocated/recommended in the

writings of Dr. Walford. Inclusion

in one's diet makes getting optimun

nutrition far easier for a thinking

person! Steve

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Francesca Skelton <fskelton@e...>

wrote:

> The function of the liver of an

animal is to filter out

toxins/poisons. So

> eating liver may be a double edged

sword. You may be eating more than

you

> bargained for. Also isn't liver

(like most organ meats) very high in

> cholesteral?

You are right. It has a fair amount

of cholesterol. Looking at the

nutrients in liver a second time, I

notice it is very high in a few

nutrients and just average in the

others. Far better is something like

sunflower seeds, which contain fairly

high levels of nutrients across the

spectrum. Which is your nutritional

gem of the day? As for plant crops,

in general, I think the commercial

agricultural community needs to pay

more attention to Brix levels. Good

Brix levels go hand-in-hand with

appropriate nutritional profiles for

each plant - I would think.

>

>

> > I don't know why liver was not

> > advocated/recommended in the

> > writings of Dr. Walford.

Inclusion

> > in one's diet makes getting

optimun

> > nutrition far easier for a

thinking

> > person! Steve

> >