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To: RSteyn
Care to try to define, in scientific terms, exactly what "organic food" is?

For me it does not have to be completely organic, even some natural/organic components ruin the taste or you health.

Good example is the adulterated cream - now they put locust bean gum from the carob tree or similar gum junk almost everywhere. It is HORRIBLE and sold at Whole Foods too!

BTW, they use these "natural" gums to develop Krohn Disease in laboratory animals.

Haagen-Dazs (expensive) and some flavors of Breyer (affordable) icecream are not contaminated with it (plain chocolate).

148 posted on 06/04/2006 2:31:50 PM PDT by A. Pole (Gore:We are the most powerful force of nature.We are changing the relationship between Earth and Sun)
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To: A. Pole

>Care to try to define, in scientific terms, exactly what "organic food" is?
For me it does not have to be completely organic, even some natural/organic components ruin the taste or you health.

Good example is the adulterated cream - now they put locust bean gum from the carob tree or similar gum junk almost everywhere. It is HORRIBLE and sold at Whole Foods too!

BTW, they use these "natural" gums to develop Krohn Disease in laboratory animals.

Haagen-Dazs (expensive) and some flavors of Breyer (affordable) icecream are not contaminated with it (plain chocolate).<

Well, none of this scientifically defines what "organic food" is.

The last time I checked, all protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins were in fact all organic no matter where they came from.

Are carrageenan and locust bean gum "unnatural", despite plant origins? Are they "natural" in some contexts but not in others? Is it "natural" to combine cream, sugar, and a portion of a tropical orchid to make a food?


164 posted on 06/04/2006 3:46:33 PM PDT by RSteyn
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