Organic food, not blinker fluid.

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Actually, it was a joke that got me wondering...the whole organic/synthetic blinker fluid...seeing the word "organic" here.

Does anyone here eat organic?

We do. Along with raw dairy, and only from grassfed beef and chickens raised with no hormones or antibiotics. Lots of locally grown produce. And things like hemp, about which many people have a lot of misconceptions. Like my daughter's health teacher...

They did a nutrition label project at school today. Listing foods they eat and looking up nutritional information...:rolleyes: the hemp chips set off the school's Barney filter on the network and I had to talk to the teacher because apparently they were told "no alcoholic beverages should be listed" :confused: last I checked, hemp wasn't an alcoholic beverage. (but I do drink some cultured teas that are pretty funky)

these are the same nutrition teachers that eat McDonald's every day!

Cannabis Setiva is NOT the same plant as the illegal marijuana cannabis variety. High in Omega 3's, EFA's (better source than fish oil) and pretty tasty as a grain, and lots of other nondietary uses. it is perfectly safe and legal.

Does anyone think the teacher is being ignorant and small minded about something she should know as the health teacher? or am I being a hemp munching hippie?

I've been doing this for a quite a while. Fantastic noticeable health results, weight loss, and incredible tasting food. I've done it so long I have detoxed my system and can hardly eat most regular or conventional food products anymore. dining out is not something I can do without getting sick or just feeling bad for a few days afterward. But I no longer have to take hormone meds, though, nor antidepressants or migraine or arthritis meds, and there are no more colds and flus or headaches etc with the me or the kids, they are coming off ADD/ADHD meds now too.
 
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Looks like it. Is related to it. but it's not the same species in the genus as the recreational use. refer to the article for "hemp" on the same wikipedia site.

Big difference is in the THC content. The legal industrial hemp won't even get you a positive on a drug test. Not so much as a giggle or the munchies.

Check these places:

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-7-32.pdf
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Oil Seed Works | Hemp Nutrition
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Knowledge is power!!! Makes me wish I had some.

As to Organic foods, I don't go out of my way to get it. If it's available and reasonably priced i'll get fruit, veggies, etc.

I have tried organic free range chicken, as well as grass fed beef from a good butcher shop, and yes they do taste better, but I don't think they are worth twice the price (or more.)

I am a definate lover of good organic single malt scotch.

P.S. glad you are back.
 
I eat "organic" steel cut oatmeal. It is actually cheaper than the non organic steel cut brand. Not so much as it's organic, I just like it.

We used to have a really nice bulk food store that had everything and you could buy as little or as much as you wanted of really good dry foods (rice, flours, pasta, herbs etc)

The economy wiped them out.:mad:

We have a weekly farmers market with organic free range chicken, eggs etc. It definitely tastes better, but as mentioned the price is about double,
 
organic?

I have never been a "junk food junkie" but also I don't go out of my way to pay the extra for "organic" or "health food" labels.

The other day I was running around in search of garage sales. I was away from home when my two little dogs told me it was their dinner time. I went into a store for a can of Alpo. The clerk asked " Is that all? "

I answered " I think so, I already have crackers "

For a little bit, I thought I might get to see what she had for dinner!

:)
 
Glad to see you didn't call anything "chemical-free" - I'm a chemist. Had a long conversation one time with a fertilizer supplier about their "chemical-free" fertilizer! The organic label is highly regulated - that's good. Look at how many things are labeled "natural", "gluten-free", etc and you'll see how lack of standards just makes it meaningless. It also cracks me up when I see something like "fat-free" on a 5-lb bag of sugar!

But I will say that I think eating raw dairy is on par with eating raw oysters - I'm not taking that chance.

Kevin
 
I question most organic labels since they half the time have in small print little disclaimers like, "Federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones"... Then I saw something similar on milk once stating that the growth hormones were certified not to have any effect on humans. The last straw was looking at the organic fruits and vegetables. They cost way more and looked terrible. I guess I'm just leaving it to fate now.

Found this from trying to Google my bit above:
http://www.rodale.com/10-food-label-lies?page=0

Also, a lot of this health mania in foods comes across to me as the dreaded "Dihydrogen Monoxide" scare that Penn and Teller tried to show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw

I only add that last part as the vast majority of people really don't have half a clue what they are looking at most of the time and don't feel the need to look it up. If the OP is doing her part to look these things up and is comfortable with what she feeds herself and her kids then who am I to tell her different.
 
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joeintexas said:
Heck I always thought hemp was what you made rope out of. Shows what I know.
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No...it's the same hemp! Just a different part of the plant.

I guess a lot of the organic quality depends on where you are. here, it is definitely higher quality for the most part. Some things aren't. Admittedly, I payer higher for food per unit up front so it looks like it's an expensive switch. But we eat less total amount of food, and have cut about $3-400 a month in medical costs. So, while up front it looks like a more costly venture, we are saving money and health.

I mean, $250 for a month's worth of the best meat we can get, delivered to the door...the local grocery store can't compete.

And oh yes, whoever likes the organic oats...they are fantastic.
 
kevmansc said:
Glad to see you didn't call anything "chemical-free" - I'm a chemist. Had a long conversation one time with a fertilizer supplier about their "chemical-free" fertilizer! The organic label is highly regulated - that's good. Look at how many things are labeled "natural", "gluten-free", etc and you'll see how lack of standards just makes it meaningless. It also cracks me up when I see something like "fat-free" on a 5-lb bag of sugar!

But I will say that I think eating raw dairy is on par with eating raw oysters - I'm not taking that chance.

Kevin
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Everything is chemicals.

As far as not eating raw dairy...commercial dairy operations are far scarier. I get fresh milk that day from cows I know from farmers I know. Commercial dairy has to use a centrifuge to get rid of the pus and slime in the milk mixed from a few hundred cows from different farms. No thanks. Just hold my glass under one healthy grassfed cow and squeeze.

Someone else said something about health mania...I really thought it was hype until I tasted the difference and saw the health benefits in my own house. I'm convinced, not by a silver throated pitch man, but by experiencing it.
 
As this is an opinion thread, I will offer mine.

"Organic" food isn't worth a premium over other natural foods.

The certification process is a joke, and the consumer has no way of verifying any of the claims made by the OF industry.

No measurable difference in nutrition in OF items and non OF items of the same kind. Any differences noticed by the consumer can be attributed to the placebo effect.

Any food can become contaminated by pesticides and herbicides, even those labeled organic. Exposure can happen anywhere from the field to your table, even while in transit. Unless you harvest it yourself, you don't really know what you are getting.

Healthy food isn't hard to find, but you won't find it in the middle of the supermarket. Real food is along the outer isles (meats, fruit, veggies, milk products, etc). Stay away from "foods" that come in a cardboard box.

A good rule of thumb is to not eat fresh foods from areas and countries where you can't drink the water without getting sick.
 
i understand where captorquewrench is coming from.. in houston organic and locally grown produce is starting to be everywhere.. ill admit that ill by most of my produce organic, but im a big cook and i can taste the difference. but when it comes to meats if its a nice steak for christmas im buying grassfeed.

also there is a meat packing place bout 45 min from me that sells/butchers that day organic pork that is the best, store bought pork just doesnt taste right anymore. plus its actually cheaper.


Matt
 
Now this is a whole different game if we are talking foods from known sources like the cow in the field across the street and meat from a known butcher. But even going to the local farmer's market is suspect to me. Like I'm supposed to trust that all he used was lady bugs to keep away the others and no 10-10-10 went into the ground? Not likely. And I say mania more about the soccer mom type who thinks she is doing her part by getting paper instead of plastic.
 
The scientific name for marijuana is Cannabis Sativa L., a variety of Cannabis containing significant THC, which is the active ingedient in marijuana.
 
Well ...

Truth time.

I come from the generation that first promoted hemp as a substitute for all things edible, medicinal, nutritional, and architectural. Mother Earth News, Foxfire, Rolling Stone, NPR, you name it, we threw it out there for all to hear and see.
When the rubber meets the road, we were looking for a way to grow our pot plants without hassle and mixing them up with the hemp talk would throw Sgt. Stedenko off the trail.

Well, that was the idea anyway.:cool:
 
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