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1). A molecule is a molecule. Urea is urea.

No test has been able to distinguish a pure sample of the organic (made in body) urea for the synthetic (laboratory made). Urea was the first organic compound to be made synthetically, back in the 1820s. (Its synthesis called to question the assumption that organic compounds had a unique life force in them.) 2). Purifying removes related compounds, which are nearly always not biologically useful. There are very few instances where the body has a mechanism for converting related compound to a biological useful form. An exception being some of compunds similar to vitamin A. These related compounds are not more effective or beneficial than vitamin A, thus there is no speical, unique contribution by the related compounds, though the organic buffs claim such a difference. Morever, in the vast majority of cases, the other compounds are not utilized, and in some cases related compounds are toxic. 3). Purification often removes pernicious compounds--the opposite of the claim by organic buff. For example, they are 180 degrees off with whole wheat. White bread is better than whole, because whole wheat has phyticc acid, which binds with calcium to form a compound that your body can't absorb.[i] Ergot, a mold that can grow on damp grain yields a tincture that has been used for hundred by midwives to relax uterine muscles and thus easy labor. However, the compound is quite toxic, and a consistent tincture is not possible because of the variation in production of alkaloids by the fungus. It was after Sandoz Laboratory in Switzerland turned to investigating these ergot alkaloids, that several useful and safe substances were isolated and then marketed. 4). The natural form is better than the synthetic form. That is 180 degrees off. For seldom does the drug industry stop with the medicinal organic form, but rather spends millions on improve the compound. The modifications are done in order to: (a) improve absorption, (b) resist degradation in the liver and other tissues, (c) make the molecule more available in the targeted tissue, (d) make more bioactive, (d) reduce side effects, and (e) add new useful actions. For example, to lysergic acid Albert Hofmann added diethylamide, and created the useful, most potent, safe, and fascinating drug commonly known as LSD. It was his 25th derivative of lysergic acid, thus also called LSD25.[ii] By increasing the potency, the side effects per dose are reduced. 5). That natural forms are free of the taint of chemical processing. Again, well off the mark. As pointed out in the article below by J Yerger, organic compounds are often extensively processed in preparation for being marketed. Moreover, synthetic compounds are subject to processes such as crytstallization and distillation which remove over 99.9% of the compounds used in its manufacture. 6) Natural, organic chemical are safer. Wrong again. Most poison are from plant and animal sources. They have evolved these chemicals to discourage predation by animals and grazing by plants. Secondly synthetic coloring agents, drugs etc. must, because of regulations undergo extensive testing, however, in general natural, organic, chemicals are excluded from safety testing.

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