Study: "No Benefits of Organics"... Failure to Disclose Research Study's Link to Monsanto
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By Holly Case, Natural Food Network Newsletter Editor
Every now and then the media reports a story that intends to "prove" that organic foods are no better than their conventional counterparts. However, there are flaws that can usually be found with each such story.
What is also not disclosed is the name of the company behind the research: MONSANTO.
The latest example is a story by researchers with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health in the UK that shows no health advantages of organic foods.
The study in question was actually a literature review of 162 articles, looking for any studies that directly compared organic foods to conventional. The results were very small, with only 12 articles found that directly compared the two.
What the researchers found is that few studies have been done to date that evaluate the health benefits of organics, and what studies exist mostly look at antioxidant effects.
The authors of this literature review admit that not only is there a limited number of published data on the topic, their own research only looks at relatively short-term effects of organics rather than a long-range view of the effects of pesticides.
The article's source is listed as "The American Society for Nutrition." This represents a conflict of interest because MONSANTO is a "sustaining member" of this group.
There is not anything significant or new in this review of the literature and committed organic shoppers should not be swayed by this study.
http://www.naturalfoodnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=
Every now and then the media reports a story that intends to "prove" that organic foods are no better than their conventional counterparts. However, there are flaws that can usually be found with each such story.
What is also not disclosed is the name of the company behind the research: MONSANTO.
The latest example is a story by researchers with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health in the UK that shows no health advantages of organic foods.
The study in question was actually a literature review of 162 articles, looking for any studies that directly compared organic foods to conventional. The results were very small, with only 12 articles found that directly compared the two.
What the researchers found is that few studies have been done to date that evaluate the health benefits of organics, and what studies exist mostly look at antioxidant effects.
The authors of this literature review admit that not only is there a limited number of published data on the topic, their own research only looks at relatively short-term effects of organics rather than a long-range view of the effects of pesticides.
The article's source is listed as "The American Society for Nutrition." This represents a conflict of interest because MONSANTO is a "sustaining member" of this group.
There is not anything significant or new in this review of the literature and committed organic shoppers should not be swayed by this study.
http://www.naturalfoodnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=
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