Judith- I just found 3 gool looking hand held refractometers in a surplus lot. Atago N10-E Any easy guide to using them? TJ > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2006/01/12 Thu PM 10:21:06 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS> > > > I don't have an opinion on the Wallach article, since I haven't heard > Wallach's tapes to begin with :) But I disagree with your comment that "My > opinion is that fruits and vegetables are not mineral deficient as some > claim, because they couldn't grow normally if they were." > > You're assuming that most of our fruits and vegetables grow "normally" But > is normal, healthy? The plants may be typical of how plants grow in > mainstream agriculture, but they're certainly not healthy. There have been > repeated experiments showing that healthy plants do not get attacked by > insects or disease -- you can put a tomato plant that is in a pot of good > compost right next to a tomator plant that is infested with aphids, and the > aphids won't even touch the healthy tomato plant. And there are many > variations of this kind of experiment. So the fact that mainstream ag has > to use so many chemicals to stop pests is evidence that our food supply is > not healthy. > > Or test produce with a refractometer -- you'll find that most produce ests > very low, indicating very little mineral content. > > We also know from testing the soil and the forage that the animals are eating > that they are nutrient deficient. There's just enough to keep the animals > growing, and not dying, but it's also why so many livestock have health > problems. One reason is that we've killed the microorganisms in most > agricultural soil, and the microorganisms provide for nutrient cycling -- > without them, the soil's minerals are locked in a form that is not > plant-accessible. When you add the biology back to the soil, the tests show > a dramatic increase in the nutrient content in the forage, the animals start > gaining weight much more rapidly, and they have few or no health problems. > > So yes, there has been a change from 50 years ago. Before we resorted to > using chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and other -icides, our soil had a > thriving microbiology. These organisms ensured that nutrients were held in > the soil (instead of leaching away) and provided to the plants in a form > they could utilize. Unhealthy plants were taken out by insects and disease, > so usually only the healthy ones survived to the stage that humans ate them. > Now, we use "emergency life support", in the form of chemicals, to force > plants to grow and survive regardless of their health or nutrient status. > > So just because the fruits, veggies, and animals manage to survive does not > make them healthy. > > Judith > > -------------- Original message from [email protected]: > -------------- > > From: [email protected] > > > >>Sorry about the bad link. this will take you to the main page, then > >>you can scoll down to the Wallach article. It's really just a > >>debunker art. > >>My opinion is that fruits and vegetables are not mineral deficient as > >>some claim, because they couldn't grow normally if they were.(just > like >>"they" claim we couldn't) > >>Same with the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. The planet needs a > >>certain balance or it (existance) would all be over quickly. > >>We don't have "less than we used to". >
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