Health and Nutrition Thread

[Hot Mega]

In the case for "organic" foods, organic apples and potatoes appear to be worth the extra money as studies have shown apples and potatoes are more susceptible to pesticides leeching into their skin.

Studies have also shown with respect to apples and potatoes; lab animals exposed to a diet of apples and potatoes protected with pesticides grew 10% fatter than those on a diet of organic apples and potatoes.

 

[marquis2]

That's at odds with the findings in the UK which found no advantages with organic foods.In fact there are many pesticides and fungicides which can be used on food which can still be sold as organic.
There's always the option of washing or peeling if you're bothered. I watched a lecture on pesticides where the point was made that to ingest enough pesticide on the skins to be harmful you would at the same time have ingested a fatal quantity of vitamin C.

 

[Hot Mega]

That's at odds with the findings in the UK which found no advantages with organic foods.In fact there are many pesticides and fungicides which can be used on food which can still be sold as organic.
There's always the option of washing or peeling if you're bothered. I watched a lecture on pesticides where the point was made that to ingest enough pesticide on the skins to be harmful you would at the same time have ingested a fatal quantity of vitamin C.

I prefaced what I wrote stipulating that it appears to be worth it with respect to apples and potatoes. It's probably not worth it in other cases as my statement also implies.

The point of the study seemed to conclude apples and potatoes were more susceptible to the pesticides leeching beyond the skin of them into the meat of them. If true that's a circumstance not remedied by washing or peeling. Now this is hearsay to me as I haven't read the material myself but merely heard it told by a so called expert who referenced the research.

Further, the study didn't seek discover lethality levels but simply the affect on the subjected test animals. According to the expert the conclusions were quite convincing with respect to affect on weight gain and body fat.:2 cents:

 

[ace.venturer]

 

[jod0565]

Help on Flossing:
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=29787&highlight=teath

 

[Hot Mega]

According to experts, sushi grade tuna has the highest levels of mercury of all fish we consume.

It's an older, larger fish so it makes sense. Although tuna is a great source for omega-3s...it's mercury levels make salmon (young fish) and sardines (small fish) much wiser choices.

 

[Christmas_Ape]

Not a speck of cereal!

 

[anomaly]

My biology professor showed us that any produce in which we consume the skin, organic is the way to go.:thumbsup:

 

[D-rock]

According to experts, sushi grade tuna has the highest levels of mercury of all fish we consume.

It's an older, larger fish so it makes sense. Although tuna is a great source for omega-3s...it's mercury levels make salmon (young fish) and sardines (small fish) much wiser choices.

What's sad is the fact that he are depleting the population so much by overfishing the only advantage it gives us is that we now catch so many fish young and small they don't have a chance to build up as much mercury in them by the time they are caught.

 

[jod0565]

Learn about mold:
http://www.epa.gov/mold/moldguide.html

 

[JayJohn85]

Errr I eat the ocassional Salad!

 

[24788]

Regular Potatoes are useless as a food. Sweet Potatoes are much better for health.

Apples = too much sugar, but not a bad snack early in the day. Better than drinking coffee or having an energy drink.

 

[emceeemcee]

Recent study in the American Journal of Nutrition shows saturated fat has nothing to do with heart disease. As expected.


http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2009.27725v1

 

[ed007]

Good thread. :hatsoff:

Here is my tip of the day:
Don't forget you should try to drink around 8 glasses of clear water a day.
That's about 1.5 -2 litres.

 

[maildude]

Regular Potatoes are useless as a food. Sweet Potatoes are much better for health.

Apples = too much sugar, but not a bad snack early in the day. Better than drinking coffee or having an energy drink.

Yeah, but it's fructose, not sucrose like you'd find in a Snickers bar. There's a big difference.

 

[StanScratch]

I've found that I prefer the tastes of organic and natural foods.
I am not a vegetarian at all by any means - I love my chicken and seafood too much; and I enjoy the occasional burger and hot dog, but I have become choosier when grabbing those - and there are weeks upon weeks periods where I eat few meats. Fried meats are something I have completely wiped out of my diet long ago.

 

[24788]

Yeah, but it's fructose, not sucrose like you'd find in a Snickers bar. There's a big difference.

Yea, doesn't mean you can eat it all the time either. I hate people who eat fruits only as a diet. I'm going to eat more fruit I think for all my meals to lose weight... Just annoys me.

 

[Hot Mega]

Yea, doesn't mean you can eat it all the time either. I hate people who eat fruits only as a diet. I'm going to eat more fruit I think for all my meals to lose weight... Just annoys me.

The main (good) thing about fructose is that it's low glycemic. It's glycemic index is in the 20s whereas sucrose is probably near 70. In terms of eating them all the time...it depends on your exercise habits (weight lifting, cardio, etc.) and protein intake as for what it will meant to your body type.

 

[Hot Mega]

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[ChefChiTown]

Not a speck of cereal!

See you in 6 months again CA.