REPORT on Benefits of Organic Diet

Here is another great reason to buy organic produce and foods!

New Studies Back Benefits of Organic Diet
Published on Saturday, March 4, 2006 by the Inter Press Service
by Stephen Leahy

TORONTO, Canada­

Organic foods protect children from the toxins inpesticides, while foods grown using modern, intensive agriculturaltechniques contain fewer nutrients and minerals than they did 60 years ago, according to two new scientific studies.

A U.S.. research team from Emory University in Atlanta analyzed urinesamples from children ages three to 11 who ate only organic foods andfound that they contained virtually no metabolites of two commonpesticides, malathion and chlorpyrifos.

However, once the children returned to eating conventionally grown foods,concentrations of these pesticide metabolites quickly climbed as high as263 parts per billion, says the study published Feb. 21.

Organic crops are grown without the chemical pesticides and fertilizersthat are common in intensive agriculture.

There was a "dramatic and immediate protective effect" against thepesticides while consuming organically grown foods, said Chensheng Lu, anassistant professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. . . .

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