On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:58:29 -0700, "D." wrote:

Here's today's post from "Sham vs. Wham: The Health Insider", at
http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/

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To me, it sounds like organic farming provides produce with the
ingredients intended by nature. That ought to be considered a good
idea at most tables.

D.


Commenting independently on the research, Lord Krebs, former chairman
of the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) and now an academic at Oxford,
told The Times that higher flavonoid levels do not necessarily mean
that organic food is healthier.

"This depends on the relevance of the differences to the human body.
Tomato ketchup has higher levels of lycopene [a strong antioxidant]
than either organic or conventional tomatoes. So if you wanted lots of
lycopene you should eat tomato ketchup," he said.