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Refrigeration (and later economical freezers) are the only reason stomach cancer is not the leading cause of cancer in humans. Pre-refrigeration, mostly everyth
by nibs 10y ago
Refrigeration (and later economical freezers) are the only reason stomach cancer is not the leading cause of cancer in humans. Pre-refrigeration, mostly everything was preserved by fermentation, and lots of people got stomach cancer [1], [2] (BTW, fermented foods are another area people are currently anti-science with respect to food) as a result. Food that is flash-frozen immediately after harvest (whatever that means for the food in question) is the most nutritious. If it is GMO food (likely to be either less expensive or more nutritious than the non-GMO equivalent, else why modify it?) cooked in a way that preserves the superior nutrition, even better! [1]: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/1/181.full http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/1/181.full and [2]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22499775 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22499775
- michael_h 10y ago> fermented foods are another area people are currently anti-science with respect to food I think people eat it because they heard it's good for you and it tastes amazing. They're not necessarily 'anti-science'.
- daxfohl 10y agoMy impression is that main reasons to gmo are higher yields, greater resistance to pests and weather conditions, less need of fertilizer, etc. So more for economics than nutrition per se, outside of a few niche markets.
- cauterized 10y agoA lot of food these days is bred to be more attractive (because it sells better), often at the expense of flavor and with no regard to nutrition and little to cost. If you look around, there are plenty of articles out there on how this has changed foods like apples and tomatoes.