On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:15:39 +0100, "pearl"
posted:

"Moosh" wrote in message ...
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:13:07 +0100, "pearl"
posted:

"Moosh" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:21:14 -0000, "pearl"
posted:

"usual suspect" wrote in message ...
Jonathan Ball wrote:
..
"vegan" diets are linked with B-12 deficiency.

And iron deficiency, zinc deficiency, etc.

Common in the general population.

The Baer report (Rutgers Univ., 1984) "Variations in Mineral
Contents of Vegetables"
Percentage of | Quantities per 100 Grams | Trace Elements. Parts per million
Dry Weight Dry Weight Dry matter

Vegetable: Mineral Ash | Calcium Magnesium | Boron Manganese Iron Copper Cobalt
Snap Beans
Organic 10.45 40.5 60 73 60 227 69
0.26
Non-organic 4.04 15.5 14.8 10 2 10 3
0
Cabbage
Organic 10.38 60 43.6 42 13 94 48
0.15
Non-organic 6.12 17.5 13.6 7 2 20 0.4
0
Lettuce
Organic 24.48 71 49.3 37 169 516 60
0.19
Non-organic 7.01 16 13.1 6 1 9 3
0
Tomatoes
Organic 14.2 23 59.2 36 68 1938 53
0.63
Non-organic 6.07 4.5 4.5 3 1 1 0
0
Spinach
Organic 28.56 96 203.9 88 117 1584 32 0.25
Non-organic 12.38 47.5 46.9 12 1 49 0.3 0.2

http://www.organicnutrition.co.uk/wh...whyorganic.htm

Look at the amazing numbers, and then look at the URL. Bull****!!!

Ipse dixit. .. Anyway, you have a reference.

Maliciously misleading though.

What is?

Your organic propaganda reference.
As an old hort science lecturer of mine once said, it is akin to
Voodoo Economics.

Organic produce MUST contain less minerals than conventional.

Organic growing can't replace the harvested minerals, whereas
conventional growing analyses and replenishes the mined minerals.

Mineral content: This may be the most important nutritional difference
between organic and regular produce since heavy use of fertilizer inhibits
absorption of some minerals,

Bull**** scare tactics!!! How can you possibly claim that crops grown
on soils which are prohibited from replenishment of exported minerals
in the crop, can be more mineral-rich than soils which are constantly
monitored and replenished?

Prohibited from replenishment of exported minerals? Explain.

A plot of land grows a crop which is harvested and sold at the market.
That crop will contain a lot of nutrients extracted from the soil.
The soil will therefore become shorter and shorter in this element.
Potassium eg is exported in great amounts. How is organic farming
going to replace this potassium? This is crucial to the logic of
organic growing. I've heard some advocates claim that extraterrestrial
sources provide these nutrients.

snip more of same

No proper scientific evidence, I see, just organic propaganda.

Ipse dixit.

Well that's all I've seen from you.
Please explain the above conundrum wrt potassium.