I've never bought organic products, mostly because of the cost factor. Now I don't have to feel like I'm getting less nutritional benefit for less money. Here's an excerpt from today's Globe and Mail:
Consumers who choose organic food are often willing to pay a premium, but it turns out added nutritional benefits may not be included in the hefty price tag.
A new analysis has found organic food has the same nutritional quality as crops grown under conventional methods.
“There's no evidence that organically-produced food is nutritionally superior to conventionally-produced food,” said Alan Dangour, public-health nutritionist and senior lecturer in public-health nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
“You can buy organic for other things, but there's no evidence you should be buying it because there's enhanced nutrient content of organic food.”
There are, of course, other reasons for buying organic. For instance, I have friends who are trying to up their family's intake of organically-produced products, because their eight-year-old daughter is already showing signs of puberty. They believe it's from the hormones and other nasty stuff in non-organic fruits and veggies.
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I'm not an organic nut, but I do like that I have fresh (organic) fruit and veggies delivered to my house every week.
Check out Ottawa Organics. I've had very good success with them.
I ALWAYS buy organic milk and eggs. I had read somewhere if your going to ever splurge on organic products those are the two you should go for.
I have no idea if it makes any difference or not but I am sure it can't hurt.
I don't think that most people buy organic veggies for what's in them, but for what's *not* in them: pesticides and other chemicals.
Like Alison said, it may not make much difference nutrition-wise, but it makes a hell of a difference not to be getting pumped full of hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, preservatives, genetically modified stuff, etc., etc. Also, in my books, organic food actually tastes like the thing it's supposed to taste like, instead of tasting like carboard -- which is what most non-organic stuff tastes like.
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