Word: nutrient
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Declining Fruit and Vegetable Nutrient Composition: What Is the Evidence? By Donald R. Davis Journal of HortScience; February...
...cents for his two-packs of brown sugar Pop Tarts, he one day discovers that the vending machine deities have betrayed this long-standing tradition, raising the fee to an outrageous price of one American dollar. Our hero falls to his knees in front of the behemoth nutrient dispenser, crying and salivating as his desired snack taunts him from behind the glass. Climbing up the stairs to his room, he can only think of two things: hunger and revenge. Suddenly, after hours of scheming, he comes up with a plan to outsmart the greedy vending machine schemers. Wearing only...
...1800s: "Their blankets would get so full of lice and bedbugs that they'd lay them on anthills so that ants could carry away the larvae. The hunters would often eat little else besides buffalo. Beginners, or 'tenderfeet,' would start out eating prime cuts, but within months they suffered nutrient deficiencies that caused their tongues to break out in lesions ... Some hunters seasoned meat with gunpowder for a peppery effect. If they were away from water, they'd open a dead buffalo's stomach and use their fingers to filter out the bits of vegetation while they slurped the watery...
...more likely to be deficient than those who were fed with baby formula, which is fortified with a large dose of vitamin D, according to the study. A large part of the problem is that mothers lack vitamin D themselves, and are therefore unable to pass enough of the nutrient to their babies...
...growing body of evidence suggests that vitamin D may be a kind of wonder nutrient, playing a critical role in the prevention of diabetes, multiple sclerosis and certain cancers. Indeed, the research also suggests that adults, too, should be mindful of how much vitamin D they are or aren't getting. Many experts recommend that 1,000 IU a day for adults isn't too much...