Are there any health reasons for buying organic food?
The best reason for buying organic food is simply that it tastes extremely good, but undoubtedly there are also sound health reasons for doing so. It has been shown in some studies to have more vitamins and trace elements than conventionally grown food and, of course, it will not have been treated with noxious chemicals. The Soil Association recently compiled The Organic Farming, Food Quality and Human Health’ report. This brought together evidence from scientific studies showing that on average organic food is better for you than non-organic food. There is a vast array of pesticides used in conventional agriculture, many of which are extremely toxic to humans, causing cancers as well as other illnesses. So-called acceptable levels are calculated for each of these chemicals and their risks to human health evaluated. However, surveys consistently show much higher residues occurring in a proportion of food samples than government regulations allow. There is also little knowledge of the l
