UK: Organic food has no added nutritional benefits
What are the People of the DP eating these days? That question is the reason for this article.
The nutritional content of food is just one issue, toxicity is another and just as important. Food that is poisoned could be very nutritious, but not at all good to eat..
Organic food has no added nutritional benefit, says Food Standards Agency
Expensive organic food is no better for you than conventionally-grown farm produce, according to the Government's food watchdog.
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By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
Published: 2:30PM BST 29 Jul 2009
In the most comprehensive study ever to be carried out into the nutritional content of organic food compared to ordinary fare, scientists found no significant difference in vitamins and minerals.
A separate study found there are no extra health benefits to eating organic food rather than meat, fruits or vegetables grown on intensive farms.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), which commissioned the research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, concluded there was no reason to buy expensive organic food for nutritional reasons.
The study is likely to come as a blow to the billion-pound industry which is already struggling in the economic downturn as shoppers turn away from more expensive goods. For example, an organic chicken costs three times the price of a more conventionally-reared bird.
But celebrity chefs and organic farmers said the studies failed to take into account the health impact of the "cocktail of chemicals" left on conventional food and the environmental benefits of growing organic food on wildlife-friendly farms. Advocates claim the produce is better for you, with some claiming it can help cure skin conditions, asthma and even cancers.
Anthony Worrall Thompson, the celebrity chef, said an organic diet has made him healthier over the past 14 years, and the study failed to look at the health benefits of no pesticide residue and the environmental benefits of organic farms.
"There probably are as many nutrients in non-organic food as organic but there are a lot of other things going on – no one has done a study on the cocktail of chemicals on non-organic food."
Full:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5932100/Organic-f...
Been in the food business for 35 years
get a quart of organic strawberries and a quart of the regular strawberries from the supermarket.
Put the two quarts on the shelf in the kitchen for three days and enjoy!
What you don't like strawberry mush?
Wassa matta wiyooo?
The organics are fine and the yack is mush.
We used a lot organics in the restaurant for this reason. One turns into mush and the other tastes good.
No PHD necessary....No studies necessary. Just put the damn things in your mouth and shut off the media.
Unify
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look at the experation date of your organic milk, vs standard bran milk. It seems all those hormones and such added to the cow, makes the milk go bad sooner. I get the full circle brand nowadays..I like it, my wife is able to stomach it, something she has never really been able to do with standard milk brands.
this is just an example.