SCIENTISTS PROVE SUPERIOR NUTRITIVE VALUE OF ORGANIC FOOD!

Researchers at Rutgers University set-out to disprove the claim that "Organic Is Better".   They purchased selections of produce at supermarkets   and health food stores and analyzed for mineral content.  Organic foods were those grown without the use of chemical pesticides or artificial fertilizers. Non-organic foods, referred to here as "commercial," were grown with a variety of chemicals that enhance growth or destroy pests, many of which are known or suspected carcinogens (cancer-causing) and which cause greater erosion to the environment and wildlife.  The idea that organic crops are nutritionally superior has been accepted largely on faith.  There has been very little hard evidence to support this supposition.

Rutgers researchers expected the organic produce to be maybe slightly higher in comparison, but the results were astounding!  The amount of iron in the organic spinach was 97% more than the commercial spinach, and the manganese was 99% greater in the organic.  Many essential trace elements were completely absent in the commercial produce whereas they were abundant, comparatively, in their organically grown counterparts.



MAJOR MINERALS

Milliequivalents per 100 Grams Dry Weight:  Trace Elements, Parts per Million Dry Matter

Mineral

Type

Phosphorous

Magnesium

Sodium

Manganese

Snap Beans

Organic

10.45

0.36

40.5

60

Commercial

4.04

0.22

15.5

14.8

Cabbage

Organic

10.38

0.38

60

43.6

Commercial

6.12

0.18

17.5

13.6

Lettuce

Organic

24.48

0.43

71

49.3

Commercial

7.01

0.22

16

13.1

Tomatoes

Organic

14.2

0.35

23

59.2

Commercial

6.07

0.16

4.5

4.5

Spinach

Organic

28.56

0.52

96

203.9

Commercial

12.38

0.27

47.5

46.9

  

Mineral

Type

Copper

Ash

Calcium

Potassium

Snap Beans

Organic

99.7

8.6

73

60

Commercial

29.1

0.9

10

2

Cabbage

Organic

148.3

20.4

42

13

Commercial

33.7

0.8

7

2

Lettuce

Organic

176.5

12.2

37

169

Commercial

53.7

0

6

1

Tomatoes

Organic

148.3

6.5

36

68

Commercial

58.8

0

3

1

Spinach

Organic

237

69.5

88

117

Commercial

84.6

0

12

1

  

Mineral

Type

Boron

Iron

Cobalt

Snap Beans

Organic

227

69

0.26

Commercial

10

3

0

Cabbage

Organic

94

48

0.15

Commercial

20

0.4

0

Lettuce

Organic

516

60

0.19

Commercial

9

3

0

Tomatoes

Organic

1938

53

0.63

Commercial

1

0

0

Spinach

Organic

1584

32

0.25

Commercial

49

0.3

0.2


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