Lee, yes, it may very well be the case that organic foods contain the same nutritional value as those not grown in the same conditions. However, just using logic alone I would guess that there are some exceptions.
First, I had an in-law who was a county farm advisor here in the states…California to be exact. He also had his own mini-farm so I learned a little about this topic. First, the term ‘organic’, at least at that time (about a decade ago) was determined by law and had no federal agreement on what the term meant. In the specific example, the land where organic foods were to be grown had to receive no chemicals (you know the kind I mean) for at least three years and thereafter there were other requirements before the word ‘organic’ could be used for the food produced there. I know that the term means different things different places. As to my guess that there are exceptions to the nutritional equivalence of organic/non-organic foods, those that are sprayed with chemicals, in some cases would absorb them. I would question the value of eating some of the chemicals. To study this would require a much larger set…and, it may already have been done. I don’t know. Overall, the main reason for organic foods has little to do with comparing them with non-organics for what is IN the foods. It mainly has to do what is ON the foods…toxic sprays etc. is what I’m talking about here. So, IF one likes to eat poisons, by all means continue to eat non-organics. That is your right. I won’t even go into the DDT nor other pollution issues now, but if you are not familiar with it, it is worth some study. Livestock is yet another issue. Recently even Wal-mart has stopped selling milk from cows injected with BGH. http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/general/milk.htm Here the issue is what is injected into or fed to the animals. Yes, the morality of producing chickens with too much breast meat to be able to walk let alone fly can be questioned too, but I won’t go into that here. I’ll keep it to how the foods directly affect our physical health. Currently, the majority of hamburgers eaten in the USA contain food from as many as 1,000 different animals in each one. Cows are fed dead cows too. It isn’t a pretty picture, but one worth looking into. Things have changed drastically recently. Again, I won’t even go into the power and political and economic influence the 4 primary suppliers of food for the US hold over us all. If you want to learn, again it is well worth the time. I will say it is no accident that we are seeing more instances of E. Coli and other potential life threatening food related issues. Just try a google using the word ‘tainted’ before any food you are interested in studying. On Jul 31, 7:41 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I'm sure that the Brits here would have seen this in the news > recently, a new study shows that organic foods contian no nutritinal > benifits above that of non organi fooods. > > I must say that this comes as no suppries, but I did not thing that > this was the point of organic foods, I always thought it was about not > putting poisons into the earth, or keeping livestock in a better way > for them. > > Perhaps I have been wrong though, can anybody here help me clarify > this one? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
