{"id":4298,"date":"2014-07-18T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T09:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2014-07-18T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T09:42:20","slug":"one-thing-learnt-week-organic-food-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=4298","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week &#8211; organic food quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/weeds-growing-in-rye-field-in-Wales.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4304 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/weeds-growing-in-rye-field-in-Wales-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"weeds growing in rye field in Wales\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/weeds-growing-in-rye-field-in-Wales-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/weeds-growing-in-rye-field-in-Wales-1024x658.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> organic food quality better than non-organic food quality, other than the lack of pesticides?\u00a0 This question has been raised recently as part of a debate that has raged for years about the health benefits of organic food.\u00a0 Past studies have suggested little statistical difference, at least in terms of nutrients such as antioxidants, especially for meat<sup>1<\/sup>. A recent study does however has claimed to have found statistically significant differences in the levels of antioxidants in plants<sup>2<\/sup>. There is some scientific logic to this since the antioxidants tend to protect plants against insect attack. Organic plants had a lower nitrogen content (not surprising since they are grown without fertilizers), but a higher phosphorous content and lower concentrations of the heavy metal cadmium<sup>1\/2<\/sup>. It should be added that climate change itself maybe affecting the nutrient content of plants. Studies have shown that in some grains, nitrogen iron and zinc content is reduced with higher CO<sub>2<\/sub> levels. Is organic food quality better? It would be nice to think so. We think there are good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=1971\" target=\"_blank\">reasons<\/a> to eat organic food, but this is not one of them and the science maybe overstated.<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ajcn.nutrition.org\/content\/90\/3\/680.full.pdf+html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ajcn.nutrition.org\/content\/90\/3\/680.full.pdf+html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/jul\/11\/organic-food-more-antioxidants-study\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/jul\/11\/organic-food-more-antioxidants-study<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) &#8220;<em>Advancing Global Food Security In The Face Of A Changing Climate&#8221;<\/em> the Chicago Council. 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is organic food quality better than non-organic food quality, other than the lack of pesticides?\u00a0 This question has been raised recently as part of a debate that has raged for years about the health benefits of organic food.\u00a0 Past studies &hellip; 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