From geno@zap.a2000.nl Sat Jan 22 13:58:01 2000 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:48:39 +0100 From: wytze To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: SCIENTISTS PROVE SUPERIOR NUTRITIVE VALUE OF ORGANIC FOOD Hi, I do not know if this already has been on the list, since I was disconnected for a few weeks. regards, Wytze de Lange "Jan M.J. Storms" wrote: > 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 healthfood 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: PHOSPHOROUS MAGNESIUM > > SNAP BEANS ORGANIC 10.45 0.36 COMMERCIAL 4.04 0.22 > > CABBAGE ORGANIC 10.38 0.38 COMMERCIAL 6.12 0.18 > > LETTUCE ORGANIC 24.48 0.43 COMMERCIAL 7.01 0.22 > > TOMATOES ORGANIC 14.2 0.35 COMMERCIAL 6.07 0.16 > > SPINACH ORGANIC 28.56 0.52 COMMERCIAL 12.38 0.27 > > MINERAL: SODIUM MANGANESE > > SNAP BEANS ORGANIC 40.5 60 COMMERCIAL 15.5 14.8 > > CABBAGE ORGANIC 60.0 43.6 COMMERCIAL 17.5 13.6 > > LETTUCE ORGANIC 71 49.3 COMMERCIAL 16 13.1 > > TOMATOES ORGANIC 23 59.2 COMMERCIAL 4.5 4.5 > > SPINACH ORGANIC 96 203.9 COMMERCIAL 47.5 46.9 > > MINERAL: COPPER ASH > > SNAP BEANS ORGANIC 99.7 8.6 COMMERCIAL 29.1 0.9 > > CABBAGE ORGANIC 148.3 20.4 COMMERCIAL 33.7 0.8 > > LETTUCE ORGANIC 176.5 12.2 COMMERCIAL 53.7 0 > > TOMATOES ORGANIC 148.3 6.5 COMMERCIAL 58.8 0 > > SPINACH ORGANIC 237 69.5 COMMERCIAL 84.6 0 > > MINERAL: CALCIUM POTASSIUM > > SNAP BEANS ORGANIC 73 60 COMMERCIAL 10 2 > > CABBAGE ORGANIC 42 13 COMMERCIAL 7 2 > > LETTUCE ORGANIC 37 169 COMMERCIAL 6 1 > > TOMATOES ORGANIC 36 68 COMMERCIAL 3 1 > > SPINACH ORGANIC 88 117 COMMERCIAL 12 1 > > MINERAL: BORON IRON > > SNAP BEANS ORGANIC 227 69 COMMERCIAL 10 3 > > CABBAGE ORGANIC 94 48 COMMERCIAL 20 0.4 > > LETTUCE ORGANIC 516 60 COMMERCIAL 9 3 > > TOMATOES ORGANIC 1938 53 COMMERCIAL 1 0 > > SPINACH ORGANIC 1584 32 COMMERCIAL 49 0.3 > > MINERAL: COBALT > > SNAP BEANS ORGANIC 0.26 COMMERCIAL 0 > > CABBAGE ORGANIC 0.15 COMMERCIAL 0 > > LETTUCE ORGANIC 0.19 COMMERCIAL 0 > > TOMATOES ORGANIC 0.63 COMMERCIAL 0 > > SPINACH ORGANIC 0.25 COMMERCIAL 0..2 To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail