Organic Food Is Useless?
Organic Produce
Copywriters advise to use an “attention-grabbing” headline, so we did. Now, please put this in the “fairness in reporting” category or the “for what it’s worth” category.
The authors of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which consisted of a systematic review of 162 scientific papers published over the last 50 years came to the following conclusion:
“Our review indicates that there is currently no evidence to support the selection of organically over conventionally produced foods on the basis of nutritional superiority.”
Not surprisingly, the study and its conclusions have been challenged by organic food proponents. Questions have been raised about the methodology used by the researchers.
Obviously, CenteredHealth.Net has a strong bias toward all things natural and organic, but it is important to consider all the evidence, pro and con, for such matters. The study discussed here, while far from conclusive on the benefits (or lack thereof) of organic food, is one piece of information to consider.
