Several authors have responded rather negatively to the food standards association report on the comparison of regular vs organic foods in terms of nutrition. It would be nice if nutrition were a simple subject, one that could be measured or described by a very small number of simple metrics but unfortunately it is not. [...]
Interesting results from a study published in the american journal of clinical nutrition by a UK research group suggest that, for the major nutrients, organic foods are no more nutritious than ordinary non-organic foods. A couple of questions I want to follow up on are who funded this research project and what were the [...]
A colleague of mine in Canada made me aware of a new documentary movie from the US called “Food Inc”. I’ve not seen it so can to be critical, constructive or negative but it is interesting to see the upsurge in interest in food production methods, and again knowing where food came from. If anyone [...]
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