Is Organic Produce Healthier to Eat?
Caption: A participant in Trailnet/KDHX/Urban Stuio's "Adventures in Media Programs" holds up carrots organically grown at New Roots Urban Farm in North St. Louis, Summer 2007A recent study by folks at the University of California, Davis has found that the answer to this question may very well be YES:
"So far, the researchers have found that the organic tomatoes have almost double the concentration of two types of flavonoids — quercetin and kaempferol — which are considered to be healthful plant compounds with potent antioxidant activity. The 10-year mean levels of quercetin were 79 percent higher than those in conventional tomatoes, and levels of kaempferol were 97 percent higher."
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here is an article by one of the world's leading experts on this topic: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/1514/
ReplyDeleteThe article you posted focuses on the connection between chemicals and cancer. The study mentioned in the blog highlights that, at least in the case of the tomatoes studied, organic and conventional tomatoes have a different chemical make-up, with the conventional tomatoes containing reduced amounts of two flavenoids relative to organic tomatoes. Different topics, really.
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