Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods, study finds

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2012/09/little-evidence-of-health-benefits-from-organic-foods-study-finds.html

by adventured • 11 years ago

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DougN72• 11 years ago

My wife gets a migraine within about 5 minutes of having any non-organic dairy products. We don't know if it's growth hormones, anti-biotics or what, but it is 100% reproducible. Same thing with non-organic corn, onions, green beans and others. So maybe not a net plus for most of us, but a huge difference for her.

lostmsu• 11 years ago

Did you do double blind?

DougN72• 11 years ago

We usually discover something contains dairy via the migraine. But she can have organic dairy all day long. That's essentially blind, right? She's not willing to purposely inflict herself with a migraine to test though, and I don't blame her.

nekgrim• 11 years ago

if you’re an adult and making a decision based solely on your health"

Not infecting the Earth seems like a pretty big benefit. Can we stop beeing so selfish?

malyk• 11 years ago

And also:

"They did not find strong evidence that organic foods are more nutritious or carry fewer health risks than conventional alternatives, though consumption of organic foods can reduce the risk of pesticide exposure."

Limiting pesticide exposure seems to be the exact reason to buy organic to me.

Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods, study finds

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