I cannot tell you how many times my daughter has brought this up. But that's okay, she's an adult now and has her own opinions.
Well, now comes a study from the UK showing that organic food is just hype.
Organic food gives no health benefits to consumers, according to research for the Food Standards Agency published today.
Shoppers pay more for organic fruit, vegetables, chicken, beef and milk but the food gives no nutritional enhancement to people’s diet.
The watchdog stopped short of advising consumers that buying organic produce was a waste of money but its message was clear: choosing to eat organic food will make no important difference to a person’s overall health. Eating a healthy balanced diet is the only important thing, the report concluded.
So, buy the organic stuff if you want to, but maybe now I won’t have to get self-righteous lectures about pesticides and the purity of organic foods.
Here’s hoping.
It depends. If you're going to WASH the food before you eat it (and there are plenty of awesome soaps out there for JUST that purpose), then no. Not that big of a difference.
ReplyDeleteAlso not that big of a difference for, say, an orange. You don't eat the peel.
However, I've encountered several people who eat their veggies and fruits raw, and from the way they reacted to said items being placed on the belt at the grocery store, unwashed. Weird, really.
Also, juicing machines. Washing doesn't make as much difference if you're putting the whole thing in the juicer and drinking it. Then you are, in fact, drinking pesticides. So yes, "organic" makes a difference there.
It's also an interesting possibility that perhaps eating "organic" food doesn't make a difference because we are exposed to so many other chemicals on a daily basis.
*shrug* I dunno. But it's worth thinking about.