By IANS
London : Food produced organically have up to 40 percent more disease-fighting properties than non-organically grown produce, researchers have found.
Scientists at Newcastle University in Britain raised cattle and grew fruits and vegetables on 725 acres of organic and non-organic farms situated next to each other over a period of four years.
The team found that some of the organically produced food such as fruit, vegetables and milk were more nutritious than non-organically produced food and may contain higher concentrations of cancer fighting and heart beneficial antioxidants, reported health portal Medical News Today.
Lead researcher Carlo Leifert said that eating organic food was equivalent to eating an extra portion of fruit and vegetables a day.
Leifert said he and his team now want to explore the underlying mechanisms by which organic as opposed to non-organic farming methods lead to such higher concentrations of healthy nutrients.
Britain’s Food Standard Agency had however said that organic produce in no healthier than non-organically produced food.