Dr. Mike Israetel, a sports scientist and professor with a PhD in kinesiology, recently appeared on The Rubin Report to discuss common misconceptions in fitness and nutrition. Among the topics covered, his statements about organic produce challenged widely held beliefs about the health benefits of organic foods.
… Dr. Israetel addressed the naturalistic fallacy: the human tendency to assume that natural equals good. He explained how this cognitive bias extends to organic food preferences ….
…“There is evidence that organic food is not nutritionally different, and there is no evidence that it’s somehow better.”
On pesticide safety specifically, he stated: “They have studied pesticides and pesticide exposure in the United States for like generations.” He emphasized that approval levels exist for pesticide exposure and that “the total aggregate amount of pesticides in your body is incredibly closely monitored.”
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According to multiple long-term reviews he cited, “The amount of pesticide the average American consumes is like orders of magnitude lower, like factors of 10 lower that would result mechanistically in any kind of damage.”
