Sentences with phrase «because modern farming methods»

The modern diet is also deficient in omega - 3 fatty acids compared to that of a generation ago because modern farming methods have the effect of increasing the amounts of omega - 6 and oleic acid in vegetables, fruits, fish, eggs, grains and legumes, while decreasing the amount of valuable triple unsaturated omega - 3.

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Farm animals in New Zealand are supplemented today with selenium and boron; this wasn't the case in the past, and as New Zealand soil is poor in these trace elements, this means the meat supplies more micronutrients than the meat our ancestors ate (the deficiency was because of New Zealand's volcanic soil, not our modern farming methods).

He believed this was because the «healthy» foods we buy have been stripped of their nutrient content through modern farming methods.

Because of modern factory farming methods and the levels of pesticides used in farming, dairy products contain residues of pesticides used in growing grain that is fed to cows, as well as the hormones and antibiotics given directly to cows.