Re: Higher Nutrient Content In Organic Produce

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What are the credentials of this person? From what I can see this article is published by a SUPERMARKET.

on 10/19/2006 3:30 PM, atherben at narasin@... wrote:

WHile I have read a variety of citations in books by credible sources on both the lower

pesticide residue levels of organic produce (well supported) and higher nutrition content,

most are in paper and ink for - though I will be happy to find excerpts if others would like

them. A summary pull quote from the web is consistent with the evidence I have seen

elsewhere on specific (though not all) nutrients:

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There are more than 30 studies comparing the nutrient content of organic crops and those

produced conventionally with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. In these studies, various

individual nutrients in individual crops were compared, such as zinc in organic versus

conventional carrots, or Vitamin C in organic versus conventional broccoli. In the more

than 300 comparisons performed in these studies, organic crops had a higher nutrient

content about 40% of the time, and conventional crops had a higher nutrient content only

about 15% of the time. Overall, organic crops had an equal or higher nutrient content

about 85% of the time. These results suggest that, on average, organic crops have a higher

nutrient content.

"

Source:

http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Organic-More-Nutritious-WorthingtonNov01.htm