# Organic Food? **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/organic-food/195793 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [February 28, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/organic-food/195793 "2008-02-28T09:07:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 20
### Author: ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900) #### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/organic-food/195793/20 "2008-02-28T14:05:36Z")
> [@newman's secret: so pink](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-secret-so-pink/34920/118): > > Agreed, I will certainly die, but I’d prefer it not be from bowel or prostate cancer. A lot of the chemicals and preservatives currently in our food supply have only been in foods for a few decades and there are no long-term studies of their effects. Natural ingredients have been used for centuries, and seem to be pretty safe. > > There are a lot of young kids developing diabetes in this country. It has to be more than just video games, because they have those in Japan and those kids aren’t developing diabetes at the rate the Americans are. > > I can’t control air pollution, or nuclear fallout and I can’t avoid a lot of other hazards, but I can control what I eat, so I try to keep it healthy. > > I don’t consider myself a hippy or a homo, but I have been in the Co-op. It’s on the other side of Penn ave. IIRC the stuff was more expensive than Trader Joes. > > My goal isn’t to eat trendy or “super healthy” foods, just to eliminate some of chemicals and preservatives that are becoming so prevalent. I feel the same way. I am not going to start spending 100 more dollars a month on my groceries just so that I can be trendy and each Kashi and go 100% organic, but all of these chemicals can’t be good for our bodies. I am just trying to take care of my body. One of the reasons that so many people get ill is because of the things we put into our bodies. People are developing diabeties and cancer at alarming rates and if I can change my diet to possibly prevent these things then I will. Call me a hippie or a homo if you want, but when you are 40 and have prostate cancer and I don’t, you can call me all the names you want. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/organic-food/195793)._