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Health Benefits of Organic Produce Questioned

The_Conductor · 2009-07-29 13:59:04

The UK's Food Standards Agency in a major report- has concluded that there is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce. Their conclusion is based on research into 162 different studies conducted over the last 54 years. Apparently there were marginal…

29-07-2009 1:59pm

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The UK's Food Standards Agency in a major report- has concluded that there is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce.

Their conclusion is based on research into 162 different studies conducted over the last 54 years. Apparently there were marginal nutritional differences reported in 55 of the 162 studies, they were however within tolerable differences.

A BBC report on the findings is here

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