Organic Foods Documented to be Nutritionally Superior

re: Organic Foods Documented to be Nutritionally Superior

Witch Doctor — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:15:40 GMT

Conventional red grapes do not contain resveratrol (or very little). Resveratrol is produced by the plant to ward off fungus attack - it is a natural pesticide. Conventional pesticides prevent the fungus attack, obviating the need for the plant to manufacture resveratrol. The referenced article mentions a natural pesticide, falcarinol, in carrots that may reduce cancerous tumors - I would imagine conventional pesticides might reduce falcarinol, too. One puzzler: the new studies found that organic tomatoes ... had less lycopene, which is thought to help prevent skin ageing, diabetes and osteoporosis. Oh well, that would not lead me to want to ingest pesticides/herbicides to get more lycopene.

Now I would like to see the next important step - restoring all minerals and proper bacterial flora to soils. With that advantage, plants will be healthier and able to ward off infestation themselves. Restoring depleted, lifeless soils is a much tougher proposition, I imagine. Just my opinion. Duane

re: Organic Foods Documented to be Nutritionally Superior

Aram Ovsepian — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:20:18 GMT

I would certainly recommend to know personally a farmer that grows your food. Always support local farmers. That creates better community and better quality food.

As organic food becomes more mainstream, the quality is guaranteed to diminish. Only way to avoid it is to grow your own or know your local farmers that love what they do.

re: Organic Foods Documented to be Nutritionally Superior

Russ Bianchi — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:05:42 GMT

This "good news" is indeed WONDERFUL for consumers lucky enough to be able to purchase REAL certified and monitored organic products under very strict and non biased high standards from the UK's Soil Association in the UK or EU!

Unfortunately, 'Let The Buyer Beware' is the rule, not the exception, in the USA and Canada, where the adulteration of defined 'organic' labeling is PANDEMIC, for higher profiteering, with no better nutrition being delivered to consumers, in far too many documented and known instances, let alone the yet to be outed ones.

The solution? Indeed buy organic, but at local Farmer's Markets, no mass merchandizing retailers, like Wal Mart or Supermarket Chains, or for that matter, even large natural health food store chains, which are daily violating real organic standards, for PROFIT at the your monetary and health expense.

re: Organic Foods Documented to be Nutritionally Superior

Josh Rubin — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:01:42 GMT

IT TAKES LIFE TO GIVE LIFE!

re: Organic Foods Documented to be Nutritionally Superior

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