Do Organic Foods cause autism and diabetes?

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  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Wow, the shirtless anonymous guy who's here all day, every day speaking against the idea that one's diet affects one's health doesn't know the difference between causation and correlation... or only knows the difference when it suits him.

    (Organic farming has it's own set of issues, agreed. Some of the substances allowed in organic farming are just as detrimental to environment and health-however, in this highly processed world, sometimes the lesser of the evils is better than nothing. But I'd argue for growing one's own food and buying from local producers before buying commercial "organic".)

    First you can quote me where I've said one's diet has no bearing on one's health, then I'll say strong reading comprehension
  • Lena1967
    Lena1967 Posts: 94 Member
    I have been curious about the effect of copper sulphate. It's a commonly used organic pesticide. Of course, it is a chemical.

    Anyhow, READ THIS:

    http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2012/09/24/pesticides-food-fears/

    Very interesting article. Thanks for posting.
  • affacat
    affacat Posts: 216 Member
    The intro to this thread can be interpreted two ways:

    1) Go to this link and read the entire blog post.
    OR
    2) Read this entire blog post, I'm posting it here and here's the link to the original.

    This is the internet. People often repost articles then include a link to the source. It's easy to understand why people might think they are reading the blog in the OP given all the charts being there... not everyone wants to click through to random sites.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    ACG, they obviously don't spend enough time reading your past posts.

    Your post hoc ergo propter hoc graphs are my favorites.

    Wait. Maybe I spend too much t...
  • affacat
    affacat Posts: 216 Member
    (Organic farming has it's own set of issues, agreed. Some of the substances allowed in organic farming are just as detrimental to environment and health-however, in this highly processed world, sometimes the lesser of the evils is better than nothing. But I'd argue for growing one's own food and buying from local producers before buying commercial "organic".)

    That's in large part because "organic farming" is not the same as "being labeled organic", because as with most legislation and regulation, lobbyists got their way. Most truly organic farmers I know can't even afford certification, while larger ones that use 'approved' methods that aren't actually organic get the label.
  • bigdawg62
    bigdawg62 Posts: 127 Member
    Control the food supply and you control everything. Its as simple as that. There are corporations that will stop at nothing to accomplish this goal. Its not just money, its control. You can fill in the blanks as to which corporations fit this statement.
  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
    Wow, the shirtless anonymous guy who's here all day, every day speaking against the idea that one's diet affects one's health doesn't know the difference between causation and correlation... or only knows the difference when it suits him.

    (Organic farming has it's own set of issues, agreed. Some of the substances allowed in organic farming are just as detrimental to environment and health-however, in this highly processed world, sometimes the lesser of the evils is better than nothing. But I'd argue for growing one's own food and buying from local producers before buying commercial "organic".)

    In...for the shirtless guy
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    Please read the full post at the link below before commenting

    http://kfolta.blogspot.com/2013/02/organic-food-causes-autism.html

    Correlation does not equal causation - this man puts it brilliantly. This should be required reading for anyone posting about 'studies' or the latest article/book/"documentary" they happened to find.
  • TheBeerRunner
    TheBeerRunner Posts: 2,777 Member
    Correlation does not equal causation. One of any number of theories out there.
  • victoriannsays
    victoriannsays Posts: 568 Member
    4 + 4 = 10

    well done ladies and gentlemen
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    epic troll is epic


    I still think conventionally grown crops or organic crops are going to be better than GMO crops.
    I don't think it takes any studies to determine that something grown naturally is better than an altered crop that was sprayed with chemicals to kill bugs.
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
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  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    So let's throw a little anecdotal evidence into the mix.

    How many of the posters on here with autistic children ate primarily organic food?
    How many of the diabetic posters here ate primarily organic food?

    And for how long did you eat this organic food?

    Let's see the results of a little" MFP study."

    Personally I think the organic kick is a load of bunk (talk about feces overload), but I bet if we took a little poll here we'd find little correlation.

    WELL DAMN PEOPLE IM BUSY WORKING HOW AM I GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO CLICK ON A LINK JEESH!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    epic troll is epic


    I still think conventionally grown crops or organic crops are going to be better than GMO crops.
    I don't think it takes any studies to determine that something grown naturally is better than an altered crop that was sprayed with chemicals to kill bugs.

    Good thing organic crops aren't sprayed with chemicals, oh wait a sec...
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