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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have a lot of money but usually buy organic apples and a few other things. I’m trying to save and I’m wondering how bad it is to just buy regular food?? I’ll always buy organic dairy because Americans put hormones in the cows (I’m an expat) but I’m wondering if it’s okay to just cut the strings and stop buying organic?[/quote]

[b]Americans do not put hormones in the cows.[/b] If you like the taste of organic, then go for it, but otherwise organic and non-organic dairy are similar.[/quote]

Are you a troll, or do you just have no clue what you're talking about?

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/recombinant-bovine-growth-hormone.html
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Did you read your own resource? It says, "A United States Department of Agriculture survey conducted in 2007 found that less than 1 in 5 cows (17%) were being injected with rBGH." The regular milk sold at Giant, Target, Harris Teeter, and many other places all say rBGH free. So while it is technically true that some cows do get hormones, the use is relatively small and easily avoided by reading labels.

For meats, I don't buy organic but I do look for meats that are hormone and antibiotic free. For fruits and vegetables, I buy organic apples and carrots as I find the flavors better. Smaller farms tend not to use as many pesticides, so I try to buy locally when possible. Fruits and vegetables are the most nutritious when freshly picked (after a few days, frozen is more nutritious), but organic/non-organic does not really make a difference in nutrition. The main concern for organic vs. non-organic produce is the long term health consequences, like cancer, which are not well known. Yes, organic produce does allow for pesticides, just naturally occurring ones. I don't feel like I have enough information about the produce I buy (other than local produce from farms I know) to say that organic is better or not. There's also a debate as to what is more environmentally friendly. Organic farming reduces yields, so requires more land for the same amount of food, displacing more nature.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/06/18/137249264/organic-pesticides-not-an-oxymoron
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-environmental-footprint-of-organic-vs-conventional-food/2012/09/14/40b16582-fb65-11e1-b2af-1f7d12fe907a_story.html?utm_term=.6490243cfb8d [/quote]

Reading and writing is not your thing.  You said Americans do not put hormones in their cows.  The first two sentences in the article prove you wrong:

"Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) is a synthetic (man-made) hormone that is marketed to dairy farmers to increase milk production in cows. [b]It has been used in the United States since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1993,[/b] but its use is not permitted in the European Union, Canada, and some other countries."

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DP.  Hormones in cows is not a real issue today.  I don't know where you could even find milk with rBGH anymore.  [/quote]

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It might be approved for use in the US, but as a result of consumer pressure, most milk is rBGH-free.

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