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Organic food 'more nutritious', study suggests
A four-year study into organic food suggests that some organic products are more nutritious than their intensively-farmed equivalents.
Early results from the £12 million study by Newcastle University's Nafferton Ecological Farming Group (NEFG) appear to show that organic fruit and vegetables have up to 40% more antioxidants than non-organic foods. Organic milk was found to have up to 60% more antioxidants, and similarly higher levels of healthy fatty acids.
The findings were announced by Professor Carlo Leifert, who leads researchers on the EU-funded Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) scheme. The team's research is conducted on neighbouring farms, one of which operates organically while the other uses non-organic practices.
'We have shown there are more of certain nutritionally desirable compounds and less of the baddies in organic foods,' said Professor Leifert.
'Our research is trying to find out where the difference between organic and conventional food comes from.' he added. 'What we're really interested in is finding out why there is so much variability with respect to the differences.'
Category: Healthy Lifestyle
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