ApocaDocs: Organic food is no healthier, study finds

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Posted Thu Jul 30 2009: from Reuters:


	Organic food is no healthier, study finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1248964395 Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday... A systematic review of 162 scientific papers published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years, however, found there was no significant difference. "A small number of differences in nutrient content were found to exist between organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs, but these are unlikely to be of any public health relevance," said Alan Dangour, one of the report's authors.

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Jobeth says: "Is this one of those studies that we'll find out was FUNDED by Pesticides R Us?"
Arwyn says: "But if you studied the soil life you could not say the same thing!!!"

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'Doc Jim says:

Call me crazy, but... I prefer food not laced with pesticides or antibiotics!

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