I have always wondered if organic food is worth the top dollar ?
Do pesticides really cause health issues including cancer?
If it does help - can someone share any studies done on the topic??
Is Organic Food Worth The Top Dollar?
Sam Sharik on 18/12/2019 - 17:52
Last edited 18/12/2019 - 17:54
Last edited 18/12/2019 - 17:54
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no & no
In terms of taste, I find organic fruit and vegetables much more superior so I try to source organic fruit and vegetables where possible, usually going to the weekend markets.
Lol. This could be and probably is the placebo effect, how can you not see that?
maybe or maybe not ;) at least some local grower profit from me rather than a behemoth supermarket ;)
Do pesticides really cause health issues including cancer?
Glysophate certainly does, some big lawsuits on that one. My last doctor could tell if I'd been using roundup by looking at my blood results. :) Other ones would have some effect.
If it does help - can someone share any studies done on the topic??
Too much info out there already, DuckDuckGo is your friend.
In short, depending on how and where the product is grown, the nutritional profiles between organic and non organic can be fairly similar. The benefit is in reduced pesticides, not sure if they can be totally eliminated though. There's some interesting indoor growing tech starting to come out that might fix that problem though. Freshero are trying to get and 'organic' certification ATM but might get stuck on not being grown in the ground but in special hydroponic machines. Not suitable for all produce of course. The more natural, the better for you seems to be the go.
The people who are suffering NHL from glysophate use are exposed to the stuff by the bucket load. Vast majority of them were sprayers and many of them ignore the safety warnings (some ignored common sense as the safety warnings were not yet printed on the packaging).
Maybe, but the damned stuff is everywhere.
https://www.ewg.org/news-and-analysis/2019/02/glyphosate-con…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095671351…
https://detoxproject.org/alarming-levels-of-glyphosate-conta…etc, and it all adds together with all the other toxins we are exposed to. We don't use it anymore but when we did it would scare all the earthworms away from the property. nasty stuff.
I use a crapload of the stuff over several acres.
The earthworms are still bountiful.
Honestly, I know it is better if I minimise exposure but it is hard to justify the increased cost of food to further reduce the miniscule amounts we are already exposed to.
I'm not against eating organic. I think it is creating another industry and no one is forced to adopt that lifestyle. The science is simply disconnected from the real world.
@[Deactivated]: It's not just that though. For some products in Australia the MRLs are higher than in other countries. So you can't just compare the data across different countries about the exposure levels. You can be safe eating oats in Europe but come to Australia and possibly your tolerance is a lot less due to our higher MRLs.
It's not organic that's the problem, it's the amount of residue left over and that in some products you can't just remove the peel from the foods. I think over time we are starting to get more data, but most studies aren't happening in Australia; so it can lead to misleading extrapolated results of it being safe when it actually isn't.
For this reason I eat imported oats rather than organic oats. It's slightly cheaper.
I think over time we are starting to get more data, but most studies aren't happening in Australia; so it can lead to misleading extrapolated results
of it being safe when it actually isn't.I come from the school of the hard sciences. Lack of proof doesn't in any way suggests the credibility of the opposite.
Again, good on people who want to pay more.
In terms of the food itself, no. In terms of supporting local farmers or other things of that nature, well that's up to you.
No, but it is fair to charge more hipsters and tree huggers
Almost all food is organic, salt isn't though. You might think using the definition from chemistry is silly (and I guess it is) but the problem is there's no other definition. The term doesn't mean anything, you can stick organic on any food.
It depends on what it is.
Some foods you can remove the pesticides from it by removing the peel. For others, you can't, so it would be better to buy organic for those products.
Also it comes down to the price you put on your health and whether you are willing to take the risks. It's not unsurprising that the cancer rates have soared, disregarding any increase in detection rate. The question is still up in the air about whether it is lifestyle or something else.
Yes