{"id":19270,"date":"2016-07-10T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-is-it-a-blackberry-is-it-a-raspberry\/"},"modified":"2016-07-10T12:05:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T05:05:14","slug":"gardens-is-it-a-blackberry-is-it-a-raspberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-is-it-a-blackberry-is-it-a-raspberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: is it a blackberry, is it a raspberry?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s a super black raspberry, sweet and scented and it\u2019s good for youPolitics is a curious thing. It has a habit of transcending the world of governments and policy making, percolating unchallenged into seemingly unrelated areas of everyday life, from nutrition and health, to cooking and even horticulture. One example I have noticed with surprising frequency is the idea that \u201cBritish\u201d, \u201ctraditional\u201d or \u201cheritage\u201d crop varieties are inherently better tasting and often more nutritious than others. I have even read repeated claims that \u201cimported\u201d fruit contains too much sugar, which makes it measurably less healthy than British cultivars (presumably irrespective of the country of origin or the variety).Such views are so pervasive, so frequently repeated, so unquestioned in the books, blogs and TV shows, they can seem like absolute truths. Yet as a botanist I know such sweeping claims have little or no scientific basis. If they stem from anything it is political ideology, not objective, measurable evidence. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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