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3/15/10 at 11:24pm
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Originally Posted by Smithie View Post
Well, he was talking with Marion Nestle in the context of organic vs. conventional produce, and the conclusion they seemed to reach was that yes, the organic version may be slightly more nutritious, but that eating the conventionally grown fruits and veggies was sure as heck going to keep you very well nourished by global standards. When Nestle made the remark about Americans not suffering from a dearth of nutrition, she may have been thinking specifically about the kind of American consumer who would agonize over organic/conventional in the first place. She seemed to think that our eating TOO MUCH JUNK and TOO MUCH OVERALL was a much bigger problem than the fact that not all our unprocessed foods are organic.
Oh - gotcha. I thought you meant that Americans eating the SAD were eating too many nutrients, which made no sense to me.

I try to buy organic, but I do it more to support organic farming and cut back - slightly - on my footprint on the planet. I do think it is better for my family, but I certainly do not worry about non-organic produce being inadequate to provide basic nutrition, yk

I just was not thinking of that at all. I was picturing the person who eats two servings of a veggies a week.
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