IS ORGANIC MORE NUTRITIOUS?

Eating organically grown fruit and vegetables will greatly reduce your exposure to chemicals, but the question is, are they more nutrtitious?
A 2009 report commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency found that organic and "conventional" produce was more or less the same nutritionally.
An organic carrot may be free of contaminents but it is unlikely to provide you with more vitamins and minerals than a non organic carrot.
However you can help the environment. Fewer chemicals used in growing organic food results in less pollutants in rivers and streams.
From a nutrition point of view it does not matter which you eat, but, be aware that certain produce are heavily treated with pesticides, such as apples, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, potatoes, celery and spinach.
If you are considering buying some organic foods, you would do well to choose these.
Whatever you decide remember to EAT YOUR 5 A DAY!

Bev