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The "You have all failed" recap. |
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nature vs. nurture |
| Date Posted: |
06/09/2005 |
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NATURE is constantly changing the chemical makeup of foods through normal genetic mutation and evolution. Lima beans have a trace of hydrogen cyanide in them, and nature put it there, not agribusiness. All potatoes have a trace of arsenic, courtesy of nature. These are just 2 of thousands of examples of naturally occurring toxicants in foods. The key is in the DOSAGE; not the mere presence of a toxin.
There's nothing wrong with "organic" foods (a complete chemical misnomer). But if major food producers didn't use insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and manufactured fertilizer, starvation on this planet would skyrocket. It's easy for a "boutique" farm to grow small crops without synthetic compounds. That has nothing to do, however, with feeding the world. With advances in genetic engineering, fewer pesticides are needed because agricultural scientists are engineering crops which are more naturally resistant to insects and disease.
Everything I'm saying, by the way, is supported by long peer-reviewed science in the relevant journals and by the UN WHO and Agricultural Organizations. |
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What nature does is fine with me. What DuPont, Monsanto and ADM do is something else entirely. Some days, if I choose to eat out, I feel like I'm eating plastic. or cardboard.
Here's a challenge for you DonPaul. We've both been visiting here for some time, so we kinda know each other and, I would hope, respect each other.
Spend one month eliminating all products from your diet that contain high fructose corn syrup, gm materials and partially hydrogenated oils. It's a real challenge because the corn syrup and partially hydrogenated stuff is in just about everything. Eat organic. Eat healthy. After the month is over, go back to the junk food and notice how gross everything tastes.
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