2023-04-24 16:37:00
L’The popular belief that fruits and vegetables in the 1950s were more nutritious than those of today has been popularized by some television shows. These quoted figures used to compare the nutrient levels of several foods at distant times.
But these values are unreliable, because the measurement methods used in the 1950s were not as precise as today, and an apple cannot represent all the apples of its generation: very large differences are thus observed between species and territories, including in the same year.
Some nutrients on the decline
According to specialists, natural variations are much more important than historical variations. Then, these studies only observed the decline of certain nutrients, such as protein (-6%), calcium (-16%), phosphorus (-9%) and iron (-15%).
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Still others have noted an increase in levels over time, particularly in vitamin C. What can we conclude? Nothing. Maturation at the time of picking, soils, heat, sunshine… All this influences without any of this being taken into account.
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