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Eating all your vegetables <http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/09/retrovores-dilemma> was a lot better for you in the '50s. Store-bought veggies weren't as pretty back then, but according to USDA <http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2007/11/usdas-e-coli-loophole> data, they were packed with a lot more nutrients than their modern counterparts. The likely reason for the nutritional drop is that hybrid crops are often bred for size and color, not nutrients <http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/02/vitamins> .
