Hello again everyone.
I went to the Organic Orange Grove Saturday (Eagle's Nest Grove in Crescent City, Florida 904-698-2484) and it's always such a treat to visit with my friends Rod & Mary Mitchell who have the FINEST Organic Citrus of all kinds that will make you jump up and holler….”Boy Howdy” when you drink the juice and eat the fruit they grow. I've been buying citrus from them for over 25 years now and it's like an old shoe, you can't change because there just isn't any better. I've been buying citrus from them for over 25 years now and it's like an old shoe, you can't change because there just isn't any better. I keep a lot of people in fresh fruit each year and when I have visitors from out of state and even from inside the state, I am always overjoyed when they tell me it's the best they ever ate.
But then again I have people wondering the difference between organic verses inorganic and what's the difference. Well the flavor is the biggest difference, but the nourishment is immeasurably different. I have to thank Raleigh Pinsky, a fellow speaker friend of mine, who sent me some recent data on this subject. Check it out and then you can decide.
SCIENTISTS PROVE SUPERIOR NUTRITIVE VALUE OF ORGANIC FOOD!
Researchers at Rutgers University set out to disprove the claim that “Organic Is Better". They purchased selections of produce at supermarkets and health food stores and analyzed for mineral content. Organic foods were those grown without the use of chemical pesticides or artificial fertilizers.
Non-organic foods, referred to here as "commercial," were grown with a variety of chemicals that enhance growth or destroy pests, many of which are known or suspected carcinogens (cancer-causing) and which cause greater erosion to the environment and wildlife. The idea that organic crops are nutritionally superior has been accepted largely on faith. There has been very little hard evidence to support this supposition.
Rutgers researchers expected the organic produce to be maybe slightly higher in comparison, but the results were astounding! The amount of iron in the organic spinach was 97% more than the commercial spinach, and the manganese was 99% greater in the organic. Many essential trace elements were completely absent in the commercial produce whereas they were abundant, comparatively, in their organically grown counterparts.
MAJOR MINERALS Milli-equivalents per 100 Grams Dry Weight:
Trace Elements, Parts per Million Dry Matter
MINERAL
|
PHOSPHOROUS
|
MAGNESIUM
|
SNAP BEANS
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
10.45
|
0.36
|
COMMERCIAL
|
4.04
|
0.22
|
CABBAGE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
10.38
|
0.38
|
COMMERCIAL
|
4.04
|
0.22
|
LETTUCE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
24.48
|
0.43
|
COMMERCIAL
|
7.01
|
0.22
|
TOMATOES
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
14.2
|
0.35
|
COMMERCIAL
|
6.07
|
0.16
|
SPINACH
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
28.56
|
0.52
|
COMMERCIAL
|
12.38
|
0.27
|
MINERAL
|
SODIUM
|
MANGANESE
|
SNAP BEANS
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
40.5
|
60
|
COMMERCIAL
|
15.5
|
14.8
|
CABBAGE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
60.0
|
43.6
|
COMMERCIAL
|
17.5
|
13.6
|
LETTUCE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
71
|
49.3
|
COMMERCIAL
|
16
|
13.1
|
TOMATOES
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
23
|
59.2
|
COMMERCIAL
|
4.5
|
4.5
|
SPINACH
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
96
|
203.9
|
COMMERCIAL
|
47.5
|
46.9
|
MINERAL
|
COPPER
|
ASH
|
SNAP BEANS
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
99.7
|
8.6
|
COMMERCIAL
|
29.1
|
0.9
|
CABBAGE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
148.3
|
20.4
|
COMMERCIAL
|
33.7
|
0.8
|
LETTUCE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
176.5
|
12.2
|
COMMERCIAL
|
53.7
|
0
|
TOMATOES
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
148.3
|
6.5
|
COMMERCIAL
|
58.8
|
9
|
SPINACH
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
237
|
69.5
|
COMMERCIAL
|
84.6
|
0
|
MINERAL
|
CALCIUM
|
POTASSIUM
|
SNAP BEANS
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
73
|
60
|
COMMERCIAL
|
10
|
2
|
CABBAGE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
42
|
13
|
COMMERCIAL
|
7
|
2
|
LETTUCE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
37
|
169
|
COMMERCIAL
|
6
|
1
|
TOMATOES
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
36
|
68
|
COMMERCIAL
|
3
|
1
|
SPINACH
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
88
|
117
|
COMMERCIAL
|
12
|
1
|
MINERAL
|
BORON
|
IRON
|
SNAP BEANS
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
227
|
69
|
COMMERCIAL
|
10
|
3
|
CABBAGE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
94
|
48
|
COMMERCIAL
|
20
|
0.4
|
LETTUCE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
516
|
60
|
COMMERCIAL
|
9
|
3
|
TOMATOES
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
1938
|
53
|
COMMERCIAL
|
1
|
0
|
SPINACH
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
1584
|
32
|
COMMERCIAL
|
49
|
0.3
|
MINERAL
|
COBALT
|
|
SNAP BEANS
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
0.26
|
|
COMMERCIAL
|
0
|
|
CABBAGE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
0.15
|
|
COMMERCIAL
|
0
|
|
LETTUCE
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
0.19
|
|
COMMERCIAL
|
0
|
|
TOMATOES
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
0.63
|
|
COMMERCIAL
|
0
|
|
SPINACH
|
|
|
ORGANIC
|
0.25
|
|
COMMERCIAL
|
0.2
|
|
Since organic foods are 3 to 100 times more nutritious, just think how much stronger our health would be if we eat organic! Paraphrasing, the proof is in the pudding. Call Mary Mitchell and enjoy the best, as you really deserve it.
Wayne “The Mango Man” Pickering
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