Anybody eat, or try to eat, organic?

[Chicago Made]

Particularly your eggs, chicken, beef, etc.

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[dcorti01]

is it really worth it, price of organic vs. price of non-organic is sometime fucking ridiculous.

 

[Chicago Made]

It does cost more, but it's health benefeits out-weight the price IMO.

All the anti-biotics and hormones in our beef and other foods that has mutated into viral "super strains" that we have no defense against.

I believe we get a lot of our cancers and diseases from the foods we eat, so I try to stay conscious of what I put in my body, where it came from and what kind of life it led prior to being slaughtered for my consumption.

"We are what we eat"... Remember that one? I think there's a deeper meaning to it than we 1st thought.



Brian

 

[huskyguy]

Find local butchers or a farmer that will sell you an entire cow to be butchered--it can be the best way to get meat--of course you will need a freezer chest to store the meat. Vegetables, grow a garden in the summer, can or freeze whatever you are able. I can tomatoes, make fresh horseradish, make pickles, and dehydrate apples as well as tomatoes every fall. I definitely buy organic milk and eggs and I do believe it is worth the price. Unfortunately quality food and vegetables are becoming less and less common in the US.

 

[aProtege]

I go to an organic farmers market and find great prices. I also go to a market that has a great meat section from local farmers. The best cuts I've ever seen.

I 100% agree that many of the chemicals put in food are the culprit behind many diseases but so is the poor eating habits, lack of nutrients left in food and over use of microwaves. All the more reason to continue a multi if you not eating right.

 

[John Benz]

The soil is becoming depleted and even organic vegatables are not the same as 10 years ago. Better.....yes. But the organic carrots used to be so sweet that you couldn't even choke down a non-organic one. Now there is little difference in them. I still feel organics are better, especially things like broccoli and carrots that tend to absorb toxins.

I agree with huskyguy that homegrown is best. You can't buy a true vine-ripened tomato anymore. The ones with the stem attached that say "ripened on the vine" means they are sprayed on the vine while still green with ethylene gas to turn red, and then labeled as "Vine-ripened."

 

[Chicago Made]

Oh yeah, there is a lot of bogus organics out there.

There's a great book on the subject called The Omnivours Dilemma. Pick it up, get it from your library or sit at the book store and skim it.

Great read and very informative. The owner of Whole Foods declined to be interviewed for the book.

 

[Miss Muscle]

If I could afford organic I would but I can't. So I don't fret over it.....in the long run I don't think it makes that much difference. As long as you prepare your food properly and eat clean you should be fine.

 

[aProtege]

If I could afford organic I would but I can't. So I don't fret over it.....in the long run I don't think it makes that much difference. As long as you prepare your food properly and eat clean you should be fine.

We dont even know the long term effects of GMO foods...

 

[Miss Muscle]

We dont even know the long term effects of GMO foods...

True.....but pretty soon that's all we'll have to eat. 20 years from now we won't have a choice. So why worry?

 

[aProtege]

Your right... I could take the attitude of most americans but I dont. By that time ill be retired and wont have to worry about shit catching up with me.`

 

[Old Balls]

Non Organic meat has too much steroids in it...hey, wait a minute....