Organics better. Official!

Organic food really is better for you. As Grist reports, a study by The Organic Center makes fascinating reading: “The authors show that before 2000, very few peer-reviewed studies compared organic and conventional food; the ones that did looked only at “macronutrients” — vitamins and minerals. In that era, there was little consistent evidence pointing to an organic advantage. Things have changed since. We’re learning that macronutrients only tell part of the story. Evidence is building that micronutrients — antioxidants, phytonutrients, etc. — play a serious role in human nutrition.”

As the Organic Centre, where you can download the report, says :

“This is the first major, indepth review of the published scientific literature on the nutritional benefits of organic food completed since 2003.

Over 40 new studies have come out since the last review was carried out — studies that dramatically improve our ability to answer a basic question — are organic foods generally more nutritious than conventional foods?”