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Really? What evidence do you have on the contrary and I will listen. Instead of posting DURR it would be more helpful to post your well informed opinion of the matter. Assuming your post is based on fact's..
This man J.I. Rodale is the pioneer of organic farming. Organic is just a word, it should be called "natural farming" because before the industrial revolution there was no need or even any hints of synthetic-chemical agriculture. He bought land, hired scientist and that was in the 60's. You can read a report about it here from Columbia University.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/history/r...tor_thesis.pdf
Have you ever looked at some of the tactics used my synthetic-chemical agriculture such as feeding dead cows to living cows or dumping human sewage sludge onto farm lands.
Further, children are are more likely than adults to experience health complications from pesticides, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. It is because their organs are still developing they are not able to excrete harmful chemicals from their bodies.
Pesticides can be harmful, especially to Children! the study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found that when children ate their regular diets, their urine had detectable levels of organophosphourous pesticides. After they switched to organic diet none were found. They switched back to a synthetic diet and they came back. Personally to me, children are important and we should try to find a way to eat more living foods and not dead ones and get away from fast foods and fast farming. If you disagree with that then you are either selfish or bury your head in the sand and don't want the truth.  |
There too much to touch on here. Long story short, I hopped on the organic bandwagon years ago, then actually did my own research and found the claims to be baseless. It's been discussed ad nauseum on other boards.
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Originally Posted by Htown09
I was not saying stay away from protein..
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I did not imply or state that you were.
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...just relating something that has to do with energy conversion which if you think about it is common sense: A big fat steak takes more energy to break down and convert to energy than a piece of fruit. My point was that if you are looking for more energy maybe cut down on the steak's during the workweek and eat more fruits in your diet. Protein can be egg whites or other sources that are digested easier.
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Generally, a steak is going to provide more energy (calories) than a piece of fruit, even when TEF is accounted for. So how is eating less energy going to give you more energy?
Egg white protein has a similar TEF to that of beef protein. Youre associating the dietary fat in steak/yolks with health problems; an idea that was discredited 20 years ago.
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Yeah I have never seen one before (someone living without food) but the idea about living on light is a symbolical meaning and has a deeper meaning.
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Oh, like the bible.