Comments on: Sustainable Food: If This Doesn’t Convince You, Nothing Will http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/09/sustainable-food-if-this-doesn%e2%80%99t-convince-you-nothing-will/ Celebrating local sustainable food, educating consumers on food-related issues and working to build community through food. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nat http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/09/sustainable-food-if-this-doesn%e2%80%99t-convince-you-nothing-will/comment-page-1/#comment-269391 nat Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:45:49 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3729#comment-269391 Hi Guys, What i know is that all the anitbiotics and chemicals used on the animals or plants before you eat them, end up in your system. They are very small residues but they build up each time you eat. There is also heavy metals (mercury) and other stuff we get from eating fish swimming in poluted waters etc and there are studies conducted which show the average residues of chemicals and metals in human system is over the health limit. These studies are comparative to the areas people live in. Antibiotics, on the other hand, make your body used to them so that if you get sick you need really strong antibiotics to fight the desease cause you and your deseases are already used to having daily dosages of antibiotics through food. In general uprosecced (whole) conventional food some times keeps more chemicals and pesticides than prosecced food, cause a lot of it remains on the outer layers of grains etc. There is other damage too but a doctor would explain it better than me so ask one or read up on it. There is lot's of information on this around Hi Guys,

What i know is that all the anitbiotics and chemicals used on the animals or plants before you eat them, end up in your system. They are very small residues but they build up each time you eat. There is also heavy metals (mercury) and other stuff we get from eating fish swimming in poluted waters etc and there are studies conducted which show the average residues of chemicals and metals in human system is over the health limit. These studies are comparative to the areas people live in. Antibiotics, on the other hand, make your body used to them so that if you get sick you need really strong antibiotics to fight the desease cause you and your deseases are already used to having daily dosages of antibiotics through food. In general uprosecced (whole) conventional food some times keeps more chemicals and pesticides than prosecced food, cause a lot of it remains on the outer layers of grains etc. There is other damage too but a doctor would explain it better than me so ask one or read up on it. There is lot’s of information on this around

]]> By: Kathy http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/09/sustainable-food-if-this-doesn%e2%80%99t-convince-you-nothing-will/comment-page-1/#comment-269136 Kathy Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:00:53 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3729#comment-269136 All I know is that the much smaller apple that is local,not genitically altered, and organic is much more flavorful that the big, shiny, giant red one at the grocery. I will continue to support local growers. All I know is that the much smaller apple that is local,not genitically altered, and organic is much more flavorful that the big, shiny, giant red one at the grocery. I will continue to support local growers.

]]> By: birchnose25 http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/09/sustainable-food-if-this-doesn%e2%80%99t-convince-you-nothing-will/comment-page-1/#comment-269038 birchnose25 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:31:47 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3729#comment-269038 When do antibiotics themselves show up in our food? Or do you mean antibiotic resistant bacteria? I get that there can be pesticide and herbicide residues on produce, but I didn't think the hormones and antibiotics used in meat production actually made it to the table. When do antibiotics themselves show up in our food? Or do you mean antibiotic resistant bacteria? I get that there can be pesticide and herbicide residues on produce, but I didn’t think the hormones and antibiotics used in meat production actually made it to the table.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/09/sustainable-food-if-this-doesn%e2%80%99t-convince-you-nothing-will/comment-page-1/#comment-269037 Dawn Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:08:27 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3729#comment-269037 That is a good question! I think about that too, when I see markets with beautiful looking conventional food, why would anyone think something was wrong with it? And I do think that eating healthy and conventional is better than eating processed take out food - but I do think that anyone who is taking the time to eat really healthy will eventually see why sustainable and local would make their diet even better. I hope the series will address this for you... pesticides/herbicides/hormones/antibiotics in your food should be pretty convincing! That is a good question! I think about that too, when I see markets with beautiful looking conventional food, why would anyone think something was wrong with it? And I do think that eating healthy and conventional is better than eating processed take out food – but I do think that anyone who is taking the time to eat really healthy will eventually see why sustainable and local would make their diet even better. I hope the series will address this for you… pesticides/herbicides/hormones/antibiotics in your food should be pretty convincing!

]]> By: birchnose25 http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/09/sustainable-food-if-this-doesn%e2%80%99t-convince-you-nothing-will/comment-page-1/#comment-269034 birchnose25 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:44:45 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3729#comment-269034 Excited to read this series. It would be really useful (at least to me) to hear more on what a good response would be to this: If I eat conventionally-grown whole grains, lean proteins, and fresh fruits and vegetables but it's all conventionally grown, how would that be any less healthy than eating the same products that are "sustainable"? In other words, isn't personal health more about eating whole grains/lean protein/fresh fruits and veggies and exercising than it is about eating organic/local/etc.? Is there another way to explain this to someone beyond explaining that personal health can't be separated from ecological health (since it's pretty hard to make a claim that organic food has more nutrients)? Seems to me like there has to be a compelling way to make the case that healthy eating has to include sustainable food, but I haven't read one yet beyond the explanation I mentioned above. Thanks! Excited to read this series. It would be really useful (at least to me) to hear more on what a good response would be to this: If I eat conventionally-grown whole grains, lean proteins, and fresh fruits and vegetables but it’s all conventionally grown, how would that be any less healthy than eating the same products that are “sustainable”?

In other words, isn’t personal health more about eating whole grains/lean protein/fresh fruits and veggies and exercising than it is about eating organic/local/etc.? Is there another way to explain this to someone beyond explaining that personal health can’t be separated from ecological health (since it’s pretty hard to make a claim that organic food has more nutrients)?

Seems to me like there has to be a compelling way to make the case that healthy eating has to include sustainable food, but I haven’t read one yet beyond the explanation I mentioned above.

Thanks!

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