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Organic foods are becoming increasingly popular but there is much confusion about whether these are better from a nutrition and health perspective. Now a new systematic review paper has evaluated the findings from 12 studies within this field.

 

The authors found some evidence suggesting that organic dairy products help to reduce eczema risk in infancy but this was the only conclusive finding. Overall, it seems that organic foods are no different from non-organic foods in terms of nutrition or health benefits.

 

For more information see: Dangour AD et al. (2010) Are organic foods better? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition [Epub ahead of print].