Nearly 100 separate studies show nutritional superiority of organic foods

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http://www.organic-center.org/science.nutri.php?action=view & report_id=126

 

" New Evidence Confirms the Nutritional Superiority of Plant-Based Organic

Foods, " State of Science Review, March 2008

March 2008Author(s): Charles Benbrook

Xin Zhao

Jaime Yanez

Neal Davies

Preston Andrews

 

Foreward By: Andrew Weil MD

 

 

This is the first major, indepth review of the published scientificliterature on

the nutritional benefits of organic food completed since2003.

 

Over40 new studies have come out since the last review was carried out --studies

that dramatically improve our ability to answer a basicquestion -- are organic

foods generally more nutritious thanconventional foods?

 

The two-year project leading to this reportrequired the creation of a large

Access database including the resultsof nearly 100 studies, and development of

methods to identify thosestudies that were both well-designed and carefully

conducted.

 

Withthe benefit of this research tool, which the Center will continuouslyupdate

and apply in future studies, we can now offer clearcut answersto important,

common questions about the nutritional superiority oforganic food.

 

The full report, executive summary, and supplemental informationare available

from this site free of charge, and may be reproduced andused for educational

purposes, with appropriate attribution.

We are also pleased to offer the Executive Summary in Spanish. Thanks to

co-author Jaime Yanez for the translation.