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Kurzgesagt Organic Foodtext (Is organic food more nutritious or healthier…
Kurzgesagt Organic Foodtext
What is organic food ?
No global consensus
Different regions have different definitions and rules
In general
No GMO seeds
No synthetic fertilizers
No synthetic pesticides
Is organic food more nutritious or healthier ?
It contains more antioxidants
Produced by the plant as homemade pesticide
We don't know yet if it's important for humans
Disputed studies about whether there is, or isn't, more Vitamin C and Omega 3
Probably only small differences in nutritional values
Eating vegetables is more important than how they were produced
Is organic food more natural ?
There is less pesticides residues on organic products
Less perticides does not mean none at all
There are still organic pesticides
These are not safer than conventional pesticides
The danger of pesticides aren't really well-known
A study found that it's not worse for health than a glass of wine every 3 months
Bacteria and fungi are more dangerous
The risk is the same for regular and organic food
is organic food better for the environment ?
No production method is clearly better for the environment
Organic requires less energy
Similar gas emissions
Less pesticides
Use much more lands
Demand is growing constantly
This leads to questionable production methods
Spain produces lots of vegetables in greenhouses that have high gas emissions and a big environmental impact
Ensuring organic quality standards and regulations becomes more difficult
Better to buy local food that is in season