For Three Years, Every Bite Organic

[Muttocracy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/health/02well.html

For Three Years, Every Bite Organic

By TARA PARKER-POPE
Published: December 1, 2008

Fruits, vegetables and animals can be 100 percent organic. What about people?

In a fascinating experiment — on himself — Dr. Alan Greene, a pediatrician and author in Danville, Calif., decided to find out. For the last three years, Dr. Greene has eaten nothing but organic foods, whether he’s cooking at home, dining out or snacking on the road.

He chose three years as a goal because that was the amount of time it took to have a breeding animal certified organic by the Department of Agriculture. While food growers comply with organic regulations every day, Dr. Greene wondered whether a person could meet the same standards.

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To cut back on the cost of an organic diet, Dr. Greene said he had to cut back on meat. “Whenever you go up the food chain, the costs pile up,” he said. “If you don’t eat meat at every meal, if meat becomes more of a side dish than a centerpiece, you can fill the plate with healthy organic food for about the same price.”

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much more at the link.

[AspenRose]

1. That was fascinating

Thanks for sharing :hi:

[Muttocracy]

7. Have you read The Omnivore's Dilemma? I love Michael Pollan's stuff -

he was on Bill Moyers recently too.

[AspenRose]

8. I'll have to check it out.

[willing dwarf]

2. Very interesting article

It's hard to get good condiments on a regular basis that are organic. Other than that, I think we eat about 85% organic, mostly from our garden. But it's getting really expensive now. Not sure how long I can afford it.

[Muttocracy]

5. good point - wonder if he cut down on condiments/salt/etc.

[unpossibles]

3. interesting article. Money is why I initially cut back (then gave up) on meat

I'm kind of shocked whenever people say it's too expensive to eat vegetarian diets. I suppose if you are either always eating fast food or perhaps mistakenly think you need to substitute fake meats for meat, I could understand that, but it's otherwise simply not true.

[bananas]

4. The article is also at iht.com

which doesn't require registration: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/04/healthscience/snparker.php

[Muttocracy]

6. oh, thanks

Sometimes the NYT site seems to "remember" me even when I'm not logged in but other people have trouble viewing the links.