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troutman · 02-26-2013, 01:37 PM

Should you be “Eating Clean”?

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...ory/nutrition/

Categorizing foods as or diets as “clean” is clearly a successful marketing strategy, but is less useful when it comes to daily decision-making about good nutrition. Some of the concepts that underlie “eating clean” are supported by good scientific evidence. But the “eating clean” philosophy is imbued with a considerable amount of pseudoscience and a large amount of the naturalistic fallacy. Calories matter, and supplements probably don’t. For that reason, I would not recommend any of the “Eat Clean” and related books. There are too many inaccuracies to compensate for the good advice buried within. Dietary design needs to be based on good evidence, not anecdotes and logical fallacies.

http://www.agbioworld.org/index.html http://www.skepdic.com/organic.html

http://www.skepdic.com/organic.html

The bottom line is that fresh fruits and vegetables are good for you and it doesn't matter whether they're organic.

The evidence for the superiority of organic food is mostly anecdotal and based more on irrational assumptions and wishful thinking than on hard scientific evidence. There is no significant difference between a natural molecule and one created in the laboratory. Being natural or organic does not make a substance safe* nor does being synthetic make a substance unsafe.

http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/...ganic-farming/

Myth 1: Organic Foods Are Free From Pesticides And Harmful Chemicals
Myth 2: Organic Foods Are More Nutritious
Myth 3: Organic Farming Is Better For The Environment

Is Organic Food More Healthful?
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...ore-healthful/

A recent review of the literature of the last 50 years shows that there is no evidence for health benefits from eating an organic diet. The only exception to this was evidence for a lower risk of eczema in children eating organic dairy products. But with so many potential correlations to look for, this can just be noise in the data.

Another important conclusion of this systematic review is the paucity of good research into organic food – they identified only 12 relevant trials. So while there is a lack of evidence for health benefits from eating an organic diet, we do not have enough high-quality studies to say this question has been definitively answered. It is surprising, given the fact that organic food was controversial in the 1950s, that so little good research has been done over the last half-century.

No Health Benefits from Organic Food
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...-organic-food/

A recent review of 240 studies has concluded that:

The published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods. Consumption of organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

02-26-2013, 01:37 PM	#96
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Should you be “Eating Clean”? http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...ory/nutrition/ Categorizing foods as or diets as “clean” is clearly a successful marketing strategy, but is less useful when it comes to daily decision-making about good nutrition. Some of the concepts that underlie “eating clean” are supported by good scientific evidence. But the “eating clean” philosophy is imbued with a considerable amount of pseudoscience and a large amount of the naturalistic fallacy. Calories matter, and supplements probably don’t. For that reason, I would not recommend any of the “Eat Clean” and related books. There are too many inaccuracies to compensate for the good advice buried within. Dietary design needs to be based on good evidence, not anecdotes and logical fallacies. http://www.agbioworld.org/index.html http://www.skepdic.com/organic.html http://www.skepdic.com/organic.html The bottom line is that fresh fruits and vegetables are good for you and it doesn't matter whether they're organic. The evidence for the superiority of organic food is mostly anecdotal and based more on irrational assumptions and wishful thinking than on hard scientific evidence. There is no significant difference between a natural molecule and one created in the laboratory. Being natural or organic does not make a substance safe* nor does being synthetic make a substance unsafe. http://nutritionwonderland.com/2009/...ganic-farming/ Myth 1: Organic Foods Are Free From Pesticides And Harmful Chemicals Myth 2: Organic Foods Are More Nutritious Myth 3: Organic Farming Is Better For The Environment Is Organic Food More Healthful? http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...ore-healthful/ A recent review of the literature of the last 50 years shows that there is no evidence for health benefits from eating an organic diet. The only exception to this was evidence for a lower risk of eczema in children eating organic dairy products. But with so many potential correlations to look for, this can just be noise in the data. Another important conclusion of this systematic review is the paucity of good research into organic food – they identified only 12 relevant trials. So while there is a lack of evidence for health benefits from eating an organic diet, we do not have enough high-quality studies to say this question has been definitively answered. It is surprising, given the fact that organic food was controversial in the 1950s, that so little good research has been done over the last half-century. No Health Benefits from Organic Food http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...-organic-food/ A recent review of 240 studies has concluded that: The published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods. Consumption of organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Last edited by troutman; 02-26-2013 at 02:22 PM.