Organic Food: More Nutrition, Fewer Toxins An international team of researchers—including the renowned Charles Benbrook of Washington State University—reviewed 343 peer-reviewed studies comparing organically grown foods with conventionally grown produce. Their conclusions were clear and compelling. 1. Organic Food Is More Nutritious Organic crops contained significantly higher levels of antioxidant polyphenols, compounds strongly linked to reduced risk of chronic disease, including: Cardiovascular disease Neurodegenerative disorders Certain cancers Polyphenols play a critical role in reducing oxidative stress and chronic inflammation—two foundational drivers of modern disease. 2. Organic Produce Is Safer The analysis also found that conventionally grown crops were: 4 times more likely to contain pesticide residues Significantly higher in cadmium, a toxic heavy metal When interviewed, Benbrook noted that the quality and rigor of organic–conventional…

Like bisphenol A (BPA), many endocrine disruptors are estrogen mimics, also known as xenoestrogens. These copycat estrogens add to your body’s estrogen load and lead to an increasingly common problem in women called “estrogen dominance.” Estrogen dominance is situation in which you have too much estrogen, particularly in relation to the hormone progesterone. Many women’s health issues, including fibrocystic breasts, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts and hormone-related cancers are associated with estrogen dominance.Our main xenoestrogen exposure comes from pesticides (in produce, in the fat of conventionally raised animals, and in drinking water contaminated with pesticides) and plastics. A recent study found that almost all commercially available plastic products they sampled, including those advertised as BPA-free, leached chemicals having estrogenic activity.It is known that quercetin, a phytonutrient found in high amounts in onions (especially the outer layers) and cranberries; in le…