Comments on: Newsflash: “Organic food has no nutritional benefit!” http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/ A Mom's Journey To Green Living Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » A Happy and Green New Year… from A to Z! - Mom Goes Green http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-4078 » A Happy and Green New Year… from A to Z! - Mom Goes Green Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:13:18 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-4078 [...] When you’re done, recycle them, always! O – Organics, Outdoors, Oceans – Buy as many organics as you can… simple as that.  Getting outdoors will remind you of this beautiful world we are [...] [...] When you’re done, recycle them, always! O – Organics, Outdoors, Oceans – Buy as many organics as you can… simple as that.  Getting outdoors will remind you of this beautiful world we are [...]

]]> By: » (Fast) food for thought… you’ll be shocked… or maybe not! - Mom Goes Green http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3617 » (Fast) food for thought… you’ll be shocked… or maybe not! - Mom Goes Green Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:43:32 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3617 [...] Enough said. The next time you’re looking for a “fast food”, grab a banana! [...] [...] Enough said. The next time you’re looking for a “fast food”, grab a banana! [...]

]]> By: assurance http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 assurance Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:11:22 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3224 Hi, I tend to agree and disagree with the comments I read here at the same time. Fact: this article is relevant, what they say is true: on a basic nutrition point of view organic and non organic provide the same benefits. But that does not mean that at the world level the effects are similar, on the other hand the effects are very different, chemical polution, green house effect etc... I agree with you Doreen that Organic food is better because they use less chemicals and that's what I buy. I must say also that I understand that non organic food is produced. It's just a question of cost and providing food for people that can't afford the cost of producing organic one. My point of view is not about organic or non organic, this is an end less debate that does not count consumers. I say that people should eat based on nutrition capacity over cost to buy. Usually more expensive food contain less water, salt and sugar than cheap food, therefore is for your body more effective and healthier and you need to eat less for the same calories. At the end of the day, poor people need to eat (and we do not produce enough on a world level for that) and poor people pay more for what they get overall than whealthier ones, and eat potentialy life reducing food, that's the shame! Hi, I tend to agree and disagree with the comments I read here at the same time. Fact: this article is relevant, what they say is true: on a basic nutrition point of view organic and non organic provide the same benefits. But that does not mean that at the world level the effects are similar, on the other hand the effects are very different, chemical polution, green house effect etc… I agree with you Doreen that Organic food is better because they use less chemicals and that’s what I buy. I must say also that I understand that non organic food is produced. It’s just a question of cost and providing food for people that can’t afford the cost of producing organic one. My point of view is not about organic or non organic, this is an end less debate that does not count consumers. I say that people should eat based on nutrition capacity over cost to buy. Usually more expensive food contain less water, salt and sugar than cheap food, therefore is for your body more effective and healthier and you need to eat less for the same calories. At the end of the day, poor people need to eat (and we do not produce enough on a world level for that) and poor people pay more for what they get overall than whealthier ones, and eat potentialy life reducing food, that’s the shame!

]]> By: 2Mama http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 2Mama Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:18:13 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3214 Amen! I, too, was irate when I read this "study". The fact that I had just come from watching Food, Inc. when I read it sure didn't help. This was insulting to my intelligence as a consumer. We must vote with our forks! We know that when we choose organic/local/sustainable (or all of them at the same time), we chip just a tiny bit away from the over-processed, cruel, chemical-laden, and environmentally destructive food czars. Some of these "studies" and "new findings" they're coming out with are starting to smell a little bit defensive; i.e., I just read an article on raw milk that cited an FDA inspector saying the craze would end once there was a major disease outbreak. Well, there was...in pasteurized milk. 19,500 people were sickened by pasteurized milk, compared to 1,890 sickened by raw milk. There are similar stories out there about beef, chicken, eggs, and pork. Bottom line: something happens to our food when we start messing with it. Don't stand for it! :) Amen! I, too, was irate when I read this “study”. The fact that I had just come from watching Food, Inc. when I read it sure didn’t help. This was insulting to my intelligence as a consumer.

We must vote with our forks! We know that when we choose organic/local/sustainable (or all of them at the same time), we chip just a tiny bit away from the over-processed, cruel, chemical-laden, and environmentally destructive food czars. Some of these “studies” and “new findings” they’re coming out with are starting to smell a little bit defensive; i.e., I just read an article on raw milk that cited an FDA inspector saying the craze would end once there was a major disease outbreak. Well, there was…in pasteurized milk. 19,500 people were sickened by pasteurized milk, compared to 1,890 sickened by raw milk. There are similar stories out there about beef, chicken, eggs, and pork. Bottom line: something happens to our food when we start messing with it. Don’t stand for it! :)

]]> By: theiratedog http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3190 theiratedog Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:18:05 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3190 You're absolutely right. I took the liberty of expanding your argument slightly on my own blog. I hope that's ok. The link is this: http://theiratedog.blogspot.com/2009/07/organic-food-not-superior.html Good post! You’re absolutely right. I took the liberty of expanding your argument slightly on my own blog. I hope that’s ok.

The link is this: http://theiratedog.blogspot.com/2009/07/organic-food-not-superior.html

Good post!

]]> By: Erin http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3189 Erin Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:11:24 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3189 I wonder who really PAID for the study??? Not that I'm claiming a conspiracy, but I'm just sayin'. I buy organic for the same reasons you listed, plus I think organic food generally tastes better. The real power we have as consumers is how we spend our $. If we continue to spend our money on products that are manufactured in ways that are less detrimental to our environment, we might actually be able to decrease the destruction of our environment as producers try to meet the demand we create :) I wonder who really PAID for the study??? Not that I’m claiming a conspiracy, but I’m just sayin’. I buy organic for the same reasons you listed, plus I think organic food generally tastes better. The real power we have as consumers is how we spend our $. If we continue to spend our money on products that are manufactured in ways that are less detrimental to our environment, we might actually be able to decrease the destruction of our environment as producers try to meet the demand we create :)

]]> By: Kim http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3188 Kim Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:05:07 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3188 After looking at your site, I was inspired. I have to admit that I recalled the organic fruits and vegetables at my grocery store never quite looked as pretty as the "regular" stuff. But I went and picked up organic grapes (which were cheaper than the others), a couple of apples, and headed for the milk. It hurt, but I picked up the organic 2% milk. My son is a huge, or I should say was, a huge milk drinker. So when the gallon was just about $6.00 rather than the under $2.50, it hurt. But I thought, you know, he doesn't drink milk like he use too, so we'll give it a try. I've always have been concerned about steroids in meats, but hadn't really thought about it in milk. I bought the $6.00 gallon of milk, and it is almost gone! I haven't said a word about it, but I have found that Blake is asking for it more than normal. So last night when I pulled out my organic grapes and told my husband they were organic, he said "I'm glad you said that, I heard on the radio today that a group in England said that there wasn't any difference between organic stuff and everything else, there's not enough pesticides on them to make a difference". I told him that in itself didn't make sense. I had all ready looked into the milk issues, and many of the diary farmers say the same thing. I am sure if you only had one glass of milk a year it wouldn't make a big difference, but I have a boy that would drink it all day long if I'd let him. After looking at your site, I was inspired. I have to admit that I recalled the organic fruits and vegetables at my grocery store never quite looked as pretty as the “regular” stuff. But I went and picked up organic grapes (which were cheaper than the others), a couple of apples, and headed for the milk. It hurt, but I picked up the organic 2% milk. My son is a huge, or I should say was, a huge milk drinker. So when the gallon was just about $6.00 rather than the under $2.50, it hurt. But I thought, you know, he doesn’t drink milk like he use too, so we’ll give it a try. I’ve always have been concerned about steroids in meats, but hadn’t really thought about it in milk. I bought the $6.00 gallon of milk, and it is almost gone! I haven’t said a word about it, but I have found that Blake is asking for it more than normal. So last night when I pulled out my organic grapes and told my husband they were organic, he said “I’m glad you said that, I heard on the radio today that a group in England said that there wasn’t any difference between organic stuff and everything else, there’s not enough pesticides on them to make a difference”. I told him that in itself didn’t make sense. I had all ready looked into the milk issues, and many of the diary farmers say the same thing. I am sure if you only had one glass of milk a year it wouldn’t make a big difference, but I have a boy that would drink it all day long if I’d let him.

]]> By: Doreen http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 Doreen Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:46:21 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3187 Gus - you are absolutely right. I DO wonder who funded the study. It's a bit mysterious, isn't it?... I think the answer would be fairly telling. How you can discuss organics without mentioning the "non-chemical advantage"? Gus – you are absolutely right. I DO wonder who funded the study. It’s a bit mysterious, isn’t it?… I think the answer would be fairly telling. How you can discuss organics without mentioning the “non-chemical advantage”?

]]> By: Gus Snarp http://www.momgoesgreen.com/newsflash-%e2%80%9corganic-food-has-no-nutritional-benefit%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3186 Gus Snarp Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:08:45 +0000 http://www.momgoesgreen.com/?p=4651#comment-3186 My thoughts exactly. I especially love the headlines that are put over this study "'Organic' May Not Mean Healthier". Well, it may not mean containing more nutrients, but that's not the only measure of healthy! It really bothers me to see this kind of research receiving so much press. They didn't mention who funded the study. Another report says it was commissioned by the British government's Food Standards Agency. So basically the FDA or the agriculture department. I wonder if they also received any funds from say, Monsanto and the like? I saw another study get a lot of press that said there were germs in our kitchens and we should use disinfectant cleaners and disposable wipes. The research was funded by Lysol. Hmm. My thoughts exactly. I especially love the headlines that are put over this study “‘Organic’ May Not Mean Healthier”. Well, it may not mean containing more nutrients, but that’s not the only measure of healthy! It really bothers me to see this kind of research receiving so much press. They didn’t mention who funded the study. Another report says it was commissioned by the British government’s Food Standards Agency. So basically the FDA or the agriculture department. I wonder if they also received any funds from say, Monsanto and the like?

I saw another study get a lot of press that said there were germs in our kitchens and we should use disinfectant cleaners and disposable wipes. The research was funded by Lysol. Hmm.

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