Posted on 12/08/2020 10:10:02 AM PST by Pining_4_TX
In short, the organic industry knows that unless they can effectively demonize conventionally grown produce by creating a consumer misconception of superior safety and health of organics, using blatantly false and deceptive marketing methods, then the foundation of the whole organic food industry and its ability to enhance sales would be impossible. Consumers would simply be unable to justify the additional cost of the produce or products based upon the facts.
Over the next few weeks, we will consider organic vs. conventional food adapted from The Myths of Nutrition Science. We will consider five typical consumer misconceptions, which leads them to believe that they must spend roughly 40% more for their food.
Organic foods are more nutritious, which they are not. Organic foods are safer, which they are not. Organic foods taste better, which they do not if both products are picked equally ripe. Organics are inherently better for the environment, which is not true. Is it even organic in the first place?
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A lot of my food has complex carbon molecules in it.
Shoot, at my age, I need all the preservatives I can get!
We are what we eat and I believe foods made and grown as God intended give the body the best chemistry to build with and to do all of the other things a body needs to do.
Whatever is in the water and soil goes into the plants and animals that eventually go into us. Organic sounds better to me.
The body knows what it needs, per the Designer/Creator, and it has trouble dealing with some of the other things, organic and inorganic both, we give it with the food we eat.
If you are fighting cancer or any of the many other usual diseases that kill us, a healthy diet is the best place to start that fight.
Fear of death while dying can motivate one to consider new ideas about food, like how we got so bad with food and how we can recover with food.
Many of those conditions will improve and even disappear with only better diet and lifestyle choices.
Often the body will heal itself with a quality diet and none of the bad stuff, the excess sugar, fat and salt, along with the other man-made chemistry that trick our taste buds into mindless, endless eating and drinking way beyond being full.
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