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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Believe science, not spin: Organic food still the best nutritional choice
  • Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:28:18 -0600



Believe science, not spin: Organic food still the best nutritional choice
August 10, 2009
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Kutztown PA ­

The Rodale Institute is committed to catalyzing new research that will
authoritatively establish the nutritional, health and environmental benefits
of eating
organic food. Recent attention given to the nutritional aspects of organic
foods speaks to
a high level of consumer interest in food and health.

The Institute, a pioneer in organic farming research for 60 years, welcomes
the call for
more research by the lead scientist of a recent study conducted by the London
School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The research review included a mix of research
materials
published in the 50 years up to February 2008, about a quarter of them from
before 2000.
"We're as confident as we were before the recent media furor that existing and
forthcoming research will show the myriad nutritional benefits of organic
foods," said
Tim LaSalle, CEO of the Institute, and a former dairy science professor at
California
Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). "Nutrition is a primary
consideration in food
choice, and organic choices continue to be validated by nutrition studies
from around the
world."

"Media spin has largely missed the point of this tightly focused study using
existing data.
It is a blip, not a cataclysm, in the ongoing effort to grasp the
complexities of how organic
food--from healthy soil and natural systems--differs from food grown with
synthetic
fertilizers and pesticides," LaSalle explained.

The study, funded by the UK Food Standards Agency, formally acknowledges data
demonstrating significant nutritional advantages for organic. It said in its
analysis,
however, that the evidence was insufficient, under its protocol, to proclaim
organic
superiority.

"We know that research from scientists in the United States, UK and the EU
will improve
the quality and scope of this scientific discussion, and will bolster the
magnitude of the
organic difference," LaSalle explained.

The study accepted data from only 55 field trials, farm surveys and market
basket
surveys of the 52,471 citations it identified with relevance to comparing
nutrients (and
other substances) from organic and non-organic sources. Methods for rejection
included

www.rodaleinstitute.org





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