Study finds organic tomatoes contain more heart-healthy antioxidants
Could organic fruits and veggies be better for you? A study of samples collected over 10 years found that organic tomatoes contained far higher levels of flavonoids -- antioxidants that reduce high blood pressure and have also been linked with reduced rates of some cancers and dementia -- than conventional varieties. Researchers from the University of California-Davis say the boost may be related to nitrogen levels in soil, which are affected by the use of fertilizer. However, they hasten to point out that there are plenty of variables in this still-growing field: "For every study that shows there's a difference, there's another that shows there isn't," says researcher Alyson Mitchell. But a rep from Britain's organic certification body, the Soil Association, didn't carrot all about that concern: "These findings ... confirm recent European research, which showed that organic tomatoes, peaches, and processed apples all have higher nutritional quality than non-organic." Just don't tell the kids.
source: BBC News, 05 Jul 2007
source: The Sacramento Bee, Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, 04 Jul 2007
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bobcajun Posted 2:04 pm
07 Jul 2007
Look how their leadership holds the world in sway. I'm really sure that these planned concerts are going to raise the awareness in China...or even Phoenix, for that matter. Both are running out of water, and probably will sooner than rising oceans can flood New York, Miami, Houston and L.A.
Maybe if Al were to adopt some poor African children who are starving because their parents' livlihoods were destroyed by either global warming, overgrazing, corruption or rampaging enemies...that might help raise awareness too. Maybe those stars could go over there and stop some of that.
Oh, but wait, some other stars have already done that, and we all see how effective that was... at least for their images.
Would it be high profile enough for Bon Jovi to go back to Africa and make some really impassioned pleas and caustic remarks? And we all saw how outspoken Al was when he was VP.
Is there something wrong with this picture? Where are all those windmills when we need them?
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