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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Whittaker

Vegetables are now half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts have worked out why

Wheat, apples and carrots are half as nutritious as they were in the 1960s, a new study has suggested.

Due to declining soil quality the nutrients in fruit and vegetables have also drastically declined.

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