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Why Our Food Is Less Nutritious Than It Used to Be (It’s Not the Junk Food)

VICE·Luis Prada·24 days ago
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Climate change does not care if you think it’s real. It’s going to reshape the world you live in regardless, and as I’ve reported before, it already is, fueling stronger, more erratic weather and even altering bird migration patterns. Now, as reported by The Washington Post , it’s making the food on your plate less nutritious. It’s not as dramatic an effect as a hurricane or sea level rise that worsens flooding. It’s a slow, steady erosion of the stuff that makes your food worth eating. The Post’s report, which is based on research published in Global Change Biology , says that scientists have found that rising carbon dioxide levels are reducing nutrients in crops like wheat, rice, and beans. Videos by VICE Since the late 1980s, essential elements like protein, iron, and zinc have dropped by about 3.2 percent across dozens of staple crops.…

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