The "Food is less nutritious now" conspiracy is true - you should be taking a multivitamin (hexbear.net)

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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.

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[-] BigHaas@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

Mmm I forgot to add krill oil to my list of things to probably take

Omega 3 fatty acids and it's vegan

[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

This may be a dumb question but how is krill oil vegan? Krill is an animal right

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I thought they were assorted animal and plant planktons, fish larvae, crustacean larvae, small crustaceans, and anything else floating by.

The wiki says there are 380 BILLION tons of krill swimming around in Antarctic waters, and that's just one species.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

krill are tiny little crustaceans, they do count as plankton but all krill are animals

[-] BigHaas@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

you're right, looks like you could buy algal oil which is actually vegan but krill are small shrimp

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

I thought krill were technically animals?

[-] Bnova@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Krill are small crustaceans similar to Shrimp. They are not vegan.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

No drinking sea water bc it's not Kosher.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Also all the water in NY

[-] Budwig_v_1337hoven@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Probably a good idea, yea. The fat also helps with Vit D absorption/bio-availability, so it's probably an even better idea to take them together (Krill oil + VitD/Multivit)