Sorry, I hadn’t noticed the sarcasm. Sadly it really doesn’t translate well through the internet, that’s why I rarely use it, or if I do I dedicate a comment directly to it.
I loved reading your experience regarding this. A distrust of everything, let alone government, is always a great thing :) That’s why I also value my personal experiences just as much if not more than studies. I have no doubt that pesticides are dangerous, and I do hope to one day have my own little farm where I can grow my own crops using the pesticide that is my hands, not for fear of pesticides on the food however, but because I want to be as self sufficient as possible and growing my own food on a farm with chickens and a goat is a great way to do this.
I find it’s a crying shame how much misinformation and uninformation there is in the food industry well, the world, but let’s start small here as a whole, including the diet industry. It hurts me when I hear people regurgitating a point without having looked into it themselves, and organic food tends to be one of the ones that people regurgitate the most. For example, many people love to condemn pesticides, but as dangerous as they are the simple fact is our world would not be the way it was today if we hadn’t had the greater food yield that using pesticides provided. Another common regurgitation in this field is the argument against genetically modified food, about how it’s an abomination and horrible. I do agree that there are problems when it comes to modifying seeds such that they die after one year, or trademarking a certain type of superseed. However people ignore the fact that we have been modifying food much more dangerously by sending seeds and plants to hang out in space and growing/eating what is produced, and no deaths or other effects have come from this (in fact, apparently Sapporo Space Beer tastes just the same as regular Sapporo beer). The genetic modifications that can be done in a controlled lab are so much more precise than the sheer randomness that is exposing seeds to the misc radiation in space. It’s like performing surgery with a crowbar and scissors blindfolded, compared with doing so with a state of the art laser incision tool and skilled doctors. So long as we keep testing to make sure nothing bad happens, GM is one of the best keys to ending global hunger. Sorry for the off topicness of this, it’s not really a vegetarian thing eh! :)
I would love to have a deep discussion regarding these topics, and to find ways to increase our knowledge of food growth, nutrition, and healthy living. Like I said I’m heading out to get that book this afternoon, and I’m hoping to chew through it this weekend. I’ll keep my eyes out for any other nutritional information I can get my hands on as well.