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One man's 3-year experiment in eating organic food - all the time (www.iht.com) similar stories update story
8.0 points by gscott | karma 15286 | avg karma 4.9 2008-12-08 20:59:34+00:00 | hide | past | favorite | 12 comments



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One problem with his health is that he has significantly adjusted his diet, in addition to switching to organic food. This makes the conclusions about his health very suspect (Especially as Americans eat too much meat and not enough fruits/veggies/grains, IIRC).

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Exactly. Unfortunately, I doubt that a proper controlled, double-blind study would be practical for this amount of time.

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It's an interesting idea, but the article doesn't really give any details except that he wakes up earlier, feels like he has more energy (very subjective, as they don't back this up with any facts) and his urine is brighter yellow. I wish this had been a better article, but still a nice find. Perhaps they are saving the details for the book.

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I thought urine yellowness had to do with how much water you drank, so it's more or less diluted.

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Well there's how clear it is, and then perhaps the shade of yellow?

I agree that whether it is dark or clear depends on how much water is drank.

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It seems he is overdosing on vitamins.

Yellowing/light Orange may be caused by removal of excess B vitamins from the bloodstream.

"Fluorescent Yellow / Greenish urine may be caused by dietary supplemental vitamins, especially the B vitamins."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine#Unusual_coloration

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> His urine is a brighter yellow, a sign that he is ingesting more vitamins and nutrients.

Other, equally scientific explanations: He's happier. He's drinking more sunshine juice. The yellow humors are growing.

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Other, equally scientific explanations: He's happier. He's drinking more sunshine juice. The yellow humors are growing.

Sunshine juice? Do you mean Sunny D? I don't think that's organic :)

I always thought the yellow urine was a sign of too much salt and not enough water in your system. Isn't clear, water-like urine the optimal case?

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Must be a millionaire

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Fruits, vegetables and animals can be 100 percent organic.

As opposed to fruit, vegetables and animals that are not entirely derived from living organisms?

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Just in case anyone's still confused, yes, fruit, vegetables and animals are living organisms ;-)

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