Organic foods are more nutritious, according to review of 343 studies

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http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-organic-foods-20140715-story.html

By MONTE MORIN

Most everyone who has ever selected their fruits and vegetables from the "organic" section while grocery shopping probably thought they were doing something good for their bodies and the environment.

Yet the question of whether organic foods are in fact more nutritious than their conventionally grown counterparts remains a topic of heated scientific debate.

On Monday, the British Journal of Nutrition published research that disputed the notion that organic foods are essentially no more healthful than conventional foods.

After reviewing 343 studies on the topic, researchers in Europe and the United States concluded that organic crops and organic-crop-based foods contained higher concentrations of antioxidants on average than conventionally grown foods.

At the same time, the researchers found that conventional foods contained greater concentrations of residual pesticides and the toxic metal cadmium.

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[DirkGently]

2. A lot of them taste a lot better, too.

Frankly, taste is the main appeal for me. I'm all for not unsing unnecessary levels of pesticides, but so much produce now tastes like so much multi-hued cardboard.

Hard to get a tomato not engineered more for crash-worthiness than flavor, and that's here in Florida, where we grow so many. Most of them have no smell at all.

Wonder if the nutrient content relates to the taste and smell. Surely the appeal of taste and smell evolved to one degree or another to point us to nutritious foods?

[Joel thakkar]

3. It is obvious

To all Scientist : No shit Sherlock...even normal people can see the health changes to their body in 1-2 months after changing their diet to organic food...and i am talking here about REAL organic food..not fake branded and promoted organic food (although it is also slightly better than non-organic food)