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> An individual today would need to consume twice as much meat, three times as much fruit, and four to five times as many vegetables to obtain the same amount o

> An individual today would need to consume twice as much meat, three times as much fruit, and four to five times as many vegetables to obtain the same amount of minerals and trace elements available in those same foods in 1940. Wait, really?

steve19 7y ago
Did they accurately measure them in 1940? I would also think trace minerals vary at least a little based on geographical location. Anyway here is a journal article by a Canadian govt scientist that refutes that minerals in food/soil is depleted: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157516302113 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088915751...
hanniabu 7y ago
If so that's pretty upsetting and impossible unless you're a super athlete taking in 5x calories a day.
- Havoc 7y ago
  Trace minerals not calories
  - hanniabu 7y ago
    In order to take in those minerals you'd need to eat more, which equals more calories
maxk42 7y ago
Check the citation.
zaat 7y ago
> available in those same foods in 1940. I guess most people today eat much more than five times the amount commonly available to people in the bloody days of WWII.