Can organic food help you lose weight?

Organic food has been scientifically proven to offer no measurable benefit to ones diet..

however it will have a significant impact on your wallet.

i can provide sources if you wish, or you can take my word for it.

your friend has unfortunately fallen victim to the cloud of misinformation surrounding organic food.

Well since it's more expensive perhaps buying less food will lead to weight loss.

Otherwise no. The arguments in favor of organic have nothing to do with nutritional value or weight loss.

My freind told me today that if you eat all organic food you will lose weight. Is this true?

I would say yes- if you are eating less of it calorically than what you are burning, so there is a deficit--- just like with non-organic food.

The only measurable difference with organic foods as far as the consumer is concerned is pesticide levels. It doesn't have anything to do with nutrition or weight loss. It's pretty well documented. The only reasons to buy organic are to support different agricultural practices or to reduce pesticides in your diet.

Organic food has been scientifically proven to offer no measurable benefit to ones diet..

however it will have a significant impact on your wallet.

i can provide sources if you wish, or you can take my word for it.

your friend has unfortunately fallen victim to the cloud of misinformation surrounding organic food.

Unfortunately, a lot of "science" that suggests there is no difference, is sponsored by Big Agrigculture (for obvious reasons). Investigate your sources. Other more independent studies have found significantly higher levels of many nutrients in organic foods. That's why it tastes better and, since it is more nourishing, one is satisfied with less (in addition to skipping the toxins that Big Agriculture includes in their versions).

No. Nutritionally, organic food is pretty much the same as conventional. People choose organic because they dislike the use of artificial pesticides. That being said, I remain skeptical that artificial pesticides do any harm at all, and would also like the remind people that organic produce uses pesticides and stuff as well, just different kinds, and often times in much higher amounts (because they're less effective).

Honestly, if you want the best produce, buy local, organic or not. Local produce does not travel as far, so is fresher and ripens naturally, as opposed to what you buy in the store. Keep in mind the organic produce you buy in the supermarket still may travel several hundred of miles and may have been picked over a week ago.

And guess who sponsors the "research" you are talking about? Monsanto (better known by some as "Monsatan") and Cargill.-- agribusiness giants who are spending LOADS of money to fight California's Propostition 37 which would require agribusiness to label GMO foods in California. It is no accident that we are seeing these types of articles lately.

Some new French research has shown horrific cancerous tumors on rats fed GMO corn.

That study has been decried as flawed because the type of rat they used has a tendency towards those types of tumours and the control rats also had tumours.




Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?: A Systematic Review
Crystal Smith-Spangler, MD, MS; Margaret L. Brandeau, PhD; Grace E. Hunter, BA; J. Clay Bavinger, BA; Maren Pearson, BS; Paul J. Eschbach; Vandana Sundaram, MPH; Hau Liu, MD, MS, MBA, MPH; Patricia Schirmer, MD; Christopher Stave, MLS; Ingram Olkin, PhD; and Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS

Background: The health benefits of organic foods are unclear.

Purpose: To review evidence comparing the health effects of organic and conventional foods.

Data Sources: MEDLINE (January 1966 to May 2011), EMBASE, CAB Direct, Agricola, TOXNET, Cochrane Library (January 1966 to May 2009), and bibliographies of retrieved articles.

Study Selection: English-language reports of comparisons of organically and conventionally grown food or of populations consuming these foods.

Data Extraction: 2 independent investigators extracted data on methods, health outcomes, and nutrient and contaminant levels.

Data Synthesis: 17 studies in humans and 223 studies of nutrient and contaminant levels in foods met inclusion criteria. Only 3 of the human studies examined clinical outcomes, finding no significant differences between populations by food type for allergic outcomes (eczema, wheeze, atopic sensitization) or symptomatic Campylobacter infection. Two studies reported significantly lower urinary pesticide levels among children consuming organic versus conventional diets, but studies of biomarker and nutrient levels in serum, urine, breast milk, and semen in adults did not identify clinically meaningful differences. All estimates of differences in nutrient and contaminant levels in foods were highly heterogeneous except for the estimate for phosphorus; phosphorus levels were significantly higher than in conventional produce, although this difference is not clinically significant. The risk for contamination with detectable pesticide residues was lower among organic than conventional produce (risk difference, 30% [CI, −37% to −23%]), but differences in risk for exceeding maximum allowed limits were small. Escherichia coli contamination risk did not differ between organic and conventional produce. Bacterial contamination of retail chicken and pork was common but unrelated to farming method. However, the risk for isolating bacteria resistant to 3 or more antibiotics was higher in conventional than in organic chicken and pork (risk difference, 33% [CI, 21% to 45%]).

Limitation: Studies were heterogeneous and limited in number, and publication bias may be present.

Conclusion: The published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods. Consumption of organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Primary Funding Source: None.

yes, because it costs more, so you will not be able to afford as much food, thus reducing your caloric intake, thus more weightloss............

if you want to buy organic... go ahead...

just remember that as far as science can tell besides a slight raise in the level of pesticides in your body (not close to the harmfull levels either only about 30% higher than organic) theres no real benefit.