Comments on: Ask yourself: Are organic veggies BETTER than conventional? http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/08/25/is-it-organic/ eat with your eyes Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kgantony http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/08/25/is-it-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-24423 kgantony Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:14:55 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/08/25/is-it-organic/#comment-24423 The evidence is slowly accumulating that organic food is more nutritious than conventionally grown food. The latest study indicating that organic food is better was funded by the European Union. The 27 million dollar, four year project was conducted at several sites across Europe. The co-ordinator of the research, Carlo Leifert, said the health benefits were so noticeable that eating organic food instead of conventionally grown food provides, in essence, an extra measure of vegetables and fruit each day. He noted that “if you have just 20 percent more antioxidants in every portion of vegetables, then it’s simply a question of maths – eating four portions of organic fruit and vegetables is the equivalent to eating five portions of traditional fruit and vegetables”. ----------------------------- kgantony <a>Are organic veggies BETTER than conventional?</a> The evidence is slowly accumulating that organic food is more nutritious than conventionally grown food. The latest study indicating that organic food is better was funded by the European Union. The 27 million dollar, four year project was conducted at several sites across Europe. The co-ordinator of the research, Carlo Leifert, said the health benefits were so noticeable that eating organic food instead of conventionally grown food provides, in essence, an extra measure of vegetables and fruit each day. He noted that “if you have just 20 percent more antioxidants in every portion of vegetables, then it’s simply a question of maths – eating four portions of organic fruit and vegetables is the equivalent to eating five portions of traditional fruit and vegetables”.
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Are organic veggies BETTER than conventional?

]]> By: n http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/08/25/is-it-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-22432 n Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:40:25 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/08/25/is-it-organic/#comment-22432 bee: its all so unknown! This recent stuff with the melamine in the chinese milk - VERY scary stuff .. you will never catch me eating chinese sourced food! bee: its all so unknown! This recent stuff with the melamine in the chinese milk – VERY scary stuff .. you will never catch me eating chinese sourced food!

]]> By: bee http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/08/25/is-it-organic/comment-page-1/#comment-22177 bee Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:16:42 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/08/25/is-it-organic/#comment-22177 thank you, dear nika. that's quite disturbing to know. we do sense a huge difference in texture and flavour between our organically homegrown veggies and regular store-bought. as for organic store-bought, i'm not so sure. thank you, dear nika. that’s quite disturbing to know. we do sense a huge difference in texture and flavour between our organically homegrown veggies and regular store-bought.

as for organic store-bought, i’m not so sure.

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