Organic food is no healthier, study finds
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you've converted me somewhat!
forgot, gary knows about this stuff too.
I agree normally we buy milk every week, but sometimes it goes two, just depends, hate that smell after 10 days, ugh...
and spend more than buying a gallon a week? I am going to try what sixfive said, sometimes we use all gallon in a few days it all depends on the week.
I started with milk about 2-3 years ago when my first son was no longer nursing, and now I buy almost exclusively organic. As 6'5'' pointed out, the milk tastes better than conventional, and keeps much longer.
Like someone else pointed out, I eat organic to avoid all the persiticides, hormones, steroids and antibiotics, rather than for any nutritional benefit.
Like someone else pointed out, I eat organic to avoid all the persiticides, hormones, steroids and antibiotics, rather than for any nutritional benefit.
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While we are on the topic of healthy foods, you should probably cut way back on the amount of milk you're consuming anyway.
There's a reason why we are the only mammal that consumes dairy beyond adolescence. And another animal's dairy at that.
There's a reason why we are the only mammal that consumes dairy beyond adolescence. And another animal's dairy at that.
i remember the last time Oranic food was discussed Scotty said he couldn't believe how different and organic Banana taste compared to a normal one. He was raving about it. So i go and get a few organic banana's and sure enuf the fukers taste just like the regular banana's. :em71: :em71:
:mj07: no, he eats science diet sensitive stomach, he has for 8 years now:shrug:
I have a 3.5 year old daughter that drinks milk too, I eat cereal some mornings the others I eat oatmeal or cream of wheat at work, I am going to try the organic milk this time hopefully they have 2% or 1%
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Jack do u remember him saying that? I can't remember what he said it taste like. Maybe custard?
Penn & Teller's Bullshit show last night was on the topic of organic foods. rather fun to watch.
organic food, pesticide and toxins again!
organic food, pesticide and toxins again!
Organic produce isn't pesticide free, it's free of synthetic pesticide.
Huge amounts of rotenone, pyrethrins, copper sulphate and other such "organic" pesticides can legally be slathered all over your "organic" produce.
Toxins are toxins. Your body can't tell if natural or synthetic. Only corporations advertizers and mis-informed consumers care about the natural and synthetic distinction. Those cancer cells happily mutating off all these toxins most certainly don't care if natural or synthetic!
More importantly, over 90% of pesticides you ingest are natural pesticides plants produce to fight off insect attack and such. Toxins are toxins. Reducing your intake of those tiny amounts of synthetic pesticides, against your massive background ingestion of these natural pesticides, will not make an even trivial difference in your pesticide toxin load and cleasing.
That cyanide compound in apple seeds can make you very sick, even kill you. Those green spots on potatoes represent a concetration of the poison solanine, and you should cut them out of your spuds before eating them--far more poisonous than most "cancer-causing" synthetic toxins tested. Of the over 1000 natural chemicals found in coffee, 30 have been tested and 21 have been found to cause cancer in those high-dose rodents tests we hear so much about.
We co-evolved with many of these organic toxins, and other cancer-causing natural things like the sun--and it sure ain't helped us much!
You will find very few toxicologists who waste money on "organic" food (for the desire to reduce toxins). They know there are other far more important things that will help one more. Fine paper here by some top toxicologists dispelling these pesticide fictions (warning pdf). The lead author runs the The Carcinogenic Potency Database at UC Berkeley.
organic food, pesticide and toxins again!
Organic produce isn't pesticide free, it's free of synthetic pesticide.
Huge amounts of rotenone, pyrethrins, copper sulphate and other such "organic" pesticides can legally be slathered all over your "organic" produce.
Toxins are toxins. Your body can't tell if natural or synthetic. Only corporations advertizers and mis-informed consumers care about the natural and synthetic distinction. Those cancer cells happily mutating off all these toxins most certainly don't care if natural or synthetic!
More importantly, over 90% of pesticides you ingest are natural pesticides plants produce to fight off insect attack and such. Toxins are toxins. Reducing your intake of those tiny amounts of synthetic pesticides, against your massive background ingestion of these natural pesticides, will not make an even trivial difference in your pesticide toxin load and cleasing.
That cyanide compound in apple seeds can make you very sick, even kill you. Those green spots on potatoes represent a concetration of the poison solanine, and you should cut them out of your spuds before eating them--far more poisonous than most "cancer-causing" synthetic toxins tested. Of the over 1000 natural chemicals found in coffee, 30 have been tested and 21 have been found to cause cancer in those high-dose rodents tests we hear so much about.
We co-evolved with many of these organic toxins, and other cancer-causing natural things like the sun--and it sure ain't helped us much!
You will find very few toxicologists who waste money on "organic" food (for the desire to reduce toxins). They know there are other far more important things that will help one more. Fine paper here by some top toxicologists dispelling these pesticide fictions (warning pdf). The lead author runs the The Carcinogenic Potency Database at UC Berkeley.
I think it was Walmart or maybe Sams club that got caught around here selling the usual stuff under the organic label. I wash all fruits and veggies i buy but what do u do about the pesticides that go in the ground water and help the plant grow?:00x4
