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In reply to the discussion: You remember that big anti-organic food study last week? Guess who funded it. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)90. I've never heard that organic is more nutritious, to begin with.
I've always heard it's because organic contains no or less harmful pesticides, so are better for you. They also supposedly taste better and are fresher. Never heard they are more nutritious.
It's common sense, really. Of course foods without chemical would be better for your body. I don't need a study to tell me that, and I wouldn't believe one that told me any different.
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You remember that big anti-organic food study last week? Guess who funded it. [View all]
MadHound
Sep 2012
OP
"To say that conventional foods are safe is like saying that cigarettes are safe"
Confusious
Sep 2012
#1
News reports I saw said the study showed that organic was "no more nutritious" than conventional
MNBrewer
Sep 2012
#25
Actually after reading the original study, I think organic food is much better than I thought
fasttense
Sep 2012
#44
Or more to the point, if you don't have the tools to assess the validity of the results
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2012
#12
a real scientific researcher does not have an agenda. Real research is to determine fact
pasto76
Sep 2012
#24
wtf? our education realm has nothing to do with how corruptible our scientific establishment is,
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#37
The causality is from the money men on down; including the money men defunding government
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#42
however, educators aren't *driving* that fucked-upness. they're reacting, and in many cases
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#66
It's also on the report itself which was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine
Iris
Sep 2012
#86
Actually the organic trade association has been claiming organic foods are more nutritious for years
Major Nikon
Sep 2012
#72
Not at all surprising. There was plenty wrong with the "conclusions" to begin with.
drokhole
Sep 2012
#13
Thank you for that!!! As someone that has to watch their cholesterol, I am going to have to read
jillan
Sep 2012
#16
I was totally dumbfounded by that report! How could food without pesticides & in their original
jillan
Sep 2012
#14
I guess more people need to use common sense. Poison in your food, in your body = bad. That stupid
Pisces
Sep 2012
#18
I think the reason people buy organic food is because they do not want to eat
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#36
Well, not being a member of the affluent Middle class, I would not know about trends
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#59
Well then if all you say is true, just tell everyone what is in the food they are being sold
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#95
Study is not wrong or false. The press reporting about the conclusions is skewed. Blame the media.nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#31
no shit. and the followup study: long term impact of pesticides in food.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2012
#74
The study is legit ..... this is not the first such study .... the brits did the same study already
Botany
Sep 2012
#35
Right. And was there some pressing misconception that needed to be corrected, there?
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2012
#38
Some of the associates were members of a separate foundation that recieved some money
4th law of robotics
Sep 2012
#50
It's all in the wording - "no more healthy" is not the same as "no more harmful".
haele
Sep 2012
#52
how much did the corporate media get to repeat the lie over and over
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#62
The hell you say. Can't say I'm surprised. I NEVER pay attention to articles that tell me...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#89
Since this study was funded by the notorious Gates Foundation, among others,
former9thward
Sep 2012
#93