On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 23:56:12 -0600, Brenda Young
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>
> ... what do you think about the argument that the quality of our food
> nowadays is so poor that we can't possibly eat enough to get all the
> nutrients we need?  Especially when organic is so hard to find in some
> areas, including mine.

I try to eat organic when possible -- partly for the environmental
benefits, and partly to avoid pesticides, GM foods, and the like -- but as
far as nutrition goes, there's not a lot of difference between organic and
non-organic, at least according to the studies I've read about.  So if
you're worried about supplementing, then organic may not make much
difference in that regard.

Personally, the only supplement I use is a vitamin D tablet.  I've been
tracking the rest of my diet with a software program that breaks down the
nutrients, and everything but vitamin D is always several hundred percent
of the RDA on a daily basis.  So I don't think supplementing is going to
be able to add anything.  (After all, most of the organic supplements are
just "concentrated food" anyway -- made largely from the same foods you're
already eating (except maybe seaweed/kelp).)

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   Robert Kesterson
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