Organic Food health benefit, is the cost worth the possible benefits?
by Ray Sahelian, M.D. Organic means food is grown without bug killer, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics or biotechnology. Organic food is a growing market sector. Despite the fact that there are no official claims of better quality, consumers perceive organic foods as being more nutritious, more environmentally friendly, healthier and better tasting than conventional foods. Are organic foods healthier than non organic foods? It would appear that they are although no long term human studies are available to confirm our educated guess. Organic foods may have a higher content of beneficial substances, and are less likely to carry pesticides and body toxins. Benefit of organic foods disputed, July 2009 Investigators from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reviewed 162 studies published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years. They claim they found there was no significant difference in health benefit from consuming organic foods. Alan Dangour, one of the report’
