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[Canada 02]

someone here a scientologist?

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

I thought I heard somewhere (I didn't bother to ready the feces that Tower is spewing) that our vegetables are actually lower in vitamins and minerals because the soil has gone through so many crop cycles? No clue if that is true.

This is true. Because of how agriculture is run these days our food is less nutritious. And no, I'm not talking about a pack of double stuff oreos - a carrot today has less nutritional value than a carrot you'd buy 50 or 100 years ago.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

I thought I heard somewhere (I didn't bother to ready the feces that Tower is spewing) that our vegetables are actually lower in vitamins and minerals because the soil has gone through so many crop cycles? No clue if that is true.

Anyways, modern medicine and big pharmaceutical companies have made my life expectancy 80.4 years. Hurray! My grandparents only had a life expectancy of 60 years. Good thing they weren't subjected to all this evil modern medicine....

Yes, yes Tower... I'm sure it's because the drinking water was so dirty back then, and that's all.

You are probably correct on the first part. Especially if you buy vegetables from the supermarket.

People who grow theirs at home are only subject to the chemicals THEY put on, and the chemicals already on the seeds.

Tomatoes for example, are picked when they're green, put in some chemical to speed up the 'turn to red' process. I'm sure you lose a lot of vitamins or minerals when that happens.