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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:18 PM Original message |
Organic food is no healthier, study finds |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. This doesn't really surprise me |
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Armchair QB (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Organic is just another way of saying |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Perhaps, but it if one can trust organic growers |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
84. Buying organic is a rip off since you can grow your own damn garden for way less. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
118. It's another way of saying healthier for people and planets. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
90. yeah |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. The study is bullshit. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Lulz? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. You want data? Here's your data |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That reminds me of another major scientific publication. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I don't think Data means what you think it means... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Here's the real data |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
146. The bad of industrial farming doesn't prove the good of organic. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I like your data |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Um, ok |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
100. This is only one study |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
143. Even if it isn't, I don't want chemicals in my soup! I don't want a polluted environment... n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 05:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
148. For the planet, yes. For people, no huge effect. n/t |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. ummm - |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Exactly....... |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not surprising - more wasted money. n/t |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Certainly its less damaging to the enviroment |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. absolutely. I prefer organic and about 60 to 70% of what I purchase is certified organic |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. I purchase from an organic farmer's stand. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. IN summer, I grow my own produce |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. not about nutritional values - its about toxic poisons sprayed on food by corporations |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Organic broccoli contains a nasty chemical called ascorbigen. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Any mother that feeds her 'baby' any kind of broccoli is a crackhead. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. and the gas..... |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
126. Brocolli + BF baby = no sleep for mama! |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
105. my daughter is 2 & 1/2, and has never had problems with broccoli |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. 2 & 1/2 is a "baby"? |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. funny, she's been eating it since she was less than an year old |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #110 |
129. Raw? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Cooked food has more nutrients than raw. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Now you're just talking smack, and you sound like a canned fruit. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. Nope, sorry. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #133 |
139. so where do all these extra nutrients come from |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #139 |
142. they come out of the peach cells. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. Anyone so bored that they're looking for a fight on THIS subject needs to get out more. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. What makes you think it does? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #135 |
141. Scammed? I was positively manhandled by a bundle of organic chard last week. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #130 |
144. not universally true at all. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. are you saying that water is a chemical too? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Are you saying it isn't? |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. If you're gona mislead that much just go ahead and lie, it's the same thing. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Hydrogen is toxic? |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. Absolutely. as toxic as CYP1A1 in broccoli is... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. CYP1A1 isn't in broccoli. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
119. Your attitude is why... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. No, people have low science literacy because they're stupid. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
68. Really... so you say the regular brocolli somehow is absent this terrible chemical? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. OMG....It's amazing folks can post replies with out any scientific data |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I never said that. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. Agreed. This article does not address damage done to the body or the environment... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. LOL - I can TASTE the chemicals in non-organic food in a blind test! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah, right. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Divide By Ze....damn it! |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
121. How do you know he can't -- are you now claiming omniscience. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #121 |
128. I'm agreeing with him. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. I doubt you can |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
87. Just go get yourselves an organic banana and a commercial one - give that a try! |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #87 |
93. I've tried both |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
95. I can too. I don't like organic green peppers- I am used to the chemical taste |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'll take my chances |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. just a reminder: posting an article is a de facto endorsement of any pov |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. I buy organic and I don't |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. This isn't a contest, but what the hell.... not only do I largely buy organic I grow my own organic |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wonder what the standard was for "significant difference"? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Here's where to start. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. talk about missing the point |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Deliberately misleading: It's not about "nutritional superiority", it's about pesticide residue. |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Is the study posted anywhere? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Good point - measuring nutrients directly only measures the |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. You could just read the article. |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. I read the article. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. The article in the OP addressed where it was posted. |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Where? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Oh for crying out loud. Search by author. |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. The abstract makes no mention of phenolics. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Do I? Yes, I do. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. Anyone use a worm bin for compost? Try putting a non-organic banana peel in there. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Most calculations are not made when discussing food issues- "organic" means nothing |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I know. That's why I stopped eating entirely in 1982. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Glib |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
82. Thanks for your appraisal, comrade |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. Except for the fact |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. There is still fat and sugar in organic foods. You can buy an organic brand "pop tarts." |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. They are also responsbile for greater than their fair share of food poisoning |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Good point. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
65. It is NOT a *good point* it is an outright lie. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. BULLSHIT |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
127. I read it once upon a time |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
123. Does you post point to... |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. That may be so nutritionally. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Then skip organics as well. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
125. Um. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #125 |
149. Point is |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. BS |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Yep. (nt) |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
49. The question is: "organic" by whose definition. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. reviewed 162 studies going back FIFTY(!!?) years |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Why would they go back fifty years? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. huh |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. There's even a nice figure of the selection criteria in the paper. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. *THE*definitve study to date on organics & nutrition |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Press release, huh? |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. it was peer reviewed. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. It hasn't even been published, according to the article. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #86 |
111. oh man, i don't have the time or inclination to fight this war all over again. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Sorry, no. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #114 |
124. But it does explain a lot. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Newest argument for organic: Ignore information. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. nonsense |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Why 162? Glad you asked. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
97. That was my question- the use of chemicals has greatly increased in the last 30 years |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
74. 100% bullshit... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Agricultural science, not medical science. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
78. People prefer organic because we are sick from putting chemicals in our bodies... |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
79. Idiots, it's not about the nutrition...it's about the absence of pesticides. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #79 |
89. The study actually supports your claim |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
83. Soil micro-nutrient depletion is prevalent in industrial |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
88. Who funded the study? nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
91. Well, it sure does "perform" better in blind taste tests |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Yeah, scientists have looked into that too. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. You go on thinking that |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. You realize what you're describing is absurd, right? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. I'm describing science |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. No, you're not. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Well, if you can think of another way to control for the sight variable on taste and smell |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Ah, I see you've edited your posts. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. I asked you to be an empiricist |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. And I'm asking you to be an emipricist. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. "You've never actually done a proper blind taste test." |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. Well if you want to talk about champaigne, fine. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
92. In other news, polyester shirts are shown to be just as effective as cotton shirts. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
99. I've done my own tests over the |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
112. But it gets white women to pay more for produce. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
113. The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
116. Is this an example of 1 in 7 scientists who fake data or just the 2%? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
137. Love the irony of the username. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. There has been no such "exposure," ex-bornagainhooligan. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
117. These types of studies are not science. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Looks like the scientists who reviewed it and published it disagree with you. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
132. Organic doesn't mean more nutritious. It means chemical-free and preservative-free. |
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XRubicon (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
136. This is a red herring... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
140. ? |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
145. There have been many studies that say yes... |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
147. I don't care what the study says. I prefer to eat food that is less processed with fewer chemicals |
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