Report on Comparison of Composition of Organically and Conventionally grown foods
The review was designed to meet very high standards, was peer reviewed and published in the July 29 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/organicreviewappendices.pdf Report for the Food Standard Agency By: Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research Unit London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine July 2009 An article in MedLine (MedLine-US National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health) reviewed 1,677 research articles on effects of Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) on various physiological processes and health conditions. The article describes uses of flaxseed (FlaxPro) based on scientific evidence
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-flaxseed.html Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Omega-3 Fatty Acids http://www.ific.org/publications/factsheets/omega3fs.cfm?renderforprint=1 Source: http://ific.org © 2009 International Food Information Council Foundation Organic milk drinkers can soon take heart that the cows that produced their milk had a healthy, natural diet of pasture grass, if a new USDA rule is approved. The USDA proposal would add another requirement to the list of rules organic dairies must follow: During grazing season, cows must eat pasture grass. The public can weigh in on the proposal until Dec. 23.
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/eat-safe/organic-milk-47121803#ixzz0Tlr1AQFS More Antioxidants in Milk from Grass Fed Cows Milk from cows grazing on pasture and fed no or little grain had significantly higher concentrations of nutritionally desirable FAs and antioxidants - conjugated linoleic (60% and 99%, respectively) and -linolenic (39% and 31%, respectively) acids, -tocopherol (33% and 50%, respectively) and carotenoids (33% and 80%, respectively) - compared with milk from cows fed preserved forages and high grain diets. Full story |
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