Benefits Of Organic Food Confirmed By Scientific Studies

With all the information available about the benefits of organic food you would think that more of the population would be encouraged to eat more of this type of food.

One of the principal benefits of organic food is that it contains higher levels of polyphenolics than commercially grown foods.

These properties combined with the anthocyanin pigments that give many fruits, vegetables, cereal grains and flowers their red, purple and blue colorings are believed to contain dietary antioxidants.

What is known is that organically grown vegetables and fruit have much higher traces of antioxidants, even after freezing or preserving, than fruit and vegetables that are commercially grown using pesticides.

How Do Polyphenolics Add To The Benefits Of Organic Food?

These are the good guys produced in plants and the higher the levels the more healthful properties the plant contains.

Higher levels are produced whenever a plant is stressed; apparently a bitter taste is produced that drives away pests.

Anecdotal and epidemiological evidence demonstrates that dietary anthocyanin pigments and polyphenolics may contribute to preventive and therapeutic functions in a number of human related diseases.

Organically grown berries in particular have high rates of polyphenolics which are believed to reduce the risk of certain cancers and heart disease. 

Tests are currently being conducted to determine the quantities required in the average daily diet.

Studies show that populations of red-wine drinkers such as in France and Italy have much lower rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) than populations in North America and Northern Europe.

Scientists believe that it is the phenolics in the red wine that contribute in part to this beneficial effect.

People eating diets containing a high rate of flavonoids show a marked decrease in mortality from CHD and studies have also shown that they may also be less likely to suffer from strokes and the development of tumors.

One of the commonly known benefits of organic food is that it contains higher levels of  antioxidants than commercially grown foods.

You are more likely to gain more dietary benefit from organic foods.

Nowadays we all realize that we need to make conscious food choices to keep our bodies healthy and organically grown food allows us to do this.

And it is reassuring to know that science agrees with the benefits of organic food and that studies are ongoing to identify the benefits. 

After all if it’s straight from nature it must be good, she’s been producing the food for a long time now.

We just need to encourage more people to recognize this and stop purchasing food grown with synthetic pesticides.

It makes good sense to make yourself fully aware of the benefits of organic food and to  fuel your body with food that is rich in antioxidants.

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