Eating for Two: Does an Organic Diet Make a Difference?

Carol Potera, based in Montana, also writes for Microbe, Genetic Engineering News, and the American Journal of Nursing. About This Article open Citation: Potera C. 2016. Eating for two: does an organic diet make a difference? Environ Health Perspect 124:A55; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.124-A55 Published: 1 March 2016 PDF Version (212 KB) Related EHP Article Organic Food Consumption During Pregnancy and Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism at Birth: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) Anne Lise Brantsæter, Hanne Torjusen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Eleni Papadopoulou, Jane A. Hoppin, Jan Alexander, Geir Lieblein, Gun Roos, Jon Magne Holten, Jackie Swartz, and Margaretha Haugen The organic food market is one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. and European agricultural industries,1,2 but few conclusions have been reached regarding whether organic foods are actually better for consumers than their conventional counterparts. A study in this issue of EHP probed that question and estimated that women who ate organic food during pregnancy were 58% less likely to deliver boys with hypospadias, a common urogenital birth defect, than mothers who never ate any.3 The study analyzed 35,107 women and their male infants who participated in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The women filled out a food frequency questionnaire that asked about their consumption of six categories of organic food (vegetables, fruits, cereals, milk/dairy, eggs, and meat) during ...
Source: EHP Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Featured News Science Selection March 2016 Source Type: research