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Organic food: Pricey, not particularly healthy, won't save you from cancer
The Register ^ | 4/4/2014 | Dr Pan Pantziarka

Posted on 04/05/2014 3:41:07 AM PDT by markomalley

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To: John 3_19-21

Yep. Here’s one article from the Washington Post on how the USDA described its primary responsibility as growing the ‘organic’ industry — corrupted the organic label:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070203365.html?sid=ST2009070203371


61 posted on 04/05/2014 6:01:54 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: crazycatlady

Some people with their sanitized lifestyle have turned themselves into what amounts to a “petri dish” just ready for a gem to spread like wildfire.

A simple cut on their finger most people ignore will turn into a major infection.


62 posted on 04/05/2014 6:03:23 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

I was really too small back then (in the ‘60s) to know what was going on what. I remember when Roundup came on the market in the ‘70s as something of a scary-miracle herbicide, however.


63 posted on 04/05/2014 6:04:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: grania
avoid high fructose corn syrup. You're more likely to get fruits and

Isn't fructose "fruit sugar"?

As far as your system is concerned, I believe sugar is sugar...including white flour.

64 posted on 04/05/2014 6:06:21 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: wally_bert
Most other Chinese food never did much for me.

Chicken in garlic sauce, extra hot and spicy. With hot tea.

65 posted on 04/05/2014 6:08:18 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: 9YearLurker

I think Round Up is 2-4-D and IIRC Agent-Orange is 2-4-5T.

AO was used for killing the woody plants 2-4-D won’t even phase.


66 posted on 04/05/2014 6:11:44 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

?????? I drink organic skim milk. I’m waiting for someone to tell me why it lasts ten times longer than non-organic milk? Plain and simple question.


67 posted on 04/05/2014 6:13:31 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Did it come from a cow?

Is it raw milk?


68 posted on 04/05/2014 6:15:39 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Bigg Red

Then you and I understand ourselves where these other posters seem content to mock and spend their time coming up with wittiness.

You compare the expiration dates on both if you buy today. The non-organic will say, “Sell before April 10, 2014,” while the organic will read, “Sell before May 20, 2014!!!!!”

Sure I pay a few pennies more, but what gives here? Is the milk fresher? Or are they putting chemicals in it so it lasts longer?

Also, it seems like it tastes better, the same over time with each use. And guess what, I notice the same with organic veggies and meats.

THe poster raises a question. ARe we being duped into thinking organic is better and fresher when it’s not?


69 posted on 04/05/2014 6:17:49 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

I would hazard a guess that it is because when they pasteurize commercial milk they raise the temperature too high, too fast.


70 posted on 04/05/2014 6:20:49 AM PDT by tiki
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To: 9YearLurker
My point exactly.

Here's another question for commercial "Organibots": what is the difference in effect on the environment between an annual dose of tons and tons of synthetic 10-10-10- fertilizer vs. the same tonnage of "organic 10-10-10 fertilizer?
71 posted on 04/05/2014 6:23:01 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (The rats will always chew on each other just before abandoning ship.)
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To: Madam Theophilus

Madam I wish I could come and observe your gardening for a season, I have never been able to grow squat


72 posted on 04/05/2014 6:23:17 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

I’ve always thought organic food was a scam to make people pay 2 - 3 times more for it. The lefties love “organic” and will just about buy into anything that makes them appear to be health conscious or “better than you” even if it appears to be idiotic. The guys who sell this stuff love the easily influenced and gullible lefties.


73 posted on 04/05/2014 6:23:50 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: nikos1121

I’m curious as to the actual numbers and conditions you are considering in the comparison. I believe there is some difference, but not nearly 10x.


74 posted on 04/05/2014 6:24:27 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nikos1121

Also, isn’t ‘organic skim milk’ an oxymoron?


75 posted on 04/05/2014 6:25:09 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nikos1121
?????? I drink organic skim milk. I’m waiting for someone to tell me why it lasts ten times longer than non-organic milk? Plain and simple question.

It is due to UHT processing, i.e. ultra high temperature pasturization.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-organic-milk-lasts-longer/

76 posted on 04/05/2014 6:25:34 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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To: yldstrk

Hey poop is naturally produced and “organic” so it must be good or you, right?


77 posted on 04/05/2014 6:27:00 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

lol

I am over the natural bs having just recovered from broken foot wearing flats rather than a shoe with a rigid sole.


78 posted on 04/05/2014 6:28:16 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BuffaloJack

There are no GM tomatoes available at this time so you didn’t eat a GM tomato.


79 posted on 04/05/2014 6:30:39 AM PDT by tiki
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To: HotHunt

I envy you.
I would much rather smell the manure of the farm than whats spread around by democrats and Washington.
(I grew up by a dairy farm and was sent out to the pastures with a shovel and wheel barrow)


80 posted on 04/05/2014 6:31:24 AM PDT by peteyd (A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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