science is rubbish 4

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science is rubbish 4

by kevinwilson ^Pro @ 2009-07-29 – 20:31:59

so now we find out that eating organic food makes not the slightest difference to our health.

that's the latest result of independent research.

the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine obviously had nothing better to do than look through 50 years of research to come up with the information that organic food has little or no nutritional advantage over ordinary food.

i haven't got the files, but no doubt when everyone was getting excited about organic grub, they were quoting scientific studies that proved it was better for you.

yet another example of why science is rubbish.

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- blue2pink ^Pro
- 2009-07-29 @ 20:38:16
sorry i go on taste, and an organic carrot tastes so much better than a non organic one.
so when i can i buy organic, but i grow organic ,its nice not working with chemicals
hope you are feeling ok
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-29 @ 20:39:49
  hiya - i agree with you. i grow my own veg on an allotment and the taste difference is amazing. i just get fed up of endless research which contradicts previous research!! x
  - - blue2pink ^Pro
    - 2009-07-29 @ 20:43:25
    ooh you have allotment too.
    some years ago they said butter was bad for you, last year i saw aprogram saying mararine was toxic at one point in it production, and butter was better because it was a natual product.
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- xmillyxxx ^Pro
- 2009-07-29 @ 20:49:12
Shhh... Organic food is good for us.. Innit?!x
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:31:06
  apparently not - it just tastes better. xx
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- Bushka ^Pro
- Bushka
- 2009-07-29 @ 20:49:35
Well-sponsored Research.....WELL!! There is always something at the end of it...
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:31:32
  grown your own mars bars, i think!
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- brokendownangel ^Pro
- 2009-07-29 @ 21:47:35
I love organic too - it tastes so much better than non-organic and having less chemicals can't be bad for us surely?
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:32:27
  i think they're just suggesting that the organic factor makes no difference to our health... which sounds weird, but there you go!
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- pompeycaulkhead
- 2009-07-29 @ 22:23:52
Oh why the fuss. A lifetime of chemicals never did Mick Jagger any harm. Did it????????
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:32:54
  good point, mate!
  - - pompeycaulkhead
    - 2009-07-30 @ 19:00:59
    Full of them mate its just the drugs don't always let me remember them all!!!!!!!
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- Miza-T
- 2009-07-29 @ 22:34:15
It's different if you growing your own veg...buying organic, I think it's a bit of a trap, I just don't trust them.
And obviously there must be benefits on not eating quimicals....
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:33:41
  very true, miza - i am fed up of people who make a living out of disproving previously proven facts, though!!
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- janeagain ^Pro
- 2009-07-29 @ 22:44:55
Organic does taste better but much like many of these notions, it has nothing whatsoever to do with our health, but I like it. It's like the whole butter thing that was brought up in a previous comment. I remember my parents driving to Iowa to get margarine, and now it's bad for us and butter is better. Obviously if you eat a pound of butter a week, or better yet study it by feeding a pound to a rat, it will be bad for you. I use real butter as the food turns out nicer.
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:34:28
  i think that's what the research is now saying. it might not make any health difference, but if it tastes better - fine.
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- Munzly
- http://poppycock.blog.co.uk/
- 2009-07-30 @ 08:05:14
The real advantage of organic is the lack of pesticides and other unnatural chemicals. I bet they didn't test for that...
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:34:58
  who knows? i don't trust research anymore!
  - - Munzly
    - http://poppycock.blog.co.uk/
    - 2009-07-30 @ 11:16:05
    The thing is to find out who paid for it and if they had an interest in skewing the results. Proper independent research is still valid in the rare cases it occurs.
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- happy28 ^Pro
- 2009-07-30 @ 08:08:43
hmm, i'm sure there is a difference in taste in some stuff, like the vegetables but all the organic cereals and whatnot just seem like a money grabbing scheme to me.

when will they do useful research? like how to find an estate agent that doesn't lie?
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 09:35:25
  that would be good research!
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- Jenniebaby
- 2009-07-30 @ 09:50:48
I think that the media etc are entirely missing the point here.
The reason that organic food is important is that, because of the lack of pesticides etc, it's growth/farming does not destroy wildlife, hedgerows, environment etc in the same way that intensive farming does.

I do buy organic vegetables, not for the taste/health benefits, but because the place that I buy it from sources only local and seasonal food, which, of course, DOES taste better.

I'm a bit more doubtful about whether organic vegetables grown in Morocco and flown hundreds of miles across to here (which the supermarkets etc DO have) will taste any better than the non-organic stuff...
- - kevinwilson ^Pro
  - 2009-07-30 @ 15:57:23
  well said ... i live on an island which is only about 26 miles long and wonder whether we could make a stand and become self sufficient in fresh produce. shouldn't be that difficult.
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- ravingmad
- 2009-07-30 @ 22:01:13
Well I reckon lots of people already knew that anyway! I thought the reason why people ate organic food was mostly because they didn't want to eat food that was covered in chemicals!
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