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Organically produced food could pack more nutrition

Posted Sep 6th, 2010 at 5:07 PM and seen
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Sure, organic foods contain less pesticides. But does that mean they’re more nutritious? The answer could actually be yes, according to new research reported in the journal PLoS ONE. Organically grown strawberries had more antioxidants and more vitamin C than those that were not organic.

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Comments (2)

Sep 07, 2010
James Godwin said...
I grow my own veggies and if this is true then I'm not imagining the fact that I feel much better if I use my vegetables than bought in the store
Sep 07, 2010
Beatriz, Living Healthy said...
More confirmation for what we've suspected - now we just need more rules for organic certification.

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