Monday, April 21, 2014

The exact same nutritional content?

Naomi Schaefer Riley writes that researchers have found that
Researchers found that “perceived safety concerns tied to pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and GMOs are the critical component driving sales in the organic-food sector.” Never mind that the USDA ensures the safety of our food, whether it’s conventionally grown or organic.

As Scientific America notes, 50 years of studies in the UK found that organic and conventional foods have the exact same nutritional content.

Organic-food companies continue to profit from the misinformation that conventional food is somehow dangerous.

Excuse me while I eat a bowl of organic yogurt, which the label tells me is lower in sugar than any non-organic I have been able to find.
Read more here.
Thanks to Instapundit for linking to this story.

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