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swilton

(5,069 posts) Mon May 11, 2015, 09:58 PM May 2015

This Family Ate Only Organic For Two Weeks - Watch What Happened [View all]

This powerful two minute film shows you a family that was not eating organic due to cost. They switched as part of a study to see what would happen after two weeks of eating organic only.

This study was conducted by the Swedish Environmental Research Institute and the results/text can be found here.

https://www.coop.se/organiceffect

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This Family Ate Only Organic For Two Weeks - Watch What Happened [View all] swilton May 2015 OP

and waiting for the usual suspects in . . . . . niyad May 2015 #1

...to point out how a non-peer reviewed and biased "study" amounts to a hill of beans? Major Nikon May 2015 #3

It's described as a pilot study and limitations are discussed in the study's report. Gormy Cuss May 2015 #5

Actually they leave out quite a bit Major Nikon May 2015 #10

It's not common for tiny pilot studies to get peer review Gormy Cuss May 2015 #12

Again, what would be measured? Major Nikon May 2015 #13

You just articulated what would be measured. Whether the measured change is significant or Gormy Cuss May 2015 #16

Which would make any hypothetically larger study no more valuable than this one Major Nikon May 2015 #17

It didn't take long. arikara May 2015 #7

gruel eaters Jesus Malverde May 2015 #26

Let me guess before I view... longship May 2015 #2

Objective? I think not. drynberg May 2015 #29

Bullshit. Non-organic food has pesticides in it, can be GMO... cui bono May 2015 #48

Organic food can use pesticides longship May 2015 #50

They managed to prove... Major Nikon May 2015 #4

Maybe they don't persist in the body arikara May 2015 #6

Even the so-called study authors don't claim as much Major Nikon May 2015 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #28

The testing and video was asking the family: Do you want so many pesticides in your bodies? vkkv May 2015 #33

The results do not indicate that Major Nikon May 2015 #37

I've never described organic food as being bad. Archae May 2015 #9

Those who throw around words like "toxic" or "poison" .... Major Nikon May 2015 #22

wow angrychair May 2015 #11

The same ones who shill for Monsanto are the same ones who shill for NSA, drones, militarized police whereisjustice May 2015 #14

Who says they're part of the democratic party? ffr May 2015 #19

... Major Nikon May 2015 #20

interesting...eh..nt Jesus Malverde May 2015 #27

I already had those DUers Duppers May 2015 #15

Ignire is the BEST feature of this web site FlatBaroque May 2015 #32

Strawman Major Nikon May 2015 #18

You are certainly trying to downplay the importance... bvar22 May 2015 #39

If you disagree with me you MUST be an agent for "big agra"! Major Nikon May 2015 #41

Strawman Alert. bvar22 May 2015 #44

You stole my line! Major Nikon May 2015 #45

Mea Culpa. bvar22 May 2015 #47

Ummm...try post 19 pkdu May 2015 #51

Agreed! C Moon May 2015 #21

That "normal" level of pesticide chemicals in our blood or urine would be... bearssoapbox May 2015 #23

You won't ever get to zero levels because it's pretty much impossible Major Nikon May 2015 #24

Consumer Reports tested many fruits and vegetables and found a big difference progree May 2015 #25

+1 bvar22 May 2015 #40

Thanks for all the feedback swilton May 2015 #30

thank you for all this. some of the responses here were. . .interesting, to say the least. niyad May 2015 #34

President Obama appointed Micheal Taylor to head the FDA. bvar22 May 2015 #42

Shared on FB. Thanks. nt Damansarajaya May 2015 #31

. . . niyad May 2015 #35

Why did they test the urine? progressoid May 2015 #36

I agree. bvar22 May 2015 #43

Kick. GoneFishin May 2015 #38

All the same responses ad nauseum. All I say is label the food...I want to KNOW. I just want to mother earth May 2015 #46

+1 cui bono May 2015 #49

"watch what happened" Android3.14 May 2015 #52