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JustAnotherGen

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6. Human beings

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 06:04 AM

Sep 2012

Thrived for thousands and thousands of years without pesticides, steroids, and antibiotics being "grown into" their food. If possible - when possible - I'm eating like my father's grandparents and great grandparents did. And his greats include people that subsisted on a "slave" diet for much of their lives including post slavery - and they all made it into their 90s and beyond.

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Study questions how much better organic food is [View all] dipsydoodle Sep 2012 OP

Organic food is not genetically modified, doesn't have the chemicals and toxins of corporate grown.. AZ Progressive Sep 2012 #1

The title misstates the conclusions of the actual research. There are other factors pnwmom Sep 2012 #2

Headline changed to that of the AP. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #5

Agreed. The premise is misleading. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #9

0% less likely to contain pesticides....THAT is what you are paying for; absence of pesticides. MADem Sep 2012 #3

Not really - you are paying for other types of insect and weed control ehrnst Sep 2012 #12

I buy celery not because they used garlic to keep away the bugs, but because they didn't use those MADem Sep 2012 #19

"Although it could cut your exposure to pesticides"?.. Cha Sep 2012 #4

And antibiotics and hormones. n/t pnwmom Sep 2012 #13

Human beings JustAnotherGen Sep 2012 #6

My feeling, too; whenever possible. Atman Sep 2012 #7

Part of the problem, here in the U.S. at least, is that some things labeled "organic" ...... marmar Sep 2012 #8

That is a problem. n/t pnwmom Sep 2012 #14

Once the USDA got in the middle of labeling organic fasttense Sep 2012 #10

I'll have what the rats are having... yellerpup Sep 2012 #11

There are also other reasons to prefer "organic" foods caraher Sep 2012 #15

It's not just about what goes into your mouth, it's about the world you live in hedgehog Sep 2012 #16

"Organic" is a marketing label to get yuppies to pay more. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #17

No, I've been eating Organic Cha Sep 2012 #18

The Stanford Organic Food Study..... DeSwiss Sep 2012 #20