This thread will be used to gather research and findings that speak to the advantage of eating organic food.
Research and findings:
Neurodevelopmental effects in children associated with exposure to organophosphate pesticides: A systematic review (2013) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0161813X13001514
Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study (2013)
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Reduced risk of pre-eclampsia with organic vegetable consumption: results from the prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (2014)
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Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses (2014)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141693/
Organic Food Consumption during Pregnancy and Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism at Birth: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) (2016)
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Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults (2018)
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Association between organic food consumption and metabolic syndrome: cross-sectional results from the NutriNet-Santé study (2018)
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Effect of a 24-week randomized trial of an organic produce intervention on pyrethroid and organophosphate pesticide exposure among pregnant women (2019)
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Research and findings:
Neurodevelopmental effects in children associated with exposure to organophosphate pesticides: A systematic review (2013) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0161813X13001514
Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study (2013)
Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study - PMC
Over the last century, intakes of omega-6 (ω-6) fatty acids in Western diets have dramatically increased, while omega-3 (ω-3) intakes have fallen. Resulting ω-6/ω-3 intake ratios have risen to nutritionally undesirable levels, generally 10 to 15, ...
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Reduced risk of pre-eclampsia with organic vegetable consumption: results from the prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (2014)
Reduced risk of pre-eclampsia with organic vegetable consumption: results from the prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study - PMC
Little is known about the potential health effects of eating organic food either in the general population or during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to examine associations between organic food consumption during pregnancy and the risk of ...
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Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses (2014)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141693/
Organic Food Consumption during Pregnancy and Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism at Birth: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) (2016)
Organic Food Consumption during Pregnancy and Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism at Birth: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) - PMC
The etiologies of the male urogenital anomalies hypospadias and cryptorchidism remain unclear. It has been suggested that maternal diet and environmental contaminants may affect the risk of these anomalies via placental or hormonal disturbances. We ...
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Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults (2018)
Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults - PubMed
In a nationally representative population, frequent organic food purchase was inversely associated with diabetes prevalence in adults in the United States.
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Association between organic food consumption and metabolic syndrome: cross-sectional results from the NutriNet-Santé study (2018)
Association between organic food consumption and metabolic syndrome: cross-sectional results from the NutriNet-Santé study - PubMed
Our results showed that a higher organic food consumption was associated with a lower probability of having MetS. Additional prospective studies and randomised trials are required to ascertain the relationship between organic food consumption and metabolic disorders.
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Effect of a 24-week randomized trial of an organic produce intervention on pyrethroid and organophosphate pesticide exposure among pregnant women (2019)
Effect of a 24-week randomized trial of an organic produce intervention on pyrethroid and organophosphate pesticide exposure among pregnant women
Introduction of an organic diet can significantly reduce exposure to some classes of pesticides in children and adults, but no long-term trials have b…
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