This succulent has also been shown to improve the body's absorption of vitamin E and vitamin C. Given that
our diminishing soil quality is now affecting the nutrient content of our produce, plants that increase our absorption of these harder - to - come - by health - giving compounds really do earn the title «superfood.»
It
diminishes soil productivity, reduces food production, deprives the land of its vegetative cover, and negatively impacts areas not directly affected by its symptoms, by causing floods,
soil salinization, deterioration of water
quality, and silting of rivers, streams and reservoirs109.