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All Organic?

  • 15-03-2011 12:40pm
    #1
    smiles302
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭


    Is eating an all organic food diet actually healthier or a naturalistic fallacy?

    Does it vary per food?

    Any recommended sites to find out more pro or con?

    I've always ignored the organic section of Dunnes because of the extra cost, but I've found an all organic market that is much cheaper, just means going out of my way to do a weekly shop.


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  • #2
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    If it's an organic farmer's market, then yes, that's what I'd go for everytime. The food will be not only be pestacide free, it will be local and in season.

    In the supermarket, I'm not as convinced. Many of the organic veg on sale has come from Spain, and has been travelling for a long time.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    +1 to all that EileenG said.

    I'd also add that the word "organic" is a bit of a buzzword these days. Sometimes it results in healthier food, sometimes it results in less healthy food. I'm not completely sure of the definite meaning of organic, it has different standards in different countries which I'd have no idea about, but in general it would be no pesticide, no synthetic chemicals added, and not genetically modified. So on the one hand you know your chicken hasn't had chemicals pumped into it to bulk it up (water can probably still be used, I don't know), but on the other hand many vegetables have been improved by genetic modification (Golden rice is a good example) which as far as science is aware has no harmful effects. So sometimes your paying for good healthy, natural produce, but other times organic food means nothing more than you're paying for the word "organic" being printed on the packet. I think EileenG sets a good rule of thumb there, if you're buying at a reasonable price at a farmer's market then yeah go for it, but if it's in a supermarket maybe save your money.


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