In this post, I
will discuss a recent article by the L.A. Times, which conducted a study to
answer the research question: Is organic food better for you? Now I’m grateful
for this study, because you learn something. I learned a lot in this study. I
will discuss.
Now, I try my
best to buy as organic as I can. For example, if I’m eating the skin of certain
fruits and vegetables, I will tend to buy those organic. These include apples,
strawberries, pears, celery, tomatoes etc.
Why?
Because foods grown organically tend to use little to no harmful chemicals,
such as pesticides and growth hormones in or on them.
Will I stop
buying organic foods, because of this article? Heck No.
I will explain.
From what I’ve
heard concerning this article especially on the news is that the study did
not find strong evidence that organic foods are consistently more
nutritious than conventional foods.
The study then
showed that organically grown food was also somewhat higher in total phenols, plant compounds that have antioxidant activity.
These results varied a lot, however, possibly because of conditions under which
plants were grown such as amounts of rainfall, soil type and ripeness at the
time of harvesting.
Plant phenols,
compounds, and antioxidants are exactly why so many choose organic foods over
conventionally grown foods. Research has shown over and over again, the benefits of antioxidants and phenols in foods. If the soil is healthy, containing what it needs to
sustain life then the plants grown in this soil will include this as well. More on soil used to grow foods
is discussed in the video below (courtesy of ihealthtube).
In my opinion, organic
foods are better, because they contain less harmful chemicals. And this is very
important. No one willingly wants to eat a whole bunch of chemicals, because of
the foods that they put in their mouths.
In fact, the
study found a 30% lower rate of
detectable contamination in organically grown produce. Two studies found
that children who ate conventional produce had higher levels of pesticide
residues in their urine, and the levels fell when the children switched to
organic foods.
I’m surprised
that this isn’t discussed in news outlets. It is important to know this,
because we need to know how these chemicals are affecting us, our children,
ourselves. And what are those chemicals which were not discussed in the
articles. This is important as well.
All in all, please do your best to consume as much veggies and fruits as possible for optimal health and wellness.
These are my
thoughts on the article. Do you eat organic foods?
Here is a link to the article: http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-is-organic-food-better-20120831,0,4185111.story
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