No wife and no kids means I am playing Madden 13, watching Breaking Bad, and drinking until my hands and feet are numb. Also, Skype is awesome, got to Skype with the wife and kid. She is clearly teething, so I feel kinda bad for them.
If you think it's Wednesday night, you're past buzzed . . . So, I am loose in our Nation's capitol (U-S-A! U-S-A!). I am going to a concert Sunday night and a baseball game tomorrow mid day. Other than that, I am wide open. Right now, I am drinking a cold beer, posting on TiB. That's as far as I've gotten. What should I do this weekend?
So Stanford releases a study showing non-organic produce has identical nutrients to it's organic counterparts. I have to assume this is some sort of special interest play as Stanford is a prestigious university. Right? Am I missing something here?
You're in one of the museum capitols of the world. So you should get drunk in a dive bar and make disparaging comments about "stupuhd libruhls" Come to think of it, where did Ted Kennedy hang out? That'd be an awesome place to throw back a few dozen martinis. The bartender probably knows exactly how to hide a body.
Eating organic produce for the sake of personal health is kind of bullshit, and I'm a whole foods hippy. If you want to maximize health eat local, in season produce, the nutritional damage done by travel far outweighs whether the farmers used natural or synthetic pesticides. That said, I lean towards organic if I can't get local because for whatever reason it seems to taste better and the cost spread isn't that big.
Definitely doing some museums, but alas, a lot of them close at like 5:30 (and don't open until 10?). Didn't man land on the moon like the day after Kennedy killed Mary Jo? It was easy to keep people from paying attention when they were all looking up. (Here's to Neil Armstrong!) I guess I'll head out looking for the dive bar, then.
I can't remember who its was, but someone on here doesn't find Brooke Burke hot. Spoiler I've had a crush on her for years.
I live about 5 miles from a farmers market and buy my fruits and vegetables from there when it's open. I used to buy organic eggs but my Mother started taking care of chickens about a year ago so I get free eggs from chickens who spend all day outside and get a lots of different food to eat. I never thought organic was healthier really, just tastes a whole lot better.
Judging by a lot of the bikini shots I've seen her in over the years, she likely shaves her lady parts, so it was probably Dixie.
But it's a skewed study. Nutrition vs pesticides are two completely different factors. Stanford said "nutrients". They know better
Well if you think about it, why would organic vegetables have more nutrients in the first place? It's the treatment and the land the the produce grows from that determines if the produce is organic, it's not the type of seed. Really the only pro organic argument you have is if you believe synthetic pesticides prevents nutrient absorption more than natural pesticides or think they're more toxic, I don't think nutrient content was ever a major player in the discussion. I'm going to feel stupid if you're trolling, aren't I?
This makes me want to move back to NH. You nutmegers celebrate with lame fairs, New Hampshire celebrates with excessive alcohol consumption and bad decisions.
Yeah I had a fucking blast tailgating and watching UC whip up on Pitt. There was a girl there with boobs so big it brought a tear to my eye. God do I miss college ow so much. Also, that Pumking beer posted before is good as fuck my friend works at a wineshop and brings out a few bottle every time we go it. It is awesome.
You're stating the obvious and reaffirming my point- Why would Stanford do a study on something so obvious? Is this rhetoric? The organic industry never claimed more nutrients. In fact, I'd consider this fairly common knowledge. But it goads the less read individuals who take university studies at face value and draw conclusions from false positives. My point is that I wouldn't be surprised if Stanford builds a new bioengineering hall courtesy of Monsanto. Or maybe Ivey league academia is really that pointless.
I recognize that this doesn't at all apply to commercial organic, but local farmers are able to plant heirloom or rarer varieties of different fruits, veggies, legumes, etc. which are absolutely more nutrient-dense than your standard produce varieties. They can afford to do this because they don't have to worry about planting crops with the end goal of keeping their produce safely unblemished for long transport...the furthest it'll ever go is from their farm to their CSA drop site or farmers' market. Most of these varieties wouldn't do well in grocery stores because they're not "pretty," but they're perfectly fine to eat and oftentimes more delicious than your typical varieties. I am 100% certain that some of the tomatoes, squash, and beans that I get from my farmers are more nutrient-dense than anything I could get at Whole Foods or any grocery store equivalent. But I'll still shop at WF for anything out of season or not available locally because 1) pesticides, and 2) Fair labor practices for farm workers, and 3) It is MILF City. Focus: Wine? Please?