The Grass Doctor

What do you think of "organic" people?

Organic food, organic potting soil, organic lawn fertilizer, all natural everything? The people that I know that are "organic" have the sickest kids that I have ever met. The kids come over and the first thing out of their mouth is can we have a treat? Can we have juice? Because the stuff they eat tastes like cardboard. I am thinner, more athletic and clearly healthier than these people. I don't think the organic thing is all that it is hyped up to be. Do you agree?

Public Comments

1. vegetarian is the best , healthiest lifestyle, and is crueltyfree. the unhealthy people are the overweight, fat , fast food eating, walking cemetaries. organic is obviously better also because it means no chemicals, only an idiot would think chemicals are better for people to injest.
2. OMG YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow this is amazing- my aunt is one of those super organic people- even feeds her dog organic foods and her kids are always feeling sick and having anxiety problems and not to mention she doesnt beleive in a schooling system and homeschools her kids!!! and her 9 yr old daughter is .. i beleive its called vegan? doesnt eat any animal products- no meat milk or eggs! isnt that insane!!!!!!!!!!!! and the vegiterean meat is so gross-! yuk! its slimy and disgusting!
3. Organic people are made into soylet green.
4. my uncle is all organic like because hes a doctor and all specific about what he eats. like he wont even eat vegetables that arent organic... i think, well when has regular food hurt people before? and now all of a sudden people are all for organic stuff i guess its good because its better for the environment because no pesticides are used.
5. My adult daughter is an organic, vegan and no wheat or gluten. We can only go out to eat at a very few restaurants that are 60 miles away. She won't even drink our well water or any water that hasn't gone though 7 filters. Its very alienating. I think the people that are living to 100 years old probably ate their share of DDT's and pesticides.
6. I think it's a huge hype to get people to pay more for things called 'organic' and feel good about getting hosed. People can be fooled into thinking organic is better and not even know why. There are pesticides that are allowed to be sprayed on vegetables while they grow and still be called organic. I once worked for a very nice woman who was a devout vegan. She had 2 kids born with disabilities and she herself was overweight. I don't think it can be pr oven that her weird diet may have contributed to her babies development, but it's a thought. I have a really low tolerance for people who push their lifestyles and opinions on other people calling meat-eaters and the like 'walking cemeteries'. I too am much healthier than some people in my husbands family who eat only organic everything. This is also the same people who smoke like trains while eating their free range eggs and bug-eaten carrots they paid $3 bucks a pound for.
7. I feel that being organic is a life choice. I personally enjoy the sustainability aspect of it. Plus, a lot of local growers are organic and those who aid in local commerce deserve a standing ovation! As far as people's children being sick all of the time, I don't know what would cause that. Usually organics are also hollistically balanced. Just as veggies get their iron from spinach instead of meat, organics test their immune system by eating local honeys (they contain allergens that are common in the area of production). As far as the stuff they eat tasting like cardboard, what are you talking about? Organic fruits and veggies taste great! Organic milk is awesome...much better than the conventional stuff. The chicken is air cooled so there is no fecal matter left on the bird (it's called a fecal bath, cold water forces feces out of hundreds of birds at once...yummy!) Beef is more lean and there's a huge assortment of non-parishables that are excellent! Not to mention less cholesterol, fat, sodium, and filler materials like corn (which has no nutritional value). Try a few items at random. You may be surprised.
8. Not all organic food tastes like cardboard. In fact, everything that I've tried tastes great, just as good as non-organic and a lot of the times even better. Have you ever tried organic food? To the person who wondered when non-organic food hurt us: How do you know it isn't? How do you know all the chemicals that go into creating the food aren't harming us in ways we might not see yet? Can we say that this random person's cancer wasn't caused by all the chemicals in her food? No. Can we say that random baby's birth defect wasn't caused by the chemicals in his mother's diet or the chemicals seeping into her skin from her clothing? No. There is no proof either way. Umbilical cord testing has shown the presence of chemicals and pesticides, many of which have been banned for decades! Tell me that means nothing. Organic food is better not just for us, but for the environment, too. No chemicals seeping into our ground water or polluting our air. Farm employees don't have to breath in all those chemicals. So just because we can't say the higher rates of cancer aren't caused by non-organic foods, doesn't mean they aren't. Just because we can't say birth defects aren't caused by pesticides and chemicals in our food and on our clothes doesn't mean they aren't.
9. No i do not. I have seen too many kids switch from a typical American diet that has way too much sugar, artificial crap, trans fats, chemicals, etc.. When they do they lose weight, if they are ADD they lose most symptoms, they don't have to go to the doctor nearly as often, they are more active (in a healthy way), they have longer attention spans, they are more polite. Most American fee their kids processed foods/fast foods/junk food which are simply not healthy and should be given as ocassional treats and not be used as the main diest. Kids fed this way tend to be overweight to obese, seem to be sick all the time, go to the doctor about once a week, are given antibiotics like they are candy. Kids fed a healthy and well balanced diet are healthier. period. Perhaps the kids you see are not being fed a well balance diet which you can do easily enough, even though all the foods fed are organic.