Is food less nutritious than it used to be?

Looks like the cheaper we want to produce the food we eat, the crappier the quality gets. Sure we can produce meat, chicken, veggies twice as fast as 50 years ago but what is the point if we not only get less out of it but it is also worse for our health (more fat, less protein, more omega-6 compared to omega-3, less vitamins and minerals...).
I suspect the reason behind all this is once again the fact that we go for the easy solution to produce food so we can maximize the profit. Consumers have to be informed to be able to make a proper choice and to stir the production towards the healthy alternative in some way. But don't hold your breath! More people are concerned about eating cheap than eating right!
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