>From what I have read vitamin content is stable even in poor soils. Mineral content, however, does decline in poor soils. Vitamin deficiency occurs when someone is not eating the proper foods. -Gawen << Gawen, I think a lot of people on the list take supplements and vitamins because our food just does not contain what it used to anymore. A few months ago there was a mail in which somebody had figures of how the amount of vitamines declined over the years. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- Gawen Harrison [log in to unmask] A mind is a terrible thing to save. The United Madman's College Fund.