Nutrient levels in retail grocery stores

Re:Nutrient levels in retail grocery stores by eykanal on Monday November 04, 2024 @04:05PM (#42045965)

This article could use an awful lot more links to the cited research. Reading this as a skeptic, I don't know whether the claims are accurate or not, but the fact that (nearly) none of his claims are supported by citations to authoritative sources is not promising.

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Re:Nutrient levels in retail grocery stores by miltonlost on Monday November 04, 2024 @04:22PM (#42046095)

Literally the author states it's unverifiable data:

The chart has unverified information "The average mineral content of calcium, magnesium, and iron in cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, and spinach has dropped 80-90% between 1914 and 2018 30,34,35,36,371. Asterisks indicate numbers could not be independently verified."

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Re:Nutrient levels in retail grocery stores by marcosdumay on Monday November 04, 2024 @04:39PM (#42046257)

If you reduce the amount of magnesium in a plant by 80%, it dies.

It could possibly vary in fruits, so the tomatoes get a pass. But leaves need a pretty constant amount.

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Re:Nutrient levels in retail grocery stores by mimim1mi on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @03:38AM (#42049734)

Just a guess, but could this be caused by the longer and longer supply chains over the past century?

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Re:Nutrient levels in retail grocery stores by port19 on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @08:08AM (#42051203)

what if the plant is long dead?

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