Two to pass on to you

It’s all part of living in the twenty-first century, I suppose.  I thought I’d just pass in to you a couple of items that may have passed you by in recent days.  The first one is news for someone like me who only very recently has begun to look at the lists of ingredients on the boxes and cans of food he is about to eat (mainly in order to avoid high fructose corn syrup).  I always assumed that organic food was better than non-organic because… Well, because…  Um, well, hey it’s organic.  Gotta be better for you if it’s organic. Stands to reason, doesn’t it?  Bah!  If you have to ask why, then you won’t understand.   Then along comes this report.  Have we been wrong all the time?  One reason I was s sure that organic food was good for you was that it cost twice as much, or more, than the other kind. Id hate to think that all that extra money has been a waste.

And then there’s shopping.  I don’t like it, unless you include shopping in bookstores.  But  the stereotype of women is that they love to shop – and just because something is a stereotype, that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Apparently, spending hours converting your money into things that you don’t need and will never use can be very enjoyable.  Anyway, one woman took things a bit too far, according to this news item.  The shoppers among you, be warned!
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Comments

[J]

I would pull this bit out of the organic article: "Also, there is not sufficient research on the long-term effects of pesticides on human health," he added.

My reason for going organic when I can afford it and want to (strawberries, for example, which are VERY difficult to get the pesticides off of) is a concern over cancer, rather than a belief that the fruit itself has more nutrients. I suspect the jury is out on this one for awhile.

Was at the farmers' market this weekend, and found an organic stand with corn that was wormy and nasty (like, I peeled back the husk and found a live worm), vs. the conventional stand with nice plump kernels and no critters. Corn goes in boiling water, which I assume will remove the pesticides, so I bought conventional. We usually do conventional, actually, due to the cost. But on items that are just too difficult to wash, that's a bit different.

I will pay extra for organic eggs, though that's generally because I'm hoping the chickens are treated better. And milk, because I don't want the hormones they inject into the cows. I remember what it was like to be engorged while I was nursing my daughter, and the fact that dairy cows are supremely engorged (and thus in a lot of pain and prone to infection, meaning more antibiotics) makes me willing to pay more for organic. I don't expect that the milk is more nutritious, however.

Now to read the shopping article, which I assume will make me feel superior in many ways, as while I like new clothes, I'm not a huge fan of the shopping, and prefer to keep my money.

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