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longship

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1. What the fuck does "natural" even mean?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2014, 12:46 PM

Feb 2014

Arsenic is natural. So is lead. So is a lot of shit one does not want in their food.

IMHO Natural is a marketing term, not a description of anything about the food.

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Jim Hightower: Shouldn't 'Natural' Foods Actually Be Natural? [View all] marmar Feb 2014 OP

What the fuck does "natural" even mean? longship Feb 2014 #1

natural is a bad word to use i agree dembotoz Feb 2014 #2

+1 n/t geomon666 Feb 2014 #3

+1 Silent3 Feb 2014 #5

Trouble is there is no national standard for "natural". no_hypocrisy Feb 2014 #4