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Old 07-30-2009, 04:52 PM   #1
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Default Organic Food No Better Than Regular Food?

http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_heal...s_id=28661&rid=

A new review of the literature on organic produce finds no evidence that organically produced foods are nutritionally superior to regularly produced food.

In terms of nutrient content, the researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found organically and conventionally produced foods are comparable in their nutrient content.

The study, the largest systemic review of its kind, was commissioned and funded by the U.K. Food Standards Agency.

The review focused only on nutritional content of the food, and didn't look at the content of contaminants or chemical residues in foods from the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. The lack of chemical residues is one of the main benefits to consumers cited by producers and proponents of organic foods.

Good - the prices at Planet Organic always shock me.
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