Heirloom vegetables grow more slowly and spoil much more quickly than modern crops. This is because modern crops have less nutritional value - https://jeroenvanbaar.substack.com/p/data-dispatch-4-the-falling-nutritional
That article recommends eating a better diet. Sure. Seems a bit idealist. Here’s some more actionable advice: everyone should take a multivitamin and magnesium glycinate. If you live somewhere that gets a winter take vitamin D too.
I’m speaking from experience here, I used to get sick every winter and my skin would get so dry it would crack and bleed. Take your vitamins.
It’s really not, canned fish is basically one level up from bologna, which is what the canned fish mediasphere is full of.
It’s high in sodium, saturated fat (compared to healthy proteins), contaminants (bpa/pcbs/mercury), this is basically the 2024 version of “butter is healthy actually” and god it fucking sucks just eat plants idiot
high in sodium
you’re thinking of anchovies, I think. There’s less than a gram of salt in the 100g sardines sitting in front of me rn
high in saturated fats
again, from the sardines on my desk: 17,3g of fat per 100g; only 3,5g of those are saturated. Idk if that’s high to you, but it doesn’t seem to be to me
bpa, pcbs
like all canned foods, yea. High, also is relative here, though I can’t really find reliable numbers rn. If you know more, please share
mercury
not really, I think you’re thinking of tuna? Sardines are a very small fish near the bottom of the food network, feeding on krill - there isn’t really much bio-accumulation going on here, compared to bigger fish. There’s some mercury in them for sure, but you’d have to eat a lot of sardines to get to dangerous levels
This post has been paid for by the North Atlantic Fishery Council, I hope you have enjoyed this social media content and will consider consuming 100 - 400g of canned sardines per day.
Also just wanna say, it’s not very nice of you to be calling me an idiot when I even went out of my way to provide a CW for vegan sensibilities. I did find your post in response pretty funny though. Also also, I am eating those beans as well, don’t you worry.
