Organic Families

Government promises to rid the nation’s food supply of brain-damaging pesticides aren’t doing the job, according to the results of a yearlong study that carefully monitored the diets of a group of local children. The peer-reviewed study found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety of conventional foods from area groceries contained [...]

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Organic milk is so much better for our children than ‘ordinary’ milk. Researchers at the University of Newcastle found that organic milk has on average a 50% higher vitamin E content; a 75% higher beta carotene content; 70% higher levels of omega 3 EFAs; and two to three times as much lutein and zeaxanthin (antioxidants) [...]

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A study led by an Emory University researcher concludes that an organic diet given to children provides a “dramatic and immediate protective effect” against exposures to two pesticides that are commonly used in U.S. agricultural production. The results were published on a recent online version of the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). Over a [...]

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