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Is Our Food Becoming Less Nutritious?

Veritasium · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Nutrition & diet scienceEnvironment, agriculture & food systemsScientific method & science communication

What it is

Veritasium examines whether food has become less nutritious, weighing soil depletion, selective breeding and rising atmospheric CO2. It evidences nutrient decline even in weeds over a century and ties it to faster plant growth.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people recommend it as a short, contextualizing explainer on declining crop nutrient density.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “is a good short video that puts this into context.”

    Short explainer putting declining crop nutrition in context.

    gholap, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “Nutrient deficiencies in rice grown under higher carbon dioxide”

  2. “has a nice explanation.”

    Shows nutrient levels falling in all plants, even weeds, over a century.

    dghughes, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Estimates that mineral levels in vegetables have dropped by up to 90% since 1914”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: nutrition, co2, agriculture, soil, vitamins

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