Garden - Organic

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Many arguments occur simply because of misunderstandings. Because we do not always use the same terms to describe the
same things, mis-communication is common. Such is the case of
the use of the words organic and inorganic. Some writers and product peddlers over the years have stated that minerals must be organic for the body to use them. Any biochemist would simply shake
his head at such a ludicrous statement. To the chemist, organic
means carbon-based (or carbon-bound). Organic chemistry
includes many poisonous and man-made substances, as well as naturally occurring coal and petroleum. The biochemist also knows
that the ions of the body and cellular fluids that are so vital to life
are all, by definition, inorganic. So what is the basis of the controversy? Organic has been misused to only mean plant-based. Many minerals in plants are indeed carbon-based, so they are technically organic, but that does not mean that they remain in that form when they are assimilated or used within the body. The most interesting factor about the carbon-based minerals from plants is that they very readily separate into ions, and hence are easily assimilated by the body.