[artichokegrower]

And don’t eat the apples seeds. They contain amygdalin, which is converted into cyanide with digestion. For an average weight person, you would have to eat about two cups of ground apples seeds for a fatal dose, but a smaller does can make you sick and cause symptoms like headaches.

So I could drink two cups of Round-Up and probably survive but if I eat two cups of apple seeds I would die. Go figure.

[jjotto]

People all over the world eat apples with seeds and all, and have for a long time.

[Red Badger]

You can eat DDT.................if they still made it...................

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I’ve always found asbestos a good substitute for Parmesan cheese in Caesar Salad.

[knarf]

Yah, well ... I once liquified a couple of whole apples in one of those puree' machines and even with a little sugar, it tasted "woody" or something.

I too thought an entire apple might be a healthful thing, but if a spoonful of sugar doesn't make the medicine go down .... I don't want the cure.

[butlerweave]

Ever see those multi colored carrots ?

[Boogieman]

Eat the core and stem? Yeah...... no.

[married21]

Our rabbit eats our apple cores. We are happy to let him have all the health benefits.

[DoodleBob]

If you read the article (!), you find the money paragraph and the author's bias:

In the end this is another poor study that doesn’t really show anything conclusive, but it is presented to promote a narrative, that organic produce is more healthful than conventional produce. Over half a century of research, however, has failed to demonstrate any clear health benefit to organic food, yet that is the number one reason people choose it and pay more for it.

If you click through to the underlying links, you find that organic food in fact has "fewer pesticide residues" but that's apparently not meaningful for the writer.

Now, I love big companies and capitalsim, but that doesn't mean there aren't some things I'd rather purchase from small businesses. I buy produce locally and my cows and steaks locally. To be sure, many firms selling organic food have been bought by large firms, and small firms aren't all beyond reproach. However, I personally have felt better and have had fewer health problems since switching to organics and local farmers whose cows I've met before they've become my steak.

Perhaps, the anti-organic crowd has an axe to grind with small "inefficient" businesses that MAY be leftish in their politics. Fair enough, though my locals tend to be more centrist or libertarian (they're certainly not vegans...) and I can always bypass outright hard left nutjobs. Indeed, I thought conservatives treated individuals as individuals and not as collectives. Furthermore, my experience with small food businesses is they are very responsive to customer input...try telling the Green Giant how you want your GMO corn prepared.

I know what works for me any my family. Organics have made a YUGE difference. It may also help other people. Ingesting chemicals isn't generally a good thing - "here's a nice cup of warm Round-Up" isn't someintng I want my barista to say.