Modern fruits and vegetables are recognized as less nutritious

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Fruits and vegetables currently sold in stores and in the markets, less nutritious than 70 years ago. Researchers from the National Geographic Society came to such a sad conclusion.

Many countries in the world, especially on the African continent, are facing the problem of malnutrition. It's not always actual hunger, but often just a lack of key nutrients. Human nutrition should be balanced, including adequate amounts of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, essential acids, vitamins and minerals.

But if a person grows up in an unfavorable environment, his family does not have enough money, then the diet turns out to be monotonous and meager. For example, you can hardly expect good health by consuming only cheap pasta and bread. A new study shows that modern fruits, vegetables and grains now contain less nutrients than those grown about 70 years ago. So, our grandmothers are right when they claim that the products in the era of their childhood were tastier.

Over the past 70 years, the study showed, the nutrient content of fruits and vegetables has been declining. Yes, modern foods contain less protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin and vitamin C than those grown decades ago. Necessary for human health, fruits and vegetables act in our bodies as beneficial compounds that help regulate the functioning of the intestines.

The study also showed that people who try hard to avoid processed foods in favor of fresh ones, thereby increasing risks to your health. Fresh fruits and vegetables are not always healthier. This is with modern agricultural processes aimed at increasing yields, which undermine the health of the soil. Modern agricultural companies use more and more intensive tillage of the land with various kinds of chemical compounds, which can disrupt the basic interactions between plants and soil fungi, thereby reducing the absorption of nutrients from the soil. In addition, climate change and an increase in the level of carbon dioxide have a significant impact.