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Mineral Levels in Meat and Milk have decreased over last 60 YearsThursday, February 2, 2006Read the full article: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0202-06.htm Mineral Levels in Meat and Milk Plummet Over 60 Years · Study blames the decline on intensive farming · Food industry contests comparative methods The mineral content of milk and popular meats has fallen significantly in the past 60 years, according to a new analysis of government records of the chemical composition of everyday food. ...today's agriculture does not allow the soil to enrich itself, but depends on chemical fertilisers that don't replace the wide variety of nutrients plants and humans need. Dr. Tim Lobstein, the Food Commission The research looked at government tables published in 1940, and again in 2002, in the nutritional bible, The Composition of Foods, to establish levels of important minerals in dairy products and meat before the second world war and today. by Felicity Lawrence Click on link for full article. |