Thanks for your thoughts

The relationship between poor soils and poor quality food, whether animal or plant based, and illness is a no brainer. I just have not read an article before that makes this point. "The China Study" so far is an interesting read and I would like to see what kind of connections it makes with proteins as I read through it. I have a feeling though that it will focus on animal protein as it seems to be the direction it is heading, NOT plant proteins caused by mineral depleted soils which seems to be an interesting twist. In addition, it becomes clear through the article that cooking these poor quality foods makes a bad thing worse.

We are well over a hundred years and several generations removed from a wholesome, natural diet. Changes in the soil end up causing life to make genetic adjustments, and have through time, in all life from the ground up. Life will find a way.

That would indicate to me that most food based nutritional studies, especially single focused ones, would have little validity a generation or two down the road due to the food and the subjects of the study, which would make some sort of genetic adjustment to compensate, good or bad.

grz