(02-28-2010, 05:50 PM)thefool Wrote: Could you please provide a link for this information that we now have less nutritional content in the food from 60 years ago? Oranges with 0 vitamin C?
I've seen the references in hardcopy form but it was about 10 years ago, and I have no idea where the data is on the internet. But I'll see if I can dig it up for you. Or maybe I can find the documents with the references and scan them for you...they're in a box someplace!
(02-28-2010, 05:50 PM)thefool Wrote: I think many people have developed bad food habits but they are still living longer than ever before. I just did a quick search and found that between 1970 and 2004 the life expectancy increased by around 5 years for all racial groups.
True...people are being kept alive longer, but the quality of life has declined. Elderly people are generally on a lot of meds and have myriad illnesses...and people as young as 40 are having heart attacks...children getting cancer. Children didn't used to get cancer.
Contrast this with the Hunzas, who live to be 120, and climb mountains up until the day they die. They are vegetarians, drink raw goat's milk, and drink freshly melted glacier water. Interestingly, when the younger generation of Hunzas began moving into the cities and eating at McDonald's etc. they started getting heart disease, cancer, etc. just like other people. The younger Hunzas in their 60s are now sicker than their grandparents!
I hope you don't ask me to back that up too...I read it on the internet.
I know you can't believe everything on the internet, so whether it's totally accurate or just a good story, I really can't say! But it makes sense. (02-28-2010, 05:50 PM)thefool Wrote: Although I do agree with the statement that new research about the nuts have changed the landscape.
Yeah, vegetarians have a lot more info now than we did 30 years ago, when we fretted about (unnecessary) food combining.
Here's a site that mentions it, but they don't provide references:
http://www.algae4oil.com/original_algae_project.htm
It's a very commonly cited statistic among fans of superfoods.