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Is all natural food, all that
much better? Going organic on your dinner table, might not be what it's cracked
up to be.
Consumers who think organic food is better for them, will be interested in what
British researchers have to say. They reviewed 162 studies and found no
significant differences between organic and conventionally produced foods when
it comes to specific areas.
“I had a life threatening illness and I almost didn't make it.” Ten years ago
Chili resident Elizabeth Benner began to change her diet. She began to eat what
she refers to as clean food. “I hooked up with a doctor who said the first thing
you have to do is get on a local clean, farm diet and start eating farm foods
again.”
In other words - organically grown foods. But what's the benefit? A new study
which appears in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says organic foods
offer no nutritional or health benefit over ordinary food.
Registered Dietician Michelle Bartell said, “The vitamin content in a tomato
grown organically may be similar to that grown conventionally. But you would not
necessarily be getting the pesticides and antibiotics or hormones.”
And that's important to Michael Corson. “I don't know if I'm doing my body a
service, but I definitely feel better.”
Shanna Fiorucci agrees. She runs the produce department at Lori’s Natural Foods.
“I think there's a ton of research out there that supports organic food and I
think if you eat it you'll realize how much more energy you have, how much
better you feel and how much better your food tastes.”
Bartell says no matter how they're grown, just eating fruits and vegetables is
always the better choice. |
