Yes, there are people who actually argue that conventionally grown food is as nutritious as organically grown food.? And as the popularity of organic foods increases, so does the debate.? Well, the debate over whether organic food is healthier than conventionally grown food may be coming to an end, according to results from the largest study of it’s kind into organic food.
The four-year, European-Union-funded 25 million dollar study found that:
* Organic fruit and vegetables contain up to 40 percent more antioxidants
* Organic produce had higher levels of beneficial minerals like iron and zinc
* Milk from organic herds contained up to 90 percent more antioxidants
The researchers obtained their results after growing fruit and vegetables, and raising cattle, on adjacent organic and non-organic sites.
Unfortunatly, there are people that need their “chemicals” It’s pretty sad when you see 10 and 11 year old little girls with bodies of 28 year old women. Nobody seems to realize that the hormones in our dairy products and proteins can influence this process. I do live in a small town but even here the organic market is booming. The grocery stores are bringing in more and more organic foods. Finally.
Jeanne,
It is unfortunate what our food supply is doing to us; the young are especially affected who are now growing up on chemically fortified nutrient deficient food. Doctors are reporting more and more problems with child development.
New study released:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2009.28041v1
New study released:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2009.28041v1
Conclusions: On the basis of a systematic review of studies of satisfactory quality, there is no evidence of a difference in nutrient quality between organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs. The small differences in nutrient content detected are biologically plausible and mostly relate to differences in production methods.
Regardless of the nutritional content between the two growing methods —- conventional food contains 72 different types of pestcides as well as things like ROUND UP and defliants…. We are people – lots bigger than bugs – but our intestines are loaded with helpful organisms that are destroyed or seriously altered by these chemicals. Over time we too, like the insects, end up rolling around in the throws of death – called cancer or chronic degenerative disease.
There is a HUGE difference between the two, regardless of the nutritional content between the two growing methods; conventional food contains 72 different types of pesticides as well as things like ROUND UP and defoliants…. We are people – lots bigger than bugs – but our intestines are loaded with helpful organisms that are destroyed or seriously altered by these chemicals. Over time we too, like the insects, end up rolling around in the throws of death – called cancer or chronic degenerative disease.