Organic Food vs Conventionally Grown Food

I saw a crawl on a news broadcast citing a study that said there is no health benefit difference between organic and other food. I hope we will get more information in the future.

This has become quite the debate among people. Organic food is more readily available than it used to be. Wal-mart and Publix alike are now carrying more and more organic and "green" foods. My rule of thumb is if you eat the skin such as apples, pears then get it organic. I am a member of an organic co-op so this is perfect for me. Bannanas, kiwis, etc I buy whatever......sometimes with the "big red" apples I can tell theres a film of ike, even after I wash them, thats why I try and stick with my skin/no skin rule........I hope this helped you out some : )

No, it's typically the same. However, I haven't looked for any studies in regards to chemicles in food and drinks that hurt your body's ability to aborb some of th nutritional value of food.  It wouldn't surprise me if that was a valid factor.

Organic food is DEFINITELY more nutritional than conventionally grown food. These studies or news stories you hear about, claiming there is no difference between organic & conventional are probably being done by conventional food growers or the the people they buy all their chemicals, they spray all over their food. I mean, c'mon... Who wants to eat a banana loaded with nitrogen & lead, when you can just buy ORGANIC and avoid all the problems associated with all those danderous chemicals. Do yourself a BIG FAVOR & put down those conventional foods... They are doing you more harm than good. In less than 10 years all this will probably be common knowledge. If you want an amazing resource you should check out The Longevity Program.

To answer your question in an unbiased manner, there really is little difference in nutritional value between organic foods and conventional foods. In fact, the slight difference there is will usually fall in favor of conventional foods because synthetic products help them grow stronger (more fiber, etc).

However, people do not eat organic foods because they are more nutritious, they eat them because they do no contain other chemicals and (let's face it, poisons) that are used in conventional foods. Because farmers do not have the aids of special fertilizers, sprays etc to make their 'watermelons larger' and therefore more profitable, they need to raise their prices. Further, they do not spray to get rid of insects and other foragers, so crop loss due these factors is very real.

Ultimately, as the person above suggested, if you eat peels and skins (the most nutritious part of most fruits and vegetables) then buy organic for sure. If not, I recommend starting by substituting some of your fruits and vegetables over time. I eat about 70% organic.

GL!

I don't buy organic because I don't think there are enough merits to justify the higher prices. Like your eggs, I can get them for $1.10 cheaper buying what I'm use to, rather than the ones that are suppose to have come from chicken that have had a diet of just certain  grains or food.It's just another phase the public is going through that to me doesn't have that much merit.My opinion only.

Organic food simply vsed conventionally grown food - boy... I can't believe that these kinds of things actually happen

More commercially grown foods uses fungicides, herbicides and other forms of insecticides, which are carcinogenic, to increase their crops. More crops means more products for them to sell. While organic food usually comes from organic farming which are a lot safer and free from anykind of pesticides.