to be or not to be Organic?

So I was talking to a friend last night and she claims that my views about trying to eat the least processed foods (factory refined, packaged, etc.) as possible and choosing organic food as much as possible is a BIG JOKE. She is claiming that it is all a lie. Everything that I have read or heard about food, she's telling me that all of it is aimed at making money and that's all it's all about. She was also trying to convinced me that eggs are eggs and that free-range as opposed to factory egg factories are the same thing, Hormone injected cows are no different from organic cows (so as a result the milk to drink from either doesn't matter), pesticide and chemical treated fruits and vegetables are better that ORGANIC because she claims that the organic products have bug shit on them and even goes so far to claim that the Chemicals and Pesticides are actually good for us.
Of course I disagreed with her, which annoyed the hell out of her. I am a hardcore runner and exercise regularly and care deeply about what I put into my body. I understand that although food labels can be misleading at first sight, that's why it's important to check the ingredients and the nutritional value percentages (fat from calories and so on).
What do you guys and gals think about this? What's your philosophy on food or rules that you follow when it comes to food? do you care? do you care or know exactly what people put in your food?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I think people confused the ideas of Expense and Convenience. Sure to buy something that is not as expensive is saving you money but at the cost of putting unnecessary ingredients into your body is not worth doing. Yes, healthy and Organic food are most of the time more expensive but you got to think about what you are willing to invest in, for me it's my health

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Originally Posted by Shorty

why the hell would you want to eat produce that even bugs (or any other creature, for that matter of fact) wouldn't touch?

Nicely put! I totally agree with you, I mean that's the stuff that kills. Sure the FDA approve that it's not harmful to us in small amounts BUT over a life time those chemicals and whatever else they put in it to kill those critters builds in our system and can possibly give us trouble later on.

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Originally Posted by RacinReaver

How about if they were genetically modified such that they produce an enzyme that bugs find unpalatable (however, this enzyme is taken from some other food that you eat regularly and is non-GM)?

Mmm, I never thought about that. I don't know about the genetically modified stuff, I will definitely have to look that up, Thanks!

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