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| Organics: Not Good for You, Not Bad for You |
What's it all mean, Mr. Natural? Nothing much, according to a
review of published research literature that finds no evidence of
organic foods being either helpful or harmful to health.
The review, published in the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, is an examination of peer-reviewed literature spanning
the last 50 years that was conducted by researchers at the
Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research Unit,
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Health.
"From a systematic review of the currently available published
literature, evidence is lacking for nutrition-related health
effects that result from the consumption of organically produced
foodstuffs," the authors wrote. "A surprising and important
finding of this review is the extremely limited nature of the
evidence base on this subject, both in terms of the number and
quality of studies."
They found the small number of studies as well as their quality
"particularly surprising given the increasing public and
policy-level interest in the question of whether there are health
benefits from the consumption of organic foods." The report does
note the amount of research in this area is increasing, as
evidenced by the fact that four studies included in this review
were published since 2008.
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| 27-May-10 |
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