For anyone who is unsure of my stance on organic foods, I would recommend re-reading my original posts in this thread and the original points i make.
jamietwo wrote:I grow and buy as much organic food as possible. The studies don't reflect the way I eat. Has there been a study done of people eating a whole foods, low fat, plant-based diet with conventional vs organic?
The individual foods have been compared and overall consensus of all the studies is there is not that much difference in regard to nutrition. This is why the organic industry is not allowed to make that claim. Think about it and think about how many industries push the limit on the claims they make, trying to make things sound better than they are. Yet, the organic industry has never made a claim about their food being nutritionally superior.
The real question is, has there been any harm shown from people eating a healthy diet based on conventionally grown produce?
The answer to that question is no. In fact, the opposite. Virtually every study to date that has shown the tremendous benefit of eating more produce, including in regard to cancer, has been down on conventional produce. Not one health organization, including the independent review of 1000's of studies in 2007 from the WCRF/AICR has recommended organic produce over conventional.
jamietwo wrote:I know you are against juicing because there are no studies proving that it is healthy for you,
Actually, this statement does not accurately reflect my position.
I am not against juicing at all. However, for most people, they are better off consuming food in its whole natural state, rather than juiced.
And, in regard to studies, there are several studies, most all of them posted in this forum, showing how whole foods are superior to juiced foods.
I have no problem with anyone buying organic food (or even juicing). However, for the 70-95% of American who are in ill-health and sick from lifestyle related diseases, there are just not main priorities. In addition, we can not guarantee that what is being sold as organic, really is organic. This is why we do not serve organic food at the 10-Day program nor do we serve juices.
I would recommend you review the threads on "Burden of Proof."
In Health
Jeff
PS for someone who is choosing to buy organic produce, my discussion of the Dirty Dozen would be even more relevant to them.