I am on my way to a conference and came across this article about how we can treat our vegetables differently to maximize their nutritional value. I was quite surprised at what I read. Have a look...
The information was taken from this book pictured above. I of course had to purchase it. I thought of you when I read this quote from "Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health" by Jo Robinson -
"Where do our fruits and vegetables come from? Not from the supermarket, of course. That’s just where they are sold. Nor do they come from large commercial farms, local farms, or even our backyard gardens. That’s where they are planted, tended, and harvested . The fruits and vegetables themselves came from wild plants that grow in widely scattered areas around the globe. Most of our blueberries are descended from wild “swamp blueberries ” that are native to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. The wild ancestor of our beefsteak tomato is a berry-size fruit that grows on the flanks of the Andes Mountains. Our hefty orange carrots are related to scrawny purple roots that grow in Afghanistan. When our distant ancestors invented farming ten thousand or so years ago, they began altering these and other wild plants to make them more productive, easier to grow and harvest, and more enjoyable to eat. To date, four hundred generations of farmers and tens of thousands of plant breeders have played a role in redesigning native plants. The combined changes are so monumental that our present-day fruits and vegetables seem like modern creations."
Taken from the introduction.
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