date:Mar 11, 2013
tamin C in order to protect themselves. When humans later eat the fruits, they gain the same health benefits.
This suggests that farmers are making a mistake when they try to eliminate all stressors from their growing environments, the researchers said. Instead, a better strategy for producing healthier food would be to find a balance between the stress needed to increase the nutrient content of foods without having too large a detriment to yield size.
Of course, higher nutrient content is not